Tag: Satellite
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Celestia TTI-Led Consortium Secures €9.9 Million ESA Contract to Develop Tracking Radar
A consortium led by Celestia TTI has been awarded a €9.9 million contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of a Tracking Radar for LEO Space Debris Tracking in Greece. Celestia TTI will act as the prime contractor for the design, development, and deployment of the LEO Space Debris Tracking Radar in…
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Ursa Major Introduces New Innovative Solution for Solid Rocket Motor Design and Manufacturing
Ursa Major is proud to introduce Lynx, a new approach to designing and manufacturing solid rocket motors (SRM). Lynx redefines a market plagued by a broken supply chain and an overextended industrial base. With Lynx, Ursa Major offers a revolutionary solution to America’s SRM shortage with a faster, more affordable process, leveraging 3D printing to…
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Gilat Successfully Acquires DataPath, Advancing Presence in Defense Communications Market
Gilat Satellite Networks, one of the worldwide leaders in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced that it has completed the acquisition of DataPath, a market leader in trusted communications for the US DoD Military and Government sectors. The transaction was approved by the Gilat Board of Directors and by DataPath’s Board of Directors and…
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ESA’s Rapidly Developed Arctic Weather Satellite Enters Testing Phase
As its name suggests, the new Arctic Weather Satellite mission is expected to improve weather forecasts in the Arctic – a region that currently lacks data for accurate short-term forecasts. Today, satellites, both those in geostationary orbit and in polar orbit, provide a wealth of information that meteorologists use routinely to forecast the weather. However,…
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MDA Secures $180 Million Contract for New NGSO Digital Satellite Constellation
MDA, a provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced that it has received an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) contract from an undisclosed customer to start work on a new Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO)* satellite constellation. The ATP, valued at approximately $180 million, is to immediately commence engineering and programmatic…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper Protoflight Mission Achieves 100% Success Rate
Amazon started Project Kuiper with the goal of providing fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Within 30 days of sending two prototype satellites into space, Project Kuiper has achieved a 100% success rate for its Protoflight mission, validating key technologies that underpin the network and moving the program another step…
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Advanced Space’s CAPSTONE Mission Completes One Year of Operation at the Moon
Advanced Space, a space tech solutions company, announced that their Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission has successfully operated on-orbit around the Moon for a full year. This milestone puts the company in an elite category logging over 365 days of continuous operations in the cislunar environment. As the first…
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Rocket Lab Sets Up Space Structures Complex to Supply Advanced Composite Products
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, announced the expansion of its space systems business with a dedicated production and development complex designed to deliver a comprehensive suite of advanced composite products for the space industry and to further vertically integrate supply for the Company’s internal needs across launch and space systems. To…
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Airbus’ Patented Detumbler Magnetic Damping Device to Tackle In-Orbit Debris
Airbus’ patented Detumbler device designed to prevent satellites from at the end of their lives from tumbling, was launched on 11 November 2023 and will be tested in space on the mission in association with Exotrail and EnduroSat early in 2024. Developed in 2021 by Airbus, and supported by the French Space Agency CNES under…
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Rogue Space Systems Announces Hosted Payload Demonstration Program with RocketStar
Rogue Space Systems Corporation, one of the leaders in the development of in-space services, has announced a new hosted payload demonstration with RocketStar that has the potential to take space propulsion to the next level. This hosting is set to launch RocketStar’s innovative water-based propulsion system into orbit aboard the next-generation Rogue Orbot. “This will…