Tag: Satellite
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The Year in Space: Amazon’s Project Kuiper revs up to join the megaconstellation market
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket sends two prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper to orbit in 2023. The first operational Kuiper satellites are due for launch on a different Atlas V in early 2025. (ULA Photo) Get ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper to pick up the pace in the megaconstellation space race. So…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Completes Hotfire Test for First Launch with Blue Ring Pathfinder
New Glenn completed an integrated launch vehicle hot-fire test, the final major milestone on our road to the first flight. NG-1 will carry a Blue Ring Pathfinder as its first manifested payload and will launch from Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, FL. The seven-engine hotfire lasted 24 seconds and marked the first time we…
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Mitsubishi Electric Partners with Synspective to Develop SAR Constellation for National Security
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it acquired a stake in Synspective Inc., a Tokyo-based startup company that develops and operates small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and provides solutions based on satellite data, on December 16. The companies recently signed a strategic partnership memorandum to build a satellite constellation and sell satellite images for national…
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Maxar Secures $35 Million in New Contracts from Two Asia-Pacific Government Clients
Maxar Intelligence, a provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, announced that it has been awarded a total of $35 million in new tasking contracts from two government customers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Both contracts are built around a Direct Access Program (DAP) offering and include several “firsts,” including the first purchase of direct access…
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NASA Chooses Four Commercial Companies to Support Near Space Network
NASA has selected multiple companies to expand the agency’s Near Space Network’s commercial direct-to-Earth capabilities services, which is a mission-critical communication capability that allows spacecraft to transmit data directly to ground stations on Earth. The work will be awarded under new Near Space Network services contracts that are firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts. Project timelines span from…
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Space Sustainability Consortium Secures UK Funding to Advance RPO Technologies
ClearSpace, Astroscale and D-Orbit have jointly secured GBP 691,000 from the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) for a Regulatory Sandbox project to test innovative Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) missions, help the regulators understand these emerging technologies and their implications, and ultimately inform and enable regulation for such novel space activities…
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Infinite Orbits Partners with Dawn Aerospace for France’s First GEO Servicing Mission
Dawn Aerospace is pleased to announce they have been selected by Infinite Orbits to provide one of the propulsion systems for the Endurance mission, France and Europe’s first satellite servicing initiative in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). This mission will extend a satellite’s lifespan, advancing Europe’s commitment to sustainable and responsible space operations. “Collaboration between companies is…
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Exolaunch Completes Integration of 35 Satellites for Deployment on SpaceX Transporter-12 Mission
Exolaunch, a global company in launch mission management, satellite integration, and deployment services, announces the successful integration of its customers’ satellites for the upcoming Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX. Following the success of Transporter-11, Exolaunch’s largest and 30th mission to date, the company is building on this achievement as it pushes forward with its next…
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True Anomaly Successfully Launches and Operates Jackal Satellite in Mission X-2
True Anomaly Inc., the defense technology company developing advanced space superiority systems, announced the successful launch and command and control of its Jackal spacecraft. Nine months after its first flight test, the company’s Jackal AOV was successfully deployed into orbit as part of SpaceX’s Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA. Mission X-2…
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ICEYE Extends Earth Observation Capabilities with Launch of Two SAR Satellites
ICEYE, the global company in SAR satellite operations for Earth Observation and persistent monitoring, announced that it has launched two new satellites to its constellation of SAR satellites. Both satellites expand the availability of ICEYE’s latest imaging technology to deliver additional 25 cm imaging capacity. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and launched as part…