Tag: Satellite
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Axelspace Partner with Tokyo Institute of Technology to Develop Ka-band Radio for Microsatellites
Axelspace Corporation and co-researchers have successfully developed a novel Ka-band radio for microsatellites. This new radio system, when compared to conventional radio, operates with less than half the power consumption and has a high radiation tolerance. This collaborative research was developed with the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), with Associate Professor Atsushi Shirane of…
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US Department of Air Force Selects Solstar Space for High Speed Data Communications
Solstar Space (Solstar), the company making persistent on-orbit communications available, announced it was awarded a Phase I STTR contract by the Department of Air Force (DAF) to evaluate the company’s Slayton Space Communicator for high-speed data communications. Solstar Space is developing a flight-proven modular device for spacecraft integration capable of providing satellite operators near real-time…
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AVS Selects DCUBED’s Space Selfie Stick for the Upcoming LUR-1 Mission
For mission assurance and functional check of their spacecraft LUR-1, the global company AVS Added Value Solutions established a partnership with DCUBED (Deployables Cubed GmbH), a NewSpace SmallSat mechanisms company specializing in mechanisms, solar arrays, and deployables for Nano and SmallSats. DCUBED’s space selfie stick will deploy and take pictures of the spacecraft in orbit…
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MDA Secures New Contract to Supply Ka-Band Multibeam Antennas for ARSAT-SG1
MDA, a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced a new contract award to design, build, and supply all of the Ka-band multibeam antennas for the ARSAT-SG1 satellite. ARSAT-SG1 by ARSAT, Argentina’s national telecommunications company, will provide high-speed internet as well as digital video and voice services…
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Vyoma and EnduroSat Partner to Enhance Space Sustainability
Vyoma has partnered with EnduroSat to help improve the safety of satellites in orbit and make space safer. A Memorandum of Understanding has been agreed upon, outlining how the two companies will support each other to improve the sustainability of space activities. Vyoma’s service provides improved insights and warnings of close approaches, empowering satellite operators…
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Filtronic Wins Contract to Deliver Solutions for LEO Satellite Connectivity
Filtronic, a designer and manufacturer of products and sub-systems for the aerospace and defense, telecoms infrastructure, space, and critical communications markets, has announced a new contract win with a global provider of low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication equipments. In recent years there has been considerable work undertaken to develop airborne communications networks that overcome…
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Sidus Space and Netherlands Signs Multi-Million-Dollar Agreement for Laser Communication Satellite
The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Sidus Space to deploy and test TNO’s laser communications technology aboard a Sidus’ LizzieSatTM satellite. Sidus Space is a Space-as-a-Service company that specialises in commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and space-based data collection. It also manufactures space and defence mission…
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Inmarsat Confirms Successful Launch of I-6 F2 Spacecraft Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
Inmarsat, one of the world leaders in global, mobile satellite communications, has announced the successful launch of its latest I-6 F2 spacecraft from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch saw I-6 F2 lift off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, reaching a top speed of almost 40,000km/h as…
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EnSilica to Develop New Satellite Broadband Chip for Next Generation User Terminals
EnSilica, a leading ASIC and mixed-signal chip maker, has announced a contract to develop a new chip to address the next generation of mass-market satellite broadband user terminals. The contract has been awarded through the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems Core Competitiveness programme (“ARTES CC”), through the support of the UK…
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics Doubles its Satellite Production Capacity
Small satellite mission integrator and bus manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) has doubled its satellite production capability by officially opening its manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT) facility in Vilnius, Lithuania. After a gradual occupancy, the facility is now fully operational and an expansion to the company’s existing facilities in Lithuania (HQ), the UK and the…