Tag: Satellite Cameras
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Orbital Debris Inspection Satellite for Astroscale
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, launched its 44th Electron rocket, successfully deploying an orbital debris inspection satellite for Astroscale Japan. The mission, named “On Closer Inspection”, launched from Pad B at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 03:52 NZDT on February 19th, 2024…
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Voyager Space Awarded a Contract by Millennium Space Systems to Build Star Trackers
Voyager Space, one of the global leaders in space exploration, announced it has been awarded a contract by Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, to build 13 Flight Model Star Trackers (µSTAR-250) and two Engineering Models. Phased delivery is slated for late 2024 through early 2025 to support Millennium’s small satellite constellations programs. Voyager’s µSTAR-250…
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Vast Selects TRL11 to Provide Full Motion Onboard Video for HAVEN-1 Space Station
Vast, a pioneer in space habitation technologies, has selected TRL11 to build its onboard video solutions for its Haven-1 space station. TRL11 will equip Haven-1 inside and outside the vehicle with its Fovea Space Cameras and SAVER (Space Aware Video Edge-computer Recorder) Platforms. The system plans to capture and stream dynamic scenes essential for space…
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Blue Origin Selects Redwire as Key Supplier for Blue Ring Space Mobility Platform
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced that it has been awarded a contract to develop and deliver four Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings, along with multiple Argus cameras and Low Voltage Distribution Units (LVDUs) for Blue Origin’s multi-orbit space mobility platform, Blue Ring. The ROSA wings…
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Top Satellite Cameras in 2023
Satellite Cameras stand as pivotal instruments capturing high-resolution imagery and data from Earth’s orbit. Armed with cutting-edge technology, these cameras play an indispensable role in providing visual insights, monitoring terrestrial activities, conducting remote sensing, and facilitating scientific observations. The demand for satellite cameras is poised for significant growth, driven by technological advancements, expanding applications, and…
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RTX to Provide UK Space Agency with LEO Space Surveillance and Tracking Services
Raytheon NORSS, RTX’s UK-based space domain awareness specialist – has been awarded a contract to provide the UK Space Agency with Space Surveillance and Tracking Services Data (SST) in low-Earth orbit (LEO) for Resident Space Objects (RSO). Under this contract, Raytheon NORSS will use its ground-based Low-Earth Orbit Camera Installation sensors, known as LOCI, to…
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Momentus’ Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle Successfully Completes Vibration Testing
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses and in-space infrastructure services including transportation, hosted payloads, and other in-orbit services, announced that it has completed vibration testing of its Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle scheduled to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission no earlier than March 2024. The vibration testing conducted at Experior Laboratories…
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ANSER Mission’s Formation Flying CubeSats to Launch on Europe’s Next Vega Launcher
ANSER (Advanced Nanosatellite Systems for Earth-observation Research) is a cluster of three CubeSats that will work together in close vicinity as if they are a single satellite. Due to be launched on Europe’s next Vega flight, VV23, the ANSER mission is being undertaken by the INTA (Spanish Institute of Aerospace Technology). Santiago Rodriguez Bustabad, overseeing…
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NASA and Ball Aerospace Successfully Complete Roman Space Telescope’s Primary Instrument
Ball Aerospace and its partners at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have successfully completed the assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s camera system, called the Wide Field Instrument (WFI). The WFI will serve as the observatory’s primary instrument, providing the scientific community with detailed and expansive images of the cosmos. The instrument will…
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True Anomaly Selects Redwire to Provide Cameras and Navigation Technology for its Orbital Vehicle
Redwire is continuing to enable today’s most ambitious national security space missions through a wide range of mission-critical systems and capabilities. During a panel at Small Satellite Conference 2023, Redwire announced that it was selected by True Anomaly, a technology company revolutionizing space security and sustainability with fully-integrated hardware and software, to provide navigation technology…