Tag: Satellite
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NASA Selects Rocket Lab to Launch TROPICS Mission that Captures the Formation of Tropical Cyclones
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, has announced that it has been selected by NASA to launch the Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission, as part of the agency’s Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract. Rocket Lab will launch…
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The cloud in orbit: Amazon Web Services demonstrates data analysis on a satellite
An artist’s conception shows D-Orbit’s ION spacecraft deploying smaller satellites. (D-Orbit Illustration) For the past 10 months, Amazon Web Services has been running data through its cloud-based software platform on what’s arguably the world’s edgiest edge: a satellite in low Earth orbit. The experiment, revealed today during AWS’ re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, is aimed…
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Precious Payload Includes RFA to its Launch.ctrl Online Platform Providing Updates on RFA Launches
At the Space Tech Expo Europe, Precious Payload, the marketplace for satellite launches, announced that it has included upcoming Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) launches to its comprehensive launch schedule dubbed Launch.ctrl for commercial satellites. This formalizes the plan for Precious Payload to bring a new rideshare provider on board to create more launch opportunities for…
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SpaceX Confirms Successful Launch of Eutelsat 10B
Eutelsat Communications has announced that the EUTELSAT 10B satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by American space launch provider SpaceX using a Falcon 9 expendable rocket that lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 21.57 pm Eastern time on November 22nd(corresponding to 2.57 am UTC and 3.57 am CET on November 23rd). The…
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Rocket Lab Completes Final Launch Rehearsal Ahead of its First Mission from US
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, confirmed it has completed a final launch rehearsal and is ready for lift-off for its first mission from U.S. soil as early as December 7. The mission will take place from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within…
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Phantom Space Successfully Conducts Hot Fire Test for its Daytona Launch System
Phantom Space Corporation (Phantom), a space applications company providing launch services and satellite manufacturing to business and government clients, announced that it has successfully conducted hot fire test at Spaceport America in New Mexico. Phantom’s pathfinder test stage, equipped with a single Hadley engine supplied by Ursa Major, completed a 60-second hot fire test to…
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Advanced Space Receives Contract from AFRL to Deliver Oracle Spacecraft Program
Advanced Space, one of the leading space tech solutions companies, announced that the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate, as part of a collaborative effort with AFRL’s Transformational Capabilities Office, has awarded the company a $72 million contract to deliver AFRL’s Oracle spacecraft program, previously called the Cislunar Highway Patrol System, or CHPS.…
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ESA Plans to Conduct In-Orbit Demonstration of LEO-PNT Satellites
ESA’s Navigation Directorate has planned an in-orbit demonstration with new navigation satellites that will orbit just a few hundred kilometers up in space, supplementing Europe’s 23 222-km-distant Galileo satellites. Operating added-value signals, these novel so-called ‘LEO-PNT’ satellites will investigate a new multi-layer satnav system-of-systems approach to deliver seamless Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) services that…
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Hello Space to Offer IoT through its Pocketqube Satellite Constellation
Hello Space, Turkey’s first and the world’s third pocketqube satellite constellation tech start-up is set out to become one of the eye-catching technology start-ups born in Turkey, offering worldwide data IoT service, with pocketqube constellation to be sent into space. Pocketqube satellites are the world’s renowned smallest satellite standard, in 5cm x 5cm x 5cm…
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AMD’s Versal Adaptive SoCs Completes Class B Qualification Enabling On-Board AI Processing in Space
AMD announced that it has received Class B qualification for the company’s first space-grade Versal Adaptive SoCs. The XQR Versal AI Core XQRVC1902 devices deliver full radiation tolerance, accelerated AI inferencing, and high-bandwidth signal processing performance for satellite and space applications. The completion of Class B qualification, derived from the US military specification MIL-PRF-38535, allows…