Tag: Satellite
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ESA Grants Swissto12 Funding for HummingSat Small GEO Product Line
SWISSto12, Switzerland’s fastest-growing aerospace company and a leading manufacturer of advanced satellite payloads and systems, announced that the HummingSat Partnership Project with the European Space Agency (ESA) is moving forward in the roll-out of the HummingSat satellite product line thanks to fresh subscriptions in excess of €30 million received at the ESA Ministerial Conference Meeting…
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European Union Inaugurates First Mainland Orbital Launch Complex
SSC inaugurated mainland EU’s first orbital launch site: Spaceport Esrange. Before the eyes of the whole world, the ribbon was cut by the Swedish Head of State, King Carl XVI Gustaf, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson. Now begins a new era for Esrange…
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Lockheed Martin Launches Sixth GPS III Satellite Supporting US Space Force’s GPS Constellation
The sixth Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite designed and built by Lockheed Martin, has been launched and is propelling to its operational orbit approximately 12,550 miles above Earth, where it will contribute to the ongoing modernization of the U.S. Space Force’s GPS constellation. GPS III Space Vehicle 06 (GPS III SV06) launched from…
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Raytheon to Develop Prototype Missile Track Custody System for US Space Force
Raytheon Technologies has been awarded a prime contract to develop a prototype missile track custody system for the U.S. Space Force. MTC is the service’s first Medium Earth Orbit missile tracking system. Under this contract, Raytheon Intelligence & Space will serve as the prime contractor, developing and delivering a space vehicle, hosting a state-of-the-art missile…
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SpaceRyde Signs an Agreement with Qosmosys to be the Launch Partner for First In-space Satellite Racing Game
SpaceRyde, the space transportation company building the first interplanetary logistics infrastructure known as the Rocket Network has announced a customer agreement with Qosmosys to be the official launch partner of Qosmosys’ Qace, the first in-space satellite racing game. Qosmosys is a private company established in Singapore with the purpose of contributing to the development of…
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Europe‘s First Solar Sail Mission Successfully Launched by SpaceX
Kongsberg NanoAvionics has announced the successful launch of Europe‘s first solar sail mission aboard SpaceX Transporter-6. The 6U nanosatellite nicknamed ‘Alpha’ was manufactured for France’s Gama. It is one of four satellites, built by the Lithuanian smallsat mission integrator for multiple customers, that got sent into low Earth Orbit. It is the first time for…
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Spaceflight Signs Deal to Launch Sherpa Vehicles on Maritime Launch Services Missions
Spaceflight Inc., a premier launch and in-space transportation services provider, announced it has signed an agreement with Maritime Launch Services Inc. to launch up to five of its Sherpa Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs). The launches will be from Spaceport Nova Scotia aboard the Cyclone-4M beginning in 2025. Spaceflight has successfully delivered more than 550 spacecraft…
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Slingshot Aerospace Awards Contract to HawkEye 360
HawkEye 360, the world’s leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, has announced that Slingshot Aerospace has awarded the RF data provider a contract to provide data for Slingshot’s space-based monitoring and detection of RF threats and to support Slingshot’s proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP)…
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Guerrilla RF Announces Entry into the Satellite Communications Industry
Guerrilla RF Inc, the innovative fabless semiconductor company announced its entry into the rapidly growing satellite communications (SATCOM) industry. According to Fortune Business Insights, the global SATCOM industry will grow from $29.98 billion in 2022 to $56.74 billion by 2029, a 9.54% compounded annual growth rate. Market growth will be driven by mobile applications and…
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Open Cosmos MENUT Satellite Successfully Launched
The SpaceX Falcon-9 launched Open Cosmos’s first satellite of 2023 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, amongst 114 other small satellites. The launch was a resounding success. Approximately one hour after launch, confirmation was received of the successful deployment of MENUT from the Exolaunch deployer and a few hours later, satellite operators at the Open Cosmos…