Tag: Satellite
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BAE Systems Signs Agreement to Acquire Ball Aerospace for $5.5 Billion
BAE Systems announced a definitive agreement for the proposed acquisition of Ball Aerospace for approximately $5.55 billion. The Ball Aerospace legacy of achieving advances in national security space architecture, mission-enabling technologies, and scientific discoveries is complementary to BAE Systems’ portfolio and culture. The proposed acquisition of Ball Aerospace represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a…
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True Anomaly Unveils State-of-the-Art Spacecraft Manufacturing Facility
True Anomaly, the technology company safeguarding global security by ensuring space access and sustainability for all, hosted the grand opening of its state-of-the-art spacecraft manufacturing facility, GravityWorks, in Centennial, Colo. The company also announced it recently received authorizations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to perform non-Earth…
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Viasat Opens Real-Time Earth Ground Station in Japan Enabling Ka-band Service for Customers
Viasat announced the opening of a Real-Time Earth (RTE) ground station in Hokkaido, Japan, now enabling RTE customers the ability to downlink Ka-band payload data in the northwestern Pacific at the site hosted by RTE partner Infostellar. This new ground site gives RTE customers unique access to a strategic location that reduces the time it…
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Blue Canyon Technologies Announces Successful Initial Contact with NASA’s Starling CubeSats
RTX’s small-satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies announced a successful launch and initial contact with CubeSats for the NASA Starling mission, a technology demonstration aimed at proving the success of cooperative groups of spacecraft operating in an autonomous, synchronous manner or “swarm.” BCT provided four 6U CubeSats to NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology…
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SpeQtral Partners with Kongsberg NanoAvionics and Mbryonics for SpeQtral-1 Mission
SpeQtral, a quantum communication technology company, is thrilled to unveil the collaboration with Kongsberg NanoAvionics and Mbryonics for the upcoming SpeQtral-1 mission. NanoAvionics has been chosen as the satellite platform provider, while Mbryonics will take on the crucial role of the satellite optical terminal provider. NanoAvionics, a prominent player in the new space industry, has…
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NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Gets Final Science Instrument for Lunar Surface Mapping
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer is nearing completion now that its second and final cutting-edge science instrument has been added to the small spacecraft. Built by the University of Oxford in England and contributed by the UK Space Agency, the Lunar Thermal Mapper (LTM) joins the High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper (HVM3), which was integrated with…
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Engineers at NASA Complete Installation of High-Gain Antenna on Europa Clipper
NASA’s Europa Clipper is designed to seek out conditions suitable for life on the ice-covered moon of Jupiter. On Aug. 14, the spacecraft received a piece of hardware central to that quest: the massive dish-shaped high-gain antenna. Stretching 10 feet (3 meters) across the spacecraft’s body, the high-gain antenna is the largest and most prominent…
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Rocket Lab Signs Double Launch Deal with NASA for Climate Change Research Mission
Rocket Lab USA, a launch services and space systems company, announced it has signed a double-launch deal with NASA to deliver the Agency’s climate change research-focused mission, PREFIRE, to low Earth orbit in 2024. The two dedicated missions on Electron will deploy one small satellite each to a 525km circular orbit from Rocket Lab Launch…
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Momentus Awarded Innovation Research Contract from Space Development Agency
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with the U.S. Defense Department’s Space Development Agency (SDA) for a Small Business Innovation Research Award, “Orbital Service Vehicle Enhancements to Meet Department of Defense (DoD) Mission Requirements.” Under this award, Momentus will tailor the…
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ICEYE Receives First Task Order Under NASA’s CSDA Program for SAR Satellite Imagery
ICEYE, one of the leaders in persistent monitoring of Earth with radar imaging satellites, received its first Task Order under a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with NASA announced earlier this year. The Task Order enables NASA to acquire ICEYE’s synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) data for evaluation by scientific and academic communities to determine suitability for advancing NASA’s…