Tag: Satellite
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PLD Space Makes History Completing the Launch of First Private European Rocket
The Spanish company PLD Space has made history after successfully completing the launch of the first private European rocket, MIURA 1. The maiden flight of its suborbital launcher showcases the advanced level of technology and know-how that has been developed by the company since 2011. This milestone achievement furthermore reinforces PLD Space’s leading position in…
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ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches Amazon’s Project Kuiper Satellites
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on Oct. 6 at 2:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched 158 times with 100 per cent mission success. The Protoflight launch is the first mission…
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Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes Fifth Human Spaceflight Mission
Virgin Galactic, an aerospace and space travel company, pioneering human spaceflight for private individuals and researchers with its advanced air and space vehicles has announced the completion of its fifth successful human space mission in five months, ‘Galactic 04.’ Onboard ’Galactic 04’: Astronaut 017 Ron Rosano from the United States of America Astronaut 018 Trevor…
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Atlas V rocket launches prototype Amazon satellites to test Project Kuiper network
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket launches Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites. (ULA via YouTube) Amazon’s first satellites were launched today on a mission aimed at testing out the hardware and software for the Seattle company’s worldwide Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation. Two prototype satellites — known as KuiperSat 1 and 2 — rode a United…
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SCOUT Space Selected by IARPA for Space Debris Identification and Tracking Program
SCOUT Space an in-space observation data provider dedicated to enabling a new era of space safety and transparency, announced it has been selected as a subcontractor by Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), the R&D arm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, in support of the SINTRA (Space Debris Identification and Tracking)…
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Spire Global Selected for IDIQ Contract by NASA to Provide Earth Observation Data
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, has been selected for a Multiple-Award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by NASA to provide Earth observation data for the agency’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. The contract will be effective for five years with the opportunity to compete for task…
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CesiumAstro, SES, and Hughes Team Up to Showcase Scalable Ka-Band SATCOM Terminal
CesiumAstro, SES, and Hughes announced the successful over-the-air (OTA) demonstration of a scalable Ka-band active phased array terminal for satellite communications (SATCOM). Conducted by CesiumAstro throughout the months of June and July in Austin, Texas, the demonstration paired the company’s medium form factor terminal with the Hughes HM400 software-defined modem connecting through SES’s geosynchronous orbit…
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Momentus Signs Contract with C3S for Transportation and Orbital Delivery Services
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with C3S for transportation and orbital delivery services in 2025. C3S is a repeat customer for Momentus. The C3S VIREO payload was transported to orbit on the Vigoride-6 mission that launched in April 2023. “With…
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Axiom Space Collaborates with Prada to Design NASA’s Next-Gen Lunar Spacesuits
In the first groundbreaking partnership between an Italian luxury fashion house and a commercial space company, Axiom Space, industry leader and architect of the world’s first commercial space station, announced a collaboration with Prada on NASA’s lunar spacesuits for the Artemis III mission. As the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972,…
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mmTron Introduces Highest Efficiency GaN Power Amplifier MMIC for LEO Satellite Downlinks
mmTron has developed the highest efficiency class AB GaN power amplifier (PA) MMIC for the 17.3 to 21.2 GHz satellite downlink band: The TMC261 covers the band with a margin and provides 1.1 watts of output power with 35 percent power-added efficiency (PAE) at a noise power ratio (NPR) of 13 dB. “High data rate…