Tag: Satellite
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Sidus Space Installs NASA Stennis ASTRA Flight Software and Hardware on LizzieSat Satellite
Sidus Space, a Space, and Data-as-a-Service satellite company, announced that it has received its ASTRA (Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications) Flight Software Version 1.0 and ASTRA flight hardware from NASA Stennis and installed it on the Company’s LizzieSat satellite ahead of its first quarter 2024 SpaceX Transporter 10 launch. NASA Stennis has completed its…
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Space Machines Uses Siemens Xcelerator Software to Design its Orbital Servicing Vehicle
Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that Space Machines Company (SMC), an Australian space on-orbit services and logistics startup, has used the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to design and build the Optimus Orbital Servicing Vehicle. One of the largest commercial spacecraft being designed, manufactured, and assembled in Australia, is in development at the University…
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Airbus Awarded €109.3 Million Contract for Advancement of ESA’s TRUTHS Mission
Airbus has been awarded the latest phase in the European Space Agency (ESA) TRUTHS mission as part of ESA’s Earth Observation Earth Watch program. The contract covers a detailed definition of the mission and payload and focuses on payload development and de-risking activities with an option for the procurement of long lead time hardware ahead…
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Thales Alenia Space Inks Multi-Satellite Deal with PT Len Industri for Optical Imagery
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), signed a multi-mission contract with PT Len Industri to provide a state-of-the-art Earth observation constellation combining both radar and optical sensors and dedicated to the Indonesian Ministry of Defence (MoD). Both companies will join forces to deploy an end-to-end system including space and…
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CisLunar Industries Awarded DARPA LunA-10 Contract for Lunar Infrastructure Integration
CisLunar Industries has been awarded a contract with DARPA (The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) for the LunA-10 (The 10-Year Lunar Architecture) capability study to advance critical technology efforts in lunar infrastructure development. CisLunar Industries will facilitate the development of the METAL framework (Material Extraction, Treatment, Assembly & Logistics), in collaboration with 13 other visionary…
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Momentus Secures Contract with CalgaryToSpace for Orbital Delivery Services in 2025
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, signed a contract with CalgaryToSpace (CTS) for transportation and orbital delivery services in 2025. CTS is the only student team in Calgary (Alberta, Canada) with the goal of building and operating a satellite in orbit. Momentus is contracted to…
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Firefly Aerospace to Develop On-Orbit Spacecraft Hubs Framework for DARPA’s LunA-10
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it was selected to develop an analytical framework for aggregated on-orbit spacecraft hubs in support of DARPA’s 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study. Based on the capabilities of Firefly’s Elytra orbital vehicles, the spacecraft hubs would provide responsive tasking for a wide range of cislunar services, such…
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NRO Awards Contract to Muon Space for Commercial Electro-Optical Capabilities
Muon Space, a LEO satellite constellation company revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, has been awarded a contract by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to provide commercial electro-optical (EO) capabilities at both the sensor and constellation level for assessment and potential contribution to the NRO mission. This award falls under the NRO Strategic…
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NRO Awards Contract to Muon Space for Commercial Electro-Optical Capabilities
Muon Space, a LEO satellite constellation company revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, has been awarded a contract by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to provide commercial electro-optical (EO) capabilities at both the sensor and constellation level for assessment and potential contribution to the NRO mission. This award falls under the NRO Strategic…
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ICON Selected by DARPA for LunA-10 Lunar Architecture Study
ICON, one of the leaders in advanced construction technologies and large-scale 3D printing announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected the company to take part in the agency’s 10-year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study. ICON is among a group of 14 performers that DARPA selected through a competitive solicitation process. DARPA,…