Tag: Satellite
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ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Captures Stunning Images of Earth from Space
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has taken its first monitoring camera images showing part of the spacecraft with Earth as a stunning backdrop. The mission launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou on 14 April 14:14 CEST and the images were captured in the hours afterwards. Juice has two monitoring cameras…
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South Korea Set to Launch First Commercial-Grade Satellite
South Korea plans to conduct its first launch of a commercial-grade satellite aboard a domestically built rocket next month as part of its space development program. South Korea’s officials say its homegrown Nuri space launch vehicle has no military purposes. But some experts say the development of such rockets would eventually help the country acquire…
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Maxar Awarded Contract Extension from the National Reconnaissance Office for RF Remote Sensing
Maxar Technologies, a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, announced that Aurora Insight Inc., a company acquired by Maxar in December 2022, has received a Stage II contract extension from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial radio frequency (RF) remote sensing. Aurora Insight, now part of Maxar’s Earth Intelligence business,…
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HawkEye 360’s Next-Generation Cluster 7 Satellites Successfully Launched on SpaceX Transporter-7 Mission
HawkEye 360, one of the world’s leading defense technology companies for space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced that its Cluster 7 next-generation satellites have successfully deployed in orbit after launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California during the Transporter-7 mission. Communication with the satellites has been…
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Surrey Building World-Leading Small Satellites for 40+ Years
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) pioneers new satellite technologies, products, and services and shares its know-how to enable advancement in space. SSTL, with 40+ years in operation, has 14 satellites currently operated from their spacecraft operations centre, 70+ launches, 35+ long-duration SSTL satellites operating in orbit (years), 12 payloads and 8 satellites in manufacture, and 500+…
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Antrix Setting New Standards to Promote Quality in Space Emanating from Indian Space Ventures
Antrix, an ISO 9001:2015 certified organization and commercial arm of ISRO, is promoting and delivering quality space products and services emanating from Indian Space Programme. Antrix is a wholly owned Government of India company under the Administrative Control of Department of Space (DOS). It is fully compliant with the provisions of the companies act and…
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Dhruva Space Showcases New Satellite Orbital Deployer for Cubesats
Dhruva Space a National Award-winning space technology company focused on building full-stack space engineering solutions to power Space-based applications, on Earth and beyond has showcased a new satellite orbital deployer for CubeSats. The DSOD 1U from Dhruva Space is a CubeSat orbital deployer that is compatible with the 1U and 2X 0.5U cubesat form factor.…
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SatixFy Partners with Presto to Develop Space-Grade ASICs for Satellite Communications
SatixFy Communications, one of the leaders in next-generation satellite communication systems based on in-house developed chipsets, has announced a strategic partnership with Presto Engineering, a recognized expert in ASIC design and semiconductor engineering and production services. This partnership supports SatixFy’s growth of the satellite constellation-based communication market by developing high-quality, space-grade, and radhard (radiation-hardened) ASICs…
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MediaTek and Inmarsat Partner to Enable Two-Way Satellite Communications for Smartphones and IoT Devices
MediaTek and Inmarsat have expanded their collaboration to bring ultra-reliable, two-way satellite services to smartphones, IoT devices, automotive and other industries. The two industry leaders are focused on enabling mobile operators, smartphone and other device manufacturers to offer satellite services, such as two-way text messaging, emergency communications, device tracking and monitoring, among other capabilities, without…
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Thales Introduces New Pulse-Tube Cryocooler for Space Applications
Thales, one of the global leaders in designing, operating, and delivering satellite-based systems has partnered with Absolut System to provide a designed-for-manufacturability LPT6510 pulse-tube cooler for the institutional as well as the new-space industry. The LPT6510 design and processes are derived from flight-proven cooler designs, such as the LPTC compressor. The LPT6510 cryocooler is based…