Tag: Satellite
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ALifecom Unveils Latest NTN IoT Platform for SATCOM UE Testing at SATELLITE 2024
ALifecom announced the release of its Non-Terrestrial Networks IoT Platform at SATELLITE 2024 in Washington, D.C. This platform is the industry’s first integrated solution embedding a channel emulator into ALifecom’s NE6000 network emulator to effectively simulate and test NTN communications within a small form factor, user-friendly, and cost-effective solution. The ALifecom NE6000 network emulator has…
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NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson and Crewmates Launch to the International Space Station
Three crew members including NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson successfully launched at 8:36 a.m. EDT on March 23, 2024, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Dyson, along with her crewmates Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus, will dock to the space station’s Prichal module at…
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Startical to Test its Air Traffic Surveillance Systems on NanoAvionics-Built Satellite
Startical, the company created by ENAIRE, Europe’s fourth-largest air navigation services provider, and Indra, a technological company and one of the world’s leading providers of air traffic systems, will use a satellite produced by Kongsberg NanoAvionics, a leading small satellite company, and mission integrator, to test the systems of its future constellation of over 270…
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NASA Science and Hardware Launch Aboard SpaceX’s 30th Resupply Mission to the ISS
Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for the agency are on the way to the International Space Station, including studies of technologies to measure sea ice and plant growth in space. SpaceX’s Dragon resupply spacecraft, carrying more than 6,000 pounds of cargo to the…
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NEC and Skyloom to Revolutionize Space Communications with 100 Gbps Optical Terminals
NEC Corporation and Skyloom Global Corporation have joined forces to revolutionize space communications with the development of cutting-edge optical communication equipment for multi-orbit satellite networks. The collaboration aims to commercialize and make available on the open market one of the world’s fastest space optical terminals, achieving remarkable high-speed inter-satellite communications of 100 Gbps and more, propelling…
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Firefly Aerospace Selected by Defense Innovation Unit to Demonstrate Launch and On-Orbit Services
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit to conduct a trade study on its capabilities to rapidly launch Firefly’s Elytra vehicles and support missions beyond Geosynchronous Orbit, referred to as xGEO. Once complete, the trade study will provide the groundwork for…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches NROL-123 Mission for National Reconnaissance Office
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, successfully launched a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Launch Complex 2 in Wallops, Virginia. The NROL-123 mission, called ‘Live and Let Fly’, was launched on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle at 03:25 EDT on March 21,…
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Orbit Fab’s RAFTI Fueling Port Becomes First Flight-Qualified Interface for In-Space Refueling
Orbit Fab, the premier provider of on-orbit refueling services, announced its RAFTI (Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface) fueling port is the first refueling interface to be flight-qualified. Following years of development, RAFTI has successfully completed a battery of stringent qualification tests and is ready for launch site fueling and in-space refueling of satellites of any…
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Sierra Space Solar Panels Powers Sidus Space’s LizzieSat Satellite in Low Earth Orbit
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and emerging defense tech prime building a platform in space to benefit and protect life on Earth has achieved yet another milestone in space technology by providing the cutting-edge solar technology that powers Sidus Space’s first LizzieSat satellite, which successfully launched and deployed to Low Earth Orbit on March…
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Advanced Space Demonstrates Successful Use of AI in Cislunar Space with CAPSTONE Mission
Advanced Space, a leading space tech solutions company announced the successful use of machine learning in cislunar space. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft has been busy testing new software that is laying the groundwork for a substantial and transformative advance in autonomous navigation in orbit. SigmaZero is a…