Tag: Satellite
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ispace and Orbit Fab Collaborate to Advance a Sustainable Lunar Economy
ispace, a global lunar exploration company, and Orbit Fab one of the leading providers of on-orbit refueling services, announced an agreement to collaborate on in-space propellant harvesting and delivery for future missions to the Moon. The ispace-Orbit Fab partnership will leverage each company’s unique and complementary capabilities to develop effective propellants and fuels from resources…
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Telespazio and Hughes Europe Partner to Introduce Cutting-Edge Konnect VHTS Services
Telespazio, a Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) joint venture, will collaborate with Hughes Europe, an EchoStar company, to introduce cutting-edge connectivity services through the innovative Eutelsat Konnect VHTS (K-VHTS) satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, a Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) joint venture. The K-VHTS satellite is known for having a very high throughput, delivering…
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Airbus Ventures Announces Its Latest Investment in Helicity Space
Airbus Ventures proudly announced its investment in Helicity Space, a commercial space company developing in-space propulsion and power technology based on fusion power. Helicity Space announced its $5 million seed round, with funding from several new investors including Airbus Ventures, TRE Advisors, Voyager Space Holdings, E2MC Space, Urania Ventures and Gaingels. “We are pleased to…
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ESA’s YPSat Completes Full Integration Ahead of Ariane 6 Inaugural Flight
ESA’s Young Professionals Satellite, YPSat, has been fully integrated for the first time, in preparation for its ‘electromagnetic compatibility’ testing seen here. This checks that all the systems aboard the compact payload can operate together without interfering either with each other or the launcher carrying it. YPSat is a project run in its entirety by…
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NASA’s Laser Reflecting Instruments to Enhance Precision in Earth Measurements
The best known use of GPS satellites is to help people know their location whether driving a car, navigating a ship or plane, or trekking across remote territory. Another important, but lesser-known, use is to distribute information to other Earth-viewing satellites to help them pinpoint measurements of our planet. NASA and several other federal agencies,…
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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module Moved to Earth’s Orbit from Lunar Orbit
In another unique experiment, like the hop experiment on the Vikram Lander, the Propulsion Module (PM) of Chandrayaan-3 was moved from an orbit around the Moon to an orbit around Earth. The primary objective of the ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission was to demonstrate a soft landing near to lunar south polar region and perform experiments using…
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Rocket Lab Signs Deal to Launch Earth Observation Satellite for KAIST
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed a launch services agreement to launch an Earth observation satellite for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on a rideshare mission in the first half of 2024. KAIST’s NeonSat-1 will be the primary payload…
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Eutelsat OneWeb Partners with Imperial College London for Space Weather Monitoring Research
Eutelsat OneWeb, part of Eutelsat Group, the world’s first GEO-LEO satellite operator, has collaborated with Imperial College London to explore harnessing the power of its LEO satellite constellation to enable global space weather monitoring to help protect satellite operations as well as power, communications, navigation and transport systems. The changing conditions in near-Earth space, known…
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Australian Government Funding Accelerates Neumann Space Tech on Spire Global Satellite
Neumann Space, one of the technology leaders of in-space electric propulsion, announced that Australian Government funding will enable it to adapt the Neumann Drive for an in-orbit demonstration mission with Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services. Neumann Space is a founding partner of the Australian Space Manufacturing Network (ASMN)…
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Amazon Signs Contract with SpaceX for Three Launches to Support Project Kuiper Deployment
Amazon has signed a contract with SpaceX for three Falcon 9 launches to support deployment plans for Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network. Project Kuiper satellites were designed from the start to accommodate multiple launch providers and vehicles, allowing us to reduce schedule risk and move faster in our mission to…