Tag: Satellite
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Dragonfly Aerospace Selects Neuraspace’s STM Platform for EOS SAT-1 Satellite
Dragonfly Aerospace, a commercial leader in satellite imaging technology, announced a strategic partnership with Neuraspace, a provider of smarter space traffic management (STM), to explore Neuraspace’s STM platform for space sustainability. Dragonfly Aerospace will be using the STM platform for its EOS SAT-1 satellite for conjunction analysis and receiving maneuver suggestions. EOS SAT-1 is the…
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Alters Its Trajectory to Target Sample Capsule’s Landing Zone
On Sept. 10, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly fired its ACS (attitude control system) thrusters to point itself toward Earth, putting it on course to release its sample capsule, carrying rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu, from 63,000 miles (or 102,000 kilometers) above Earth’s surface on Sept. 24. The trajectory-correction maneuver changed the spacecraft’s velocity by…
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Phase Four’s Maxwell Propulsion System Achieves Flight Heritage
Phase Four, one of the leaders in advanced radio-frequency thrusters for small satellite propulsion, has announced the successful flight heritage of its next-generation Maxwell propulsion system. This marks a major step in deploying state-of-the-art propulsion technology for small satellites. The advances in the Maxwell propulsion system underscore Phase Four’s commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer-focused…
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Terran Orbital Opens 60,000 SF Satellite Manufacturing Factory in Irvine California
Terran Orbital announced the official opening of a new 60,000-square-foot satellite manufacturing space adding to its existing manufacturing capability. With this previously announced addition, the total size of the manufacturing complex in Irvine has expanded to approximately 98,000 square feet. This new addition enables Terran Orbital to significantly boost satellite production, increasing it from an…
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Viasat Awarded Contract by U.S. Space Force for PLEO Satellite Services
Viasat, one of the global leaders in satellite communications, announced that Inmarsat Government, now part of Viasat, was awarded a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services (SBS) contract by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) on behalf of the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC). Inmarsat Government is one of 16…
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Terran Orbital Introduces Responsive Space Initiative Program
Terran Orbital announced the launch of the Responsive Space Initiative. Under this initiative, they are committed to providing customers with satellite buses within just 30 days and complete satellite systems with integrated payloads within 60 days. There are seven new satellite buses that will be participating in this program. The advanced production capabilities through the…
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Relativity Space Signs Lease Agreement on NASA’s Historic Test Stand
Relativity Space, the preeminent 3D-printed rocket company, has signed an enhanced use lease agreement (EULA) on the vertical test stand at the A-2 complex within NASA’s historic Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi. The agreement marks the first time a commercial tenant has modernized an underutilized legacy test stand at NASA Stennis, signifying the…
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Rocket Lab Announces Launch Window for Capella Space’s Upcoming Mission
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, announced it has scheduled its next Electron launch during a window that opens September 19, 2023, NZST/UTC. The ‘We Will Never Desert You’ mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula for American space tech company Capella Space,…
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United Launch Alliance Announces the Successful Launch of Joint National Security Mission
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) lifted off on Sept.10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched 157 times with 100…
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Wyvern and Loft Orbital Partner to Expand Dragonette Satellite Constellation
Wyvern has announced that they are teaming up with Loft Orbital, a space infrastructure company, to expand the capacity of their Dragonette constellation. Like Wyvern, Loft is unlocking the power of space for data collection with a deep understanding of how to develop, manage, launch, and operate the satellites that make up their infrastructure. This…