Tag: Satellite
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LeoStella and Hera Systems Announce Strategic Manufacturing Alliance
Focused on revolutionizing satellite manufacturing and diversifying customers’ choices for multi-satellite solicitations, smallsat experts LeoStella and Hera Systems have announced a strategic manufacturing alliance. This collaboration will mitigate supply chain risks, increase the reliability of production and delivery schedules, and maintain competitive pricing for small satellite constellations. LeoStella, a small satellite manufacturing company transforming constellation…
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Exotrail to Provide Electric Propulsion Systems for Muon Space’s Climate Constellation
Muon Space, a climate satellite company revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, has selected Exotrail, the end-to-end space mobility solutions provider, to supply five of its spaceware electric propulsion systems to propel the next generation of its ESPA-class spacecraft currently in development at Muon Space’s manufacturing facility in Mountain View, California. These units…
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TTP Introduces New Generation of Small and Lightweight UAV Satellite Terminals
Technology developer TTP plc announced the launch of Gotonomi at the upcoming Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas. With the aim of seeding the market, Gotonomi will offer low size, weight, and power satellite terminals for uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) as flight trial development kits to partners. The terminals will be compatible with Viasat’s Velaris…
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SCOUT Space Expands its Technical and Defense Capabilities with Acquisition of Free Space
SCOUT Space, a space technology company dedicated to enabling a new era of space safety and transparency and an in-space observation data provider, announced the acquisition of Free Space to strengthen SCOUT’s defense and technical capabilities and broaden the inroads SCOUT has built with the U.S. Department of Defense, intelligence community, and civil government. Terms…
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ESA’s Proba-3 Precision Formation Flying Mission Relies on Cutting-Edge Sensor Fusion
Proba-3 is the European Space Agency’s and the world’s first precision formation flying mission. The mission is devoted to the demonstration of technologies and techniques for highly precise satellite formation flying. It consists of two small satellites launched together that will separate apart to fly in tandem, to prepare for future multi-satellite missions flying as…
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Sedaro Awarded $1.5 Million AFRL Contract to Develop Enhanced ISAM Modeling Capabilities
Sedaro has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) through the AFWERX technology directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop enhanced In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities in the Sedaro platform. Sedaro is receiving $1.5M for the STTR Phase II effort. Sedaro will be teaming with research institutions Space…
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Viasat Provides an Update on the Status of Inmarsat-6 F2 Telecommunication Satellite
Viasat, a global communications company, confirmed that its Inmarsat-6 F2 (I6 F2) satellite, which was launched on February 18, 2023, has suffered a power subsystem anomaly during its orbit-raising phase. At this stage, Viasat and Airbus, the satellite’s manufacturer, are working to determine the root cause of the anomaly and assess whether the satellite will…
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FOSSA Systems Signs a Contract with Momentus for Hosted Payload Services
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with FOSSA Systems, a Spanish company that offers global low-power Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and in-space services to provide hosted payload services starting in 2024. The contract also includes two options for additional hosted…
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MtronPTI Records 125 Design Wins for High-Power Space-Qualified Components
MtronPTI has over 125 design wins across satellite platforms and manned spacecraft. With expertise supporting LEO, MEO, and GEO applications, MtronPTI has a well-established team and a proven track record to meet demanding space requirements. With the evolving need for high-power space-level transmitters, high-power handling space-level RF components and sub-assemblies are instrumental for mission success.…
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ESA’s Spacecraft for Asteroid Mission Successfully Assembled
ESA’s asteroid mission for planetary defense was built and prepared in two halves, but now, through a painstaking operation, they have been mated together to make a single spacecraft, ready for full-scale testing of its readiness for space. The mating took place at OHB Bremen in Germany, with Hera’s Core Module raised more than 3…