Tag: Satellite
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Luojia-3 01 Satellite Completes Key Technical Tests
The Luojia-3 01 satellite has completed several technical tests, and its multi-mode intelligent remote sensing service capability has reached the expected target, according to Wuhan University. The Luojia-3 01 is an intelligent remote-sensing scientific experiment satellite, mainly developed by Wuhan University and launched by a Long March-2D rocket on January 15. It adopts the in-orbit…
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NASA Awards Blue Origin Contract to Provide Launch Services for Mars Science Mission
NASA has awarded Blue Origin, LLC of Kent, Washington, a task order to provide launch service for the agency’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission as part of the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract. ESCAPADE will launch on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket from Space Launch…
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Antaris Announces Successful Launch of JANUS-1 Cloud-Built Demonstration Satellite
Antaris, the creator of the most advanced software platform for space, announced that the world’s first satellite fully conceived, designed, and manufactured using the company’s end-to-end cloud platform has successfully reached orbit. JANUS-1 rode on the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) SSLV-D2 rocket, which was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre of India under…
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DCUBED Release a New Line of Actuators to Fly on LuxSpace’s TRITION-X
Micro Pin Puller and Micro Release Nut, a new line of actuators by DCUBED, will fly aboard LuxSpace’s multipurpose small-satellite platform Triton-X on the upcoming Genesis mission. After the successful on-orbit demonstrations of the Nano Pin Puller and Release Nut, DcubeD will exhibit the capabilities of their next line of actuators: Micro Pin Puller uD3PP…
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Enpulsion’s Electric Propulsion Selected for EIS Mission by OHB Sweden
A dedicated sales contract signed in December 2022 between OHB Sweden and ENPULSION on a Horizon 2020 IOV/IOD Mission-EIS marked an important milestone in the two companies’ long and successful collaboration. Proven concept After having delivered ENPULSION’s propulsion products to previous OHB Sweden’s InnoSat microsatellite platform missions, OHB Sweden now decided to order a next…
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Mynaric Delivers Optical Communication Terminals to Telesat Government Solutions
Mynaric, one of the leading providers of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, announced the delivery of multiple CONDOR Mk2 optical communications terminals to Telesat Government Solutions (GS), a wholly-owned U.S.-based subsidiary of leading satellite operator Telesat. Mynaric’s first delivery of flight-ready CONDOR optical communications terminals for space applications marks an important milestone towards…
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Satcom Direct Installs Prototype SD Plane Simple Ka-band Terminal
Satcom Direct, the business aviation solutions provider, has completed the installation of the first Plane Simple Ka-band antenna on the company’s SD Gulfstream G550. The prototype terminal, consisting of only two line-replaceable units (LRUs) – the tail-mount antenna and SD Modem Unit – is testing the advanced technology hardware’s compatibility with Inmarsat’s Jet ConneX inflight…
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ISRO Successfully Launches SSLV-D2 from First Launch Pad at SDSC SHAR Sriharikota
The second developmental flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), SSLV-D2 was successfully launched on February 10, 2023, at 09:18 hours IST from the first launch pad at SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. SSLV-D2 is intended to inject EOS-07, Janus-1, and AzaadiSAT-2 satellites into a 450 km circular orbit, in its 15-minute flight. SSLV caters to…
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SatRev Signs with Virgin Orbit for Additional Satellite Launches
Virgin Orbit and Poland-based satellite manufacturer SatRev announced a follow-on launch services agreement (LSA) for additional launches of SatRev’s satellites in 2023 and beyond. This new agreement provides SatRev with the flexibility to launch 500 kg over multiple launches to a variety of different orbital planes from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California,…
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Rocket Lab Releases New Space Systems Products for Global Small Satellite Market
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, released two new high-performance space systems products designed to increase the availability of essential satellite components to the global small satellite market. Bolstering the Company’s existing line of proven satellite components, the new Rocket Lab products include the Frontier-X software-defined radio…