Tag: Satellite
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Satellites Equipped with Terran Orbital Buses Launched as part of SDA’s Tranche 0 Mission
Terran Orbital Corporation, one of the leading manufacturers of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced that 10 satellites incorporating Terran Orbital buses have been deployed in low Earth orbit following a Sept. 2, 2023 launch, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The 10 satellites are part of the Tranche 0…
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Millennium Space Systems Achieves Mission Readiness of VICTUS NOX Spacecraft in 37 Hours
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, completed checkout and achieved operational readiness of the VICTUS NOX space vehicle just 37 hours after launch – 11 hours ahead of the 48-hour goal. This phase of a space mission typically takes weeks or months to complete. Full-mission operability comes only days after the 60-hour activation and 24-hour…
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AWS Collaborates with ISRO and IN-SPACe to Support India’s Space-Tech Innovations
Amazon Web Services (AWS) India Private Limited has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to support space-tech innovations through cloud computing. This collaboration will give space startups, research institutes and students access to cutting-edge cloud technologies that accelerate…
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Intelsat Adds Telespazio’s Fucino Space Centre into its Partner Teleport Network
Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), has added Telespazio’s Fucino Space Centre in Italy into its partner teleport network, expanding to accommodate the growth of its global FlexEnterprise offering and to enable other managed satellite services. The partnership is now up…
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CPI Vertex Antennentechnik to Provide Ka-band Antenna Systems for SES’s O3b mPOWER
CPI Vertex Antennentechnik, a subsidiary of Communications & Power Industries (CPI), has been selected to provide high-performance Ka-band antenna systems to SES for its O3b mPOWER communications system. These ground-based 5.5-meter Ka-band “plug and play” series tracking antennas will be used for O3b mPOWER Gateway systems. The O3b mPOWER system is SES’s second-generation medium Earth…
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Skyloom Signs an Agreement with Satellogic for Multipath Optical Comms Data Transmission
Skyloom, one of the leaders in space-based telecommunications, announced that it has signed an agreement with Satellogic, a company in submeter Earth Observation data and satellite technology. The agreement details plans to integrate Skyloom’s Optical Communications Terminal onto Satellogic satellites. Utilizing Skyloom’s OCT, Satellogic will test new methods of high-resolution EO data delivery through both…
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Firefly Aerospace Successfully Launches U.S. Space Force VICTUS NOX Space Mission
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced the company successfully launched its Alpha rocket and deployed the VICTUS NOX spacecraft following a 24-hour notice to complete final payload operations and mission preparations. Led by the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Space Safari Program Office and in close partnership with the Rocket Systems…
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Astrobotic Initiates NASA Contracts to Study Interaction of Rocket Plumes with Lunar Terrain
Astrobotic has begun work on two NASA Small Business Innovation Research contracts that will further research on lunar plume-surface interactions (PSI), a key area of risk and uncertainty for lunar landing. This testing will generate valuable new data about how lunar dust stirred up by a lander’s rocket plumes will affect landing systems, onboard payloads,…
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Sidus Space Partners with HEO for Non-Earth Imaging Payload and Data Services
Sidus Space, a versatile Space and Data-as-a-Service firm has revealed a partnership with HEO (USA), a subsidiary of HEO, an Australian space technology company known for its expertise in non-Earth imaging (NEI) and in-orbit satellite inspection services. Under this contract, Sidus Space will incorporate HEO’s Holmes Imager as a hosted payload on the second set…
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Redwire BioFabrication Facility Successfully Prints First Human Knee Meniscus on ISS
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced that it has successfully 3D bioprinted the first human knee meniscus in orbit using its upgraded 3D BioFabrication Facility (BFF) on the International Space Station (ISS). This milestone opens the door to improved treatments for meniscal injuries, one of the…