Tag: LEO
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Sidus Space and Lulav Space Collaborate for Guidance Navigation and Control on Lunar Missions
Sidus Space, a Space, and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company focused on mission-critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support, has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lulav Space, an Israeli robotics company specializing in space applications, to cooperate in the US market by providing…
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Servo Corporation of America Unveils Earth Sensor with Multi Pixel Detector
Servo Corporation of America is pioneer in Infrared Detectors, Infrared Subsystems for Satellite Attitude Determination and Radio Direction Finding Equipment for airports and harbors. space industry customers include NASA, Galileo, Sodern, Boeing, TRW, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Sciences, Ithaco, the Indian Space Research Organization, Canadian Space Agency and Surrey Satellite (SSTL). They have introduced…
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Italian Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space Sign a Contract for Space Factory 4.0
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has won a contract from the Italian space agency (ASI) to conduct the development of the Space Factory 4.0 program in the frame of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). Thales Alenia Space is a consortium including Argotec, CIRA and Sitael,…
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Norsat International Provides Innovative Communication Terminals For Satellite Applications
Norsat International, a provider of innovative communication solutions that enable the transmission of data, audio and video for remote and challenging applications, has an extensive range of products and services such as customizable satellite components, portable satellite terminals, maritime solutions and satellite networks. Sinctech, a division of Norsat, provides antenna and RF conditioning products, systems and…
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Dragonfly Aerospace Missioning Towards Space Exploration With Their Experience in Space Engineering
Dragonfly Aerospace, a South African space engineering and space missions, with a team of strong experience and heritage dating back to the first earth observation satellite missions starting in the 1980’s through to their most recent satellite launch in 2018 and imager launch in 2020. FACILITY Dragonfly Aerospace is investing in a 3000m² design and…
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Terran Orbital Receives $2.4 Billion Contract With Rivada Space Networks For 300 Spacecraft
Terran Orbital announced the receipt of a further milestone payment alongside the completion of the screening of the industrial partners as well as trade studies that will support the acquisition process and system engineering for the company’s 300 spacecraft and $2.4 billion contract with Rivada Space Networks. Terran Orbital, through its wholly owned subsidiary Tyvak…
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Redwire Space Showcases New High Resolution Camera for LEO Applications
Redwire Space a company focused on space commercialization, digitally engineered spacecraft, on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing has announced a new high-resolution camera for low earth orbit (LEO) applications. The SpectraCAM High-Resolution Flight Cameras from Redwire Space are engineered for low earth orbit (LEO) applications including docking, navigation, inspection, and situational awareness. Featuring GigE Vision image…
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Fleet Space Technologies Secures Australian Defence Space Command Contract
Fleet Space Technologies has signed a AUD$6.4 million contract with Australia’s Defence Space Command, marking their first defence contract. The agreement will see Fleet’s next-generation of Centauri satellites used to develop and demonstrate a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications system focused on tactical communications and data transmission where connectivity is limited. The program, named…
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As megaconstellations grow, scientists become concerned with their impacts on astronomy
Since their initial launch in 2019, SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites have become infamous for photobombing observations from ground-based telescopes. While Starlink — along with other satellite “megaconstellations” — has been a primary concern for ground-based telescope observations, a new issue has begun to pop up; the satellites are now occasionally obstructing images from one of…
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Xiphos and Epiq Solutions Announce New Q8RF Radiation Tolerant Embedded Computer Module
Xiphos Systems Corporation and Epiq Solutions have introduced the Xiphos Q8RF, a next-generation radiation-tolerant embedded computer based on the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ ZU28DR RFSoC. The Q8RF is targeted for small satellite applications where advanced wide bandwidth processing is required while minimizing size and power consumption. The Q8RF combines an embedded Linux computer, reprogrammable logic, multi-giga…