Tag: Satellite
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Rocket Lab Secures CSA Funding to Develop Reaction Wheel for Medium-Class Satellites
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has been awarded funding by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop a new medium-class reaction wheel, with a targeted minimum angular momentum capacity of 25 Nms, designed to support 500kg – 1,000kg satellites with larger payloads operating in low Earth…
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Starfish Space Completes Autonomous LEO Rendezvous & Proximity Operations with Impulse Space
Starfish Space and Impulse Space announced the successful completion of the ‘Remora’ mission, an autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) demonstration in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The Remora mission marked an industry first: a fully autonomous rendezvous executed by Starfish with a single lightweight camera system and closed-loop guidance, navigation and control software running on…
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Firefly Aerospace Integrates Volta Wireless Power Receiver into Blue Ghost Lunar Mission
Firefly Aerospace, a market-leading space and defense technology company, announced a new commercial payload agreement with Volta Space Technologies to host a wireless power receiver on Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 2 lander on the far side of the Moon. The payload will serve as a technology demonstration for Volta’s planned lunar power network, called LightGrid. “Firefly is…
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Harmonic Drive Highlights Solar Array Drive Technology for Spacecraft Power Generation
Harmonic Drive, a long-established supplier of precision motion-control solutions for aerospace and spaceflight applications, is highlighting the Solar Array Drive (SAD) technology, a critical subsystem enabling accurate and reliable deployment and pointing of spacecraft solar panels. Designed to meet the stringent mechanical, thermal and lifetime requirements of orbital missions, Harmonic Drive’s SAD solutions are widely…
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Hunter Communications Launches Ku-Beam Managed Ku-Band Satellite Connectivity Service
Hunter Communications, a satellite communications service provider specializing in managed bandwidth and teleport services, is highlighting Ku-Beam, the Ku-band satellite connectivity offering designed to support enterprise, government, broadcast and mobility users requiring reliable and flexible satellite communications. Ku-Beam is positioned as a managed Ku-band SATCOM service, integrating satellite capacity, ground infrastructure and network management into…
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SES, Abra Group Launch Multi-Orbit Inflight Connectivity
SES, a leading space solutions company, and Abra Group launched a fast and reliable multi-orbit in-flight connectivity service on the first of more than 100 aircraft, solidifying SES’s position as a leading provider of satellite-powered broadband in-flight service in the Americas. “Abra Group’s commitment to passenger experience will now include consistent, reliable, multi-orbit satellite connectivity…
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Viasat’s Rocket Telemetry Service Selected by INNOSPACE for First Commercial Launch from Brazil
Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, announced it will provide its launch telemetry service for INNOSPACE – a South Korean satellite launch service company. The mission, currently targeted for later this month, will see INNOSPACE’s HANBIT-Nano launch vehicle carry a total of eight registered payloads, including five small satellites and three non-separating experimental devices,…
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Keysight and KT SAT Achieve First NR-NTN Multi-Orbit Handover Between GEO & LEO Satellites
Keysight Technologies announced that, in collaboration with KT SAT, it has demonstrated a successful non-terrestrial network (NTN) handover using the KOREASAT-6A satellite at KT SAT’s Kumsan Satellite Network Operation Center in Korea. In a controlled lab environment, the companies established the industry’s first NR-NTN multi-orbit handover between a commercial GEO satellite and an emulated LEO…
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Rocket Lab Completes First Dedicated Electron Launch for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its first dedicated mission for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – a pivotal marker of Electron’s global importance for regular, reliable, and dedicated access to space. The “RAISE And Shine” mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New…
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Leonardo, Telespazio Join Intuitive Machines in Strategic Agreement for Lunar Navigation and Communications
Intuitive Machines, Leonardo, and Telespazio have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to advance interoperable infrastructures and provide communications and navigation services in support of lunar exploration. The agreement establishes a framework for collaboration among the companies to promote and enhance interoperability between their respective infrastructures: the Lunar Communication and Navigation System (LCNS) developed by Telespazio…