Tag: Satellite
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L3Harris Awarded $81 Million Contract by U.S. Air Force to Deliver Multi-Orbit SATCOM Capability
The U.S. Air Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies an $81 million contract to deliver a new multi-orbit, multi-waveform satellite communications (SATCOM) capability. The Air Force’s Strategic Development and Planning office is overseeing the contract as part of its ongoing Global Lightning program to develop deployable systems that connect military satellites, protected waveform infrastructure, and new…
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Sidus Space to Launch LizzieSat Satellite on SpaceX Transporter Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space, and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company, announced that it will launch industry-leading hyperspectral and multispectral imaging and Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its LizzieSat satellite on SpaceX Transporter missions beginning in 2024. LizzieSat’s hyperspectral and multispectral imaging capability will be provided by the Owl 1280 and Hawk 1920 HD cameras made by…
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Viasat Selected by Air Force Research Laboratory to Provide Space Relay Connectivity for ARBALEST Program
Viasat, a global communications company announced it was selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate (RV) to provide on-orbit space relay connectivity for its ARBALEST program, which aims to support a future space-based demonstration of operational capabilities for the Department of Defense (DoD). The future AFRL mission will illustrate the advantages…
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Hughes Announces Distribution Partner Agreement with OneWeb to Provide In-Flight LEO Connectivity Services
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, and OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, announced a Distribution Partner agreement to provide LEO connectivity services to the global airline market. As a worldwide OneWeb distributor, Hughes is launching new LEO in-flight connectivity (IFC) solutions, powered by the company’s electronically steered antenna (ESA), for airlines…
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Beyond Gravity Introduces New Multi-Constellation GNSS Receiver for Satellites
Beyond Gravity, one of the leading global suppliers to the space industry working in the areas of satellite positioning and communications, providing instruments to collect satellite data and structures for all types of launch vehicles has introduced a new multi-constellation GNSS receiver for satellites. The GEORIX from Beyond Gravity is a single-frequency multi-constellation (GPS, GALILEO)…
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Thales Ships the Communications Module of SpainSat NG-I Satellite to Airbus for Integration and Testing
The Communications Module of the SpainSat NG-I telecommunications satellite has left the plant of Thales Alenia Space (a joint venture between Thales, 67%, and Leonardo, 33%) in Tres Cantos (Spain) inside a container on a special transport truck towards the plant of Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse (France), to proceed with the assembly, integration,…
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Pulsar Fusion Partners with Princeton Satellite Systems to Apply Nuclear Fusion Propulsion for Future Space Travel
Pulsar Fusion, developers of clean space propulsion systems and services through fusion, has entered into a partnership with Princeton Satellite Systems (PSS) to apply machine learning to study data from the Princeton field-reverse configuration (PFRC-2) reactor to advance the delivery of practical fusion-propelled spacecraft that can make interstellar space travel practical. The study will help…
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Teledyne Paradise Successfully Integrates AXIOM-X SCPC Modem Card into Satcube KU Portable Satellite Terminal
Teledyne Paradise Datacom has announced the successful integration of the AXIOM-X SCPC modem card into the award-winning Satcube KU portable satellite terminal. Satcube provides seamless broadband connectivity over satellite through easy-to-use, lightweight terminals. The Satcube KU portable satellite terminal is a highly compact, user-friendly device that delivers quick connectivity empowering people at work, businesses, and…
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LeoStella Delivers its Third Satellite to Loft Orbital Solutions
LeoStella, a U.S.-based satellite design and manufacturing company, has delivered its third satellite to Loft Orbital Solutions. The spacecraft is the 20th satellite manufactured by LeoStella since its formation in 2019. This latest satellite was modeled on LeoStella’s LS-100 bus platform and delivered to Loft Orbital. Loft Orbital extended its production agreement with LeoStella to…
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Momentus to Provide Orbital Transportation Services for Apogeo’s IoT Satellite Constellation
Momentus Inc, a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, has signed an agreement with Apogeo Space to provide orbital transportation services for nine satellites that are part of Apogeo’s planned 100-satellite Internet of Things (IoT) constellation. Apogeo Space aims to build a constellation of picosatellites capable of providing connectivity…