Tag: Payload Adapters
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Kratos Starts Construction of Hypersonic System Indiana Payload Integration Facility
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company specializing in defense, national security, and global markets, announced the groundbreaking of Kratos’ Hypersonic System Indiana Payload Integration Facility (IPIF) in Crane, Indiana. This state-of-the-art 68,000-square-foot office, laboratory, integration, and test complex will support critical hypersonic vehicle and payload activities and systems for the Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities…
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Quantum Space Introduces Life Extension Services for Satellite Operators
Quantum Space, a leader in advanced space operations, is launching its life extension services to enhance satellite mission longevity and operational efficiency. Leveraging its highly maneuverable Ranger spacecraft, these services include mission extension, orbital adjustment and refueling, addressing the growing demand for sustainable and cost-effective satellite operations. This initiative aligns with Quantum Space’s commitment to…
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SatixFy Receives UK Space Agency Funding for Advanced LEO Payload Software Development
SatixFy Communications, a leader in next-generation satellite communication systems based on in-house-designed chipsets, announced that it has secured funding of £1.8 million (approximately $2.3 million) from the UK Space Agency under its C-LEO program for the development of an advanced software suite for digital satellite payloads. The funds will support SatixFy’s advanced regenerative and digital…
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Sierra Space to Conduct Cancer Research on Spaceplane Mission to International Space Station
Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth, announced new initiatives to advance research and development of biopharmaceutical solutions in low-Earth orbit during the Dream Chaser spaceplane’s inaugural mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The plans include conducting experiments…
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Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Lander Separates from SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
At approximately 8:01 p.m. EST, Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander separated from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, powered on approximately 12 minutes later, and will continue its weeklong journey to the Moon. Aboard the lander is NASA Science and Technology as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. Also launching as…
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Arkisys’ Applique Technology Achieves Flight Heritage on Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-1
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company, announced in conjunction with Arkisys, the successful completion of a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) contract deliverable and the achievement of flight heritage status for Arkisys Applique aboard LizzieSat-1. Arkisys is a creator of spacecraft architectures and platform solutions that open up in-space services. Arkisys integrated their…
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ULA Prepares Atlas V Rocket for Historic Launch with Boeing’s Starliner
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is readying the Atlas V rocket for the historic flight test that is targeted for launch on May 6, 2024 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. On the shoulders of Atlas, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will soon launch two NASA astronauts on the Crew Test…
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Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lunar Lander Mission Fueled and Ready for Launch
Astrobotic announced their Peregrine lunar lander successfully completed all integration milestones and was mated with United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket payload adapter on November 16, 2023. After a 3-week campaign to fuel and complete final checkouts, the Peregrine spacecraft is ready to launch a historic mission to the Moon on January 8, 2024. Peregrine is…
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Millennium Space Systems Achieves Mission Readiness of VICTUS NOX Spacecraft in 37 Hours
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, completed checkout and achieved operational readiness of the VICTUS NOX space vehicle just 37 hours after launch – 11 hours ahead of the 48-hour goal. This phase of a space mission typically takes weeks or months to complete. Full-mission operability comes only days after the 60-hour activation and 24-hour…
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ClearSpace-1 Debris Removal Mission Target Struck by New Space Debris
On 10 August 2023, ESA’s Space Debris Office was informed by the United States 18th Space Defense Squadron that new objects had been detected in the vicinity of a payload adapter. This adapter, named VESPA, was left in orbit following the 2013 launch of a Vega rocket from ESA’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The…