Tag: Satellite
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Rocket Lab Signs Multi-Launch Deal with Synspective to Deploy its Satellite Constellation
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed a deal with Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective to launch two dedicated Electron missions. The new missions bring the total number of Electron launches contracted by Synspective to six. Rocket Lab has been launching for Synspective since 2020 when…
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Millennium Space Systems Completes Design Review of Missile Track Custody Program
Millennium Space Systems completed the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Missile Track Custody Program Design Review in just four months, ensuring the program is on schedule for Critical Design Review in the fourth quarter. SSC’s MTC Program underscores Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli’s move toward smaller, proliferated,…
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ViaSat-3 Americas Satellite Faces Reflector Deployment Issues
Viasat, one of the global leaders in satellite communications, disclosed that an unexpected event occurred during reflector deployment that may materially impact the performance of the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite. Viasat and its reflector provider are conducting a rigorous review of the development and deployment of the affected reflector to determine its impact and potential remedial…
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Phase Four Selected by AFWERX to Develop Critical Technology for Electric Propulsion
Phase Four announced that it has been selected by AFWERX for a Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract in the amount of $4.26M focused on developing a Propellant Decomposition Chamber for propellant-agnostic electric propulsion to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have…
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NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne Begin Testing on Cutting-Edge Solar Electric Propulsion Thrusters
Engineers from NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne are beginning qualification testing on the cutting-edge solar electric propulsion (SEP) thrusters that will change the in-space propulsion game. The culmination of this work will see these innovative thrusters fly on Gateway beginning in 2025, making it the most powerful SEP spacecraft ever flown. Gateway is a lunar space…
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Thales Alenia Space Selected to Implement WEkEO 2.0 Infrastructure for Eumetsat and Partners
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced the signature of the Provision of Copernicus WEkEO 2.0 Services and Operations contract with the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), representing the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Mercator Ocean International (MOI) and the European Environment Agency…
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Redwire to Build State-of-the-Art Microgravity Payload Development Facility in Indiana
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced its plan to open a new state-of-the-art microgravity payload development facility with a mission operations center at the Novaparke Innovation & Technology Campus in Floyd County, Indiana, as the company looks to increase production of critical technologies enabling human spaceflight…
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Muon Space Awarded Additional Funding from AFLMC and DIU for Ionospheric Data Collection
Muon Space has been awarded an option to their contract with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC)’s Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to collect ionospheric data on their MuSat-2 satellite mission. The performance period for this contract is two years extending through September 2024. This is an optional expansion in…
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Voyager Space Signs MoU with ISRO and IN-SPACe to Explore the Use of Gaganyaan for Starlab
Voyager Space, one of the global leaders in space exploration, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Department of Space and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) to explore opportunities for the utilization of ISRO’s Gaganyaan crewed spacecraft to service Starlab, a…
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Vast Appoints Veteran NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman as Human Spaceflight Advisor
Vast, a pioneer in space habitation technologies, has announced the appointment of Garrett Reisman, a veteran NASA astronaut, and accomplished space industry expert, as its newest advisor. With an impressive background in space exploration and extensive industry experience, Reisman brings invaluable expertise and strategic human spaceflight insights to Vast. After being selected by NASA as…