Tag: Satellite Bus & Platforms
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Momentus Ships Customer Integrated Payloads for SpaceX Transporter-9 Mission Launch
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has integrated its customers launching on the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission and shipped the payloads to Vandenberg Space Force Base for integration with Falcon 9 ahead of launch, which is targeted for no earlier than November 2023. Momentus will use…
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Momentus Signs Contract with C3S for Transportation and Orbital Delivery Services
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with C3S for transportation and orbital delivery services in 2025. C3S is a repeat customer for Momentus. The C3S VIREO payload was transported to orbit on the Vigoride-6 mission that launched in April 2023. “With…
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Satellites Equipped with Terran Orbital Buses Launched as part of SDA’s Tranche 0 Mission
Terran Orbital Corporation, one of the leading manufacturers of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced that 10 satellites incorporating Terran Orbital buses have been deployed in low Earth orbit following a Sept. 2, 2023 launch, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The 10 satellites are part of the Tranche 0…
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Sidus Space to Launch Two LizzieSats on Upcoming SpaceX Bandwagon Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company has confirmed its plan to reallocate two LizzieSats to launch on an upcoming Bandwagon mission with SpaceX. The updated LizzieSat constellation configuration will advance cutting-edge Low Earth Orbit data collection and provide enhanced orbital flexibility for government and commercial customers. While initially planning to launch its first…
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Sidus Space Partners with HEO for Non-Earth Imaging Payload and Data Services
Sidus Space, a versatile Space and Data-as-a-Service firm has revealed a partnership with HEO (USA), a subsidiary of HEO, an Australian space technology company known for its expertise in non-Earth imaging (NEI) and in-orbit satellite inspection services. Under this contract, Sidus Space will incorporate HEO’s Holmes Imager as a hosted payload on the second set…
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Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F and HOTBIRD 13G Satellites Successfully Enter into Service
Eutelsat Communications announced that its two high-power HOTBIRD 13F and HOTBIRD 13G satellites have entered into full commercial service. Located at Eutelsat’s 13° East flagship video neighbourhood, the satellites are reinforcing and enhancing the broadcast quality of around nine hundred television channels in more than 160 million homes across Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle…
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NASA JPL Imaging Spectrometer Handed off to Planet Labs for Tanager 1 Integration
Planet Labs PBC, a provider of daily data and insights about Earth, announced that an imaging spectrometer, developed by NASA JPL, has been handed off to its team for integration into its Tanager 1 hyperspectral satellite. This marks a major milestone for the Carbon Mapper Coalition, a public-private partnership announced in 2021, with the aim of…
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Thaicom Selects Airbus to Build its New Generation of Software-Defined Satellite
Thaicom Public Company Limited, an Asian satellite operator and space technology company has selected Airbus for its new generation software-defined high throughput satellite. Airbus will provide one of its latest designed satellites – a fully reconfigurable OneSat. The Thaicom satellite will provide extended connectivity in Ku-band over the Asia-Pacific region for millions of users. Thaicom…
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Terran Orbital Showcases New Product Line of Seven Satellite Buses
Terran Orbital announced a new lineup of seven standard satellite bus platforms. Over a decade ago, Terran Orbital pioneered the creation of CubeSat standards, now establishing new benchmarks for satellite technology for the coming decade. These standards are built upon Terran Orbital’s manufacturing capabilities, featuring components and modules that can be readily swapped out to…
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Telesat and SpaceX Announce Multi-Launch Agreement for Telesat Lightspeed LEO Satellites
Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, and SpaceX, which designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft, announced a multi-launch agreement to deliver the Telesat Lightspeed constellation to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Telesat has contracted 14 launches on SpaceX’s Falcon 9, the most reliable and only reusable…