Tag: Satellite
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Terran Orbital Breaks Ground on New Satellite Manufacturing Facility
Terran Orbital Corporation, a global satellite-based solution primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, and W. P. Carey, one of the largest U.S. net lease REITs with over 1,400 properties across the U.S. and Europe, broke ground this morning on a 94,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art satellite manufacturing facility located at 4 Goodyear in Irvine, Calif. In partnership…
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Reflex Aerospace Prepares for its First Commercial Mission to Expand its Investor Base
Reflex Aerospace is gearing up for its first commercial space mission on time for the company’s second anniversary. The Berlin and Munich-based space start-up has secured a fixed slot for the rocket launch of its demo satellite. The launch is set to take place in fall 2024 on a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX. The goal of…
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BAE Systems Showcases its New Radiation-hardened FPGA for Space Applications
BAE Systems, a company that provides one of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defense, aerospace, and security solutions has introduced a new radiation-hardened field programmable gate array for space applications. The RH1020B radiation-hardened field programmable gate array is a fully guaranteed device targeted for use in military and space applications. It is fabricated using BAE…
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Accenture Invests in SpiderOak to Enhance Satellite Communications Security in Space
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in SpiderOak, a leader in zero-trust cybersecurity and resiliency solutions for next-generation space systems. Based in Reston, Virginia, SpiderOak’s OrbitSecure product suite brings zero trust security to zero gravity environments. OrbitSecure leverages a powerful combination of no-knowledge encryption and distributed-ledger technology in order to meet the…
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Momentus Successfully Deploys Qosmosys Satellite and Starts On-Orbit Support of Caltech’s Solar Project Payload
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, has deployed the Qosmosys Zeus-1 payload from its Vigoride-5 Orbital Service Vehicle and is now providing comprehensive hosted payload support services for Caltech’s Space-based Solar Power Project payload. The Qosmosys Zeus-1 payload was deployed in orbit on May 10, 2023.…
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Tomorrow.io’s Satellite Launch Forges Path for Advancement in Global Weather Forecasting
The Tomorrow Companies Inc., the world’s leading weather intelligence platform, announced successful on-orbit operation of its first satellite, Tomorrow-R1. Launched at 11:48 pm PDT on April 14, Tomorrow-R1 is the world’s first commercially built weather-radar satellite. It is orbiting at 500 km above Earth in a polar orbit, and carrying a Ka-band radar ideally suited…
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Space Systems Command Successfully Delivers Final Spaceflight Ready Payload to Japan
Space Systems Command (SSC) successfully delivered the second and final spaceflight-ready payload to Japan, bolstering the U.S. Space Force’s contribution to integrated deterrence in the region and following through with Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations’ commitment to “Line Of Effort #3: Partner to Win”. The two Space Force payloads, developed by MIT…
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Sidus Space Expands Ground Station Coverage with Strategic Agreement with Leaf Space
Sidus Space, a Space and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company focused on mission-critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support is pleased to announce the execution of a significant service agreement with Leaf Space, a leading provider of ground segment as-a-service (GSaaS) solutions. This agreement implies a significant achievement…
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NASA to Select Second Lunar Lander Partner for Artemis Moon Mission
NASA will announce the company selected to develop a sustainable human landing system for the Artemis V Moon mission, during an event at 10 a.m. EDT Friday, May 19, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The human landing system will take astronauts to and from Gateway in lunar orbit to the surface and back to the…
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IAI Introduces New Flux-Gate Based Magnetometer for LEO Satellites
IAI a company whose technology expertise features systems and solutions from reconnaissance satellites and radars to all aspects of command, control, and communications, computing and cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems has introduced a new magnetometer for satellite applications. The Tamam Magnetometer (P/N 2425) from IAI is a unit used in LEO satellites to provide…