Tag: Satellite Bus & Platforms
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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…
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Dragonfly Aerospace Selects Neuraspace’s STM Platform for EOS SAT-1 Satellite
Dragonfly Aerospace, a commercial leader in satellite imaging technology, announced a strategic partnership with Neuraspace, a provider of smarter space traffic management (STM), to explore Neuraspace’s STM platform for space sustainability. Dragonfly Aerospace will be using the STM platform for its EOS SAT-1 satellite for conjunction analysis and receiving maneuver suggestions. EOS SAT-1 is the…
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Terran Orbital Introduces Responsive Space Initiative Program
Terran Orbital announced the launch of the Responsive Space Initiative. Under this initiative, they are committed to providing customers with satellite buses within just 30 days and complete satellite systems with integrated payloads within 60 days. There are seven new satellite buses that will be participating in this program. The advanced production capabilities through the…
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Ball Aerospace Successfully Completes Testing on SSC’s Weather Monitoring Satellite
Ball Aerospace successfully concluded testing on the Weather System Follow–on–Microwave (WSF-M) satellite, representing the completion of the first of two satellites Ball is delivering for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command next-generation operational environmental satellite system. Once in orbit, WSF-M will provide the Department of Defense with critical data meant to fill gaps in…