Tag: Satellite Bus & Platforms
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NanoAvionics Introduces New Multi-purpose Satellite Bus for Nanosatellites
NanoAvionics, a small satellite mission integrator focused on delivering new generation satellite buses and their mission services for the satellite applications market has introduced a new high-performance multi-purpose satellite bus for nanosatellites. The M16P from NanoAvionics is a highly versatile bus whose performance capabilities are optimized for IoT, M2M, AIS, and ADS-B applications and has…
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Rocket Lab Ships Completed Custom-Built Photon Spacecraft for Varda Space Industries
Rocket Lab USA, a global manufacturer in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed and shipped a custom Photon spacecraft developed for Varda Space Industries, a space manufacturing, and hypersonic re-entry logistics company. The Rocket Lab-designed and built Photon spacecraft will provide power, communications, propulsion, and attitude control to Varda’s 120kg capsule that will…
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C3S Introduces a New 3U Satellite Platform for Earth Observation Applications
C3S, a company that develops and manufactures highly dependable 3/6/12/16U platforms and subsystems like OBC, EPS, and communication modules to meet the requirements of IoT, Earth Observation, and space monitoring constellation missions has introduced a new 3U Satellite Platform. The 3U platform from C3S is a CubeSat platform with a 5-year design lifetime in LEO.…
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics Showcases New Magnetorquer for CubeSats
Kongsberg NanoAvionics, a small satellite mission integrator focused on delivering new generation satellite buses and their mission services for the satellite applications market has introduced a new Magnetorquer for CubeSats and nanosats. Magnetorquers “SatBus MTQ”, designed by NanoAvionics, is a set of two (X and Y-axis) magnetorquer rods and one air core Z-axis magnetorquer coil…
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ISTSat-1 Nanosatellite Successfully Passes Thermal Vacuum Tests
ISTSat-1, the first Portuguese CubeSat, has completed its crucial structural qualification and thermal-vacuum tests as part of the Fly Your Satellite! Program, and is now one step closer to its launch. The CubeSat ISTsat-1 is the first-ever nanosatellite designed by students from the University of Lisbon’s Instituto Superior Técnico and is part of the second…
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Sidus Space Awarded New Contract for Next Phase of NASA ASTRA Project
Sidus Space, a Space-as-a-Service satellite company focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and space-based data collection was awarded a follow-on agreement for the next phase of NASA’s Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications (ASTRA) project. During this phase of the ASTRA project, the Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) team at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near…
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Japanese Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa Invests $23 Million in Satellite Servicing Company
Astroscale Holdings Inc, one of the market leaders in satellite servicing and long-term sustainability across all orbits, has received an investment of U.S. $23 million from Yusaku Maezawa, the first private Japanese citizen to visit the International Space Station (ISS). “Mr. Maezawa’s investment is a testament to the importance of space sustainability, and we…
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Astroscale and Mitsubishi Electric to Jointly Develop and Produce Satellite Buses
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a leading defense and space company, and Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term sustainability across all orbits, announced that Mitsubishi Electric has invested U.S. $25 million in Astroscale’s Series G funding round. Separate from the investment, the companies have agreed to collaborate in the joint development and…
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics Doubles its Satellite Production Capacity
Small satellite mission integrator and bus manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) has doubled its satellite production capability by officially opening its manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT) facility in Vilnius, Lithuania. After a gradual occupancy, the facility is now fully operational and an expansion to the company’s existing facilities in Lithuania (HQ), the UK and the…
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Xplore Multi-Sensor Satellite to offer Space Data Products under NOAA Imagery License
Xplore Inc., a space company providing space data products, data fusion, and on-board computing from its multi-sensor XCRAFT announced it has been granted a remote sensing license from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the company’s first mission to low Earth orbit (LEO) scheduled for launch later this year. Lisa Rich, Xplore Founder,…