Tag: Satellite Bus & Platforms
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Redwire Introduces New European-Built Very Low Earth Orbit Spacecraft Platform
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced Phantom, a new European Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) spacecraft platform. Phantom is being developed at Redwire’s facility in Belgium and is designed to carry out a wide array of intelligence, Earth science, and communications missions. Phantom joins Redwire’s…
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Terran Orbital Secures Lockheed Martin Subcontract for SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer
Terran Orbital Corporation, one of the global leaders in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced being selected by Lockheed Martin to produce 18 satellite buses for their recent Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer contract. Lockheed Martin will provide the SDA with 16 wide field-of-view missile warning/missile tracking…
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Maxar Intelligence’s WorldView Legion Satellites Performing Well After SpaceX Launch
Maxar Intelligence, a provider of secure, precise geospatial intelligence, confirmed the first two WorldView Legion satellites are performing well after being launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket earlier from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Shortly after launch, the satellites deployed their solar arrays and began receiving and sending signals. These satellites will undergo commissioning,…
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Exolaunch Successfully Deploys ACS3 Satellite for NASA
Exolaunch, the global provider of launch mission management, integration, and satellite deployment services, has provided its industry-leading deployment services for NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) satellite aboard Rocket Lab’s “Beginning of the Swarm” mission. The liftoff occurred on April 23 at 1000 NZT / 2200 UTC from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia,…
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Portal Space Systems Secures $3 Million Space Force Award to Launch Supernova Satellite Bus
Portal Space Systems, a Seattle-based space startup, announced its emergence from stealth with over $3 million in funding from the Department of Defense and Space Force to support the development and launch of its revolutionary Supernova satellite bus. Led by industry veteran Jeff Thornburg, architect of SpaceX’s Raptor engine, former head of Mechanical Engineering &…
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NanoAvionics Satellite Bus Carrying NASA’s Solar Sail System Launched by Rocket Lab
Kongsberg NanoAvionics has announced that the 12U nanosatellite bus the smallsat manufacturer and mission integrator had built for the in-orbit demonstration of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System mission was successfully launched by Rocket Lab. The satellite was launched onboard Electron 47 Light from a launch site in Mahia, New Zealand. NASA’s technology demonstration aboard…
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NanoAvionics Satellite Bus Carrying NASA’s Solar Sail System Launched by Rocket Lab
Kongsberg NanoAvionics has announced that the 12U nanosatellite bus the smallsat manufacturer and mission integrator had built for the in-orbit demonstration of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System mission was successfully launched by Rocket Lab. The satellite was launched onboard Electron 47 Light from a launch site in Mahia, New Zealand. NASA’s technology demonstration aboard…
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Dhruva Space Receives $15 Million in Funding to Expand Spacecraft Manufacturing Facility
Dhruva Space, a full-stack Space Engineering solutions provider based in Hyderabad, India, has announced a successful closure of their Series A funding at INR 123 Crores. The funding will go towards the company’s upcoming spacecraft manufacturing facility, strategic business acquisition plans, and enhancing product offerings to deploy them to the global market. Dhruva Space’s Series…
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Sidus Space Joins Orbital Transports Partner Program to Expand Market Reach
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space, and Data-as-a-Service satellite company, announced it has joined the Orbital Transports Partner Program to expand the Company’s market reach within the global space industry. The Orbital Transports Partner Program is a community of companies, suppliers, and subcontractors working together to solve space mission challenges for our Customers and Partner companies.…
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Tyvak International Announces the Successful Deployment of Centauri-6 Satellite into Orbit
Tyvak International SRL, a Torino, Italy-based subsidiary of Terran Orbital Corporation and a leading European provider of nano and microsatellites, announced the successful launch of Fleet Space Technologies’ Centauri-6 satellite, which was developed in collaboration with Tyvak International. The satellite was launched aboard the pioneering SpaceX Bandwagon-1 mission on Sunday, April 7th from Launch Complex…