Tag: Payload Adapters
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Avio: Advancing Satellite Launch and Integration Solutions
Avio, a European aerospace leader headquartered in Colleferro, Italy, plays a pivotal role in space propulsion and launch systems. With more than a century of heritage and a strong industrial presence in Italy, France, and French Guiana, Avio is the prime contractor for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) small-lift launch vehicles Vega and Vega-C, and…
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Pacific Defense to Launch MOSA-Enabled RF Payload to Improve Space Situational Awareness
Pacific Defense, the leading provider of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) products, has secured the inaugural launch for its Moonraker MOSA space Radio Frequency (RF) payload on board the K2 Space Gravitas Mission in February 2026. The mission includes a series of multi-orbit Space Situational Awareness (SSA) demonstrations showcasing the payload’s mission flexibility. Moonraker is…
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Avio Advances Space Tech Innovation with Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
Dassault Systèmes announced that Avio has implemented the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to digitally transform the management of all its programs. As Avio deepens its focus on driving sustainability in the space sector, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform enables it to adopt automated, intelligent, and data-driven engineering and manufacturing processes that streamline and accelerate the development of technologically advanced…
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NASA Selected Redwire for Biotechnology Research in Landmark Spaceflight Mission
Redwire Corporation, announced that it has been selected by NASA to facilitate a Space Microalgae biotechnology experiment. The experiment, developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), and the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, will launch on Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to…
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Redwire Awarded Contract to Investigate Advanced Cancer Treatment in Space
Redwire Corporation, a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it has been awarded a contract from Aspera Biomedicines, a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development of cancer stem cell targeted therapies, to conduct space-based research and analysis on a new cancer treatment using Redwire’s Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory (PIL-BOX) technology.…
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L3Harris Expands Indiana Facility to Support America’s Golden Dome
L3Harris Technologies has completed a $125 million expansion at its space manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne to support the Department of Defense urgent need for on-orbit technology to defend the homeland by building a “Golden Dome” around the United States. L3Harris’ investment in facilities in Indiana will enable these strategic capabilities to be delivered in…
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Sierra Space Teams with Honda and Tec-Masters to Reinvent Space Energy Solutions
Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime, announced a groundbreaking collaboration with Honda and Tec-Masters to test Honda’s high-differential pressure water electrolysis system aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The project, facilitated by Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane, marks a significant step toward enabling sustainable human life on the lunar surface…
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Sierra Space Partners with Yuri to Advance Space Based Medical Research
Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth, and Yuri, a Germany-based space biotech company, announced an agreement for one new ScienceTaxi BioSpin mission to continue biological and medical research advancements and drug discovery in microgravity. The culmination of the…
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Redwire Awarded NASA Contract to Expand Pharmaceutical Drug Development in Space
Redwire, a leader in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, has been awarded a NASA contract to launch four additional pharmaceutical drug investigations to the International Space Station using the company’s innovative Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory (PIL-BOX). The NASA-funded investigations aim to manufacture high-value seed crystals which could inform pharmaceutical manufacturing operations aboard the space…
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NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman’s 21st Cargo Space Station Departure
After delivering more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA and its international partners, Northrop Grumman‘s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Friday, March 28. This mission was the company’s 21st commercial resupply mission to the space…