Tag: Satellite
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Vantor Launches WorldView 3D Satellite Tasking Product Line
Vantor, the leading provider of spatial intelligence from space to ground, announced the launch of WorldView 3D, a first-of-its-kind satellite tasking product line that gives warfighters, intelligence analysts and mapmakers an up-to-date 3D ground truth layer for missions that depend on an accurate model of the physical world. WorldView 3D empowers customers to task and…
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Teledyne e2v Validates Space-Grade ADC for Radiation-Intensive Missions
Teledyne e2v Semiconductors has released new radiation test results for its EV10AS940, a 10-bit, 12.8 GSps, Ka-band-capable analog-to-digital converter (ADC) developed for demanding space payloads and mission-critical applications. These results give space engineers additional confidence when designing high-performance satellite communications payloads, synthetic aperture radar, or SAR, systems, space electronic intelligence platforms and advanced space instrumentation,…
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Firefly Aerospace Secures $144 Million NASA CLPS Contract for Blue Ghost Lunar Mission
Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, announced a $144 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to deliver a rapid mission to the Moon with Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander. This marks the company’s sixth contracted lunar mission to date with the goal of demonstrating repeatable access to the lunar…
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NASA Selects Mission Space to Advance Lunar Environmental Monitoring Technology
Mission Space has been selected by NASA under the Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO) to advance LEEMR, a compact lunar dust and surface-charging monitoring instrument developed for future lunar surface operations, in collaboration with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The project supports Mission Space’s expansion from orbital space-weather intelligence into lunar surface…
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K2 Space sets up an engineering office in the Seattle area to support big plans for big satellites
Engineers prepare a high-power satellite for testing at K2 Space’s manufacturing facility in Torrance, Calif. (K2 Space via PRNewswire) California-based K2 Space is establishing a satellite engineering hub in the Seattle area, adding to a thriving regional ecosystem of satellite ventures. The Pacific Northwest operation will support the company’s drive to build large, high-power satellites…
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Mitsubishi Electric Awarded JAXA Subsidy for Full Digital Payload Development
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it has been awarded a subsidy for the Development of Internationally Competitive Full Digital Payload under the Development and Demonstration of Technologies for Internationally Competitive Communications Payloads, which is being financed by the 2nd phase of the Space Strategy Fund1 managed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Mitsubishi Electric was…
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GomSpace Receives 34 MSEK Satellite Platform Kits Order
GomSpace has received a follow-up order from an existing, undisclosed customer in the EMEA region with a total value of approximately 34 MSEK. The order comprises GomSpace’s satellite platform kits—modular, flight-proven solutions designed to reduce system integration complexity and shorten time-to-mission. By providing a pre-integrated and scalable satellite platform, these kits enable customers to accelerate…
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OHB Sweden Advances Propulsion Systems for Orbital and Deep Space Missions
OHB Sweden is advancing spacecraft propulsion technologies through a comprehensive portfolio of electric, liquid, and cold gas propulsion systems designed to support missions from early spacecraft development through launch, on-orbit operations, and end-of-life disposal. The company develops complete propulsion subsystems for commercial, institutional and scientific missions, covering mission definition, system design, manufacturing, integration, testing and…
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Thales Alenia Secures Es’hailSat Contract for Advanced GEO Telecom Satellite
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announces the signing of a contract with Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, to develop a new generation software-defined satellite based on the Space INSPIRE (INstant SPace In-orbit REconfiguration) platform by Thales Alenia Space. Named Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni, this satellite will offer high-speed broadband connectivity services…
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Samara Aerospace Advances Satellite Attitude Control with MSAC Technology
Samara Aerospace is developing a new approach to spacecraft attitude control through the Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control (MSAC) technology, an innovative system that replaces conventional reaction wheels with actuated deployable spacecraft structures. Designed to combine spacecraft pointing, angular momentum storage and active vibration suppression within a single integrated architecture. Samara Aerospace’s MSAC technology introduces…