Tag: Sensors & Actuators
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Teledyne CIS120 Sensors Launch on Japanese GOSAT-GW Climate Change Observation
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, a leading provider of advanced imaging solutions, announces that two CIS120 sensors designed and manufactured by Teledyne Space Imaging will play a major part in the third in a series of Japanese climate change and Earth observation satellite missions. The Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW) launched on…
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Varda Space’s W-3 Capsule Lands Successfully in South Australia
Varda Space Industries, which is building infrastructure and enabling fundamental science for a thriving orbital economy, has successfully reentered the W-3 capsule, which landed at the Koonibba Test Range, operated by Southern Launch, at 19:07 Pacific Daylight Time. W-3 is Varda’s third successful mission and comes just 11 weeks after the previous successful mission. W-3…
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OroraTech Brings World’s Largest Wildfire Satellite Constellation to the United States
OroraTech, a global leader in wildfire intelligence and risk assessment, announced the opening of its U.S. headquarters in Denver. Based in Munich, Germany, the company’s expansion to the United States marks an important milestone in its mission to support wildfire resilience in America. The Denver office will serve as a central hub connecting U.S. wildfire…
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Pacific Defense Wins $9.4M AFRL Phase II Contract for Cislunar Space Sensor Development
Pacific Defense, one of the leading providers of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) products and solutions, announced it has signed a $9.4M Phase II contract with the Space Control Technology Branch of AFRL to complete the development of a low-size, weight, and power (SWaP) sensor built on MOSA principles to address the rapidly expanding challenge…
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Pacific Defense Wins $9.4M AFRL Phase II Contract for Cislunar Space Sensor Development
Pacific Defense, one of the leading providers of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) products and solutions, announced it has signed a $9.4M Phase II contract with the Space Control Technology Branch of AFRL to complete the development of a low-size, weight, and power (SWaP) sensor built on MOSA principles to address the rapidly expanding challenge…
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ESA’s Proba-3 Precision Formation Flying Mission Relies on Cutting-Edge Sensor Fusion
Proba-3 is the European Space Agency’s and the world’s first precision formation flying mission. The mission is devoted to the demonstration of technologies and techniques for highly precise satellite formation flying. It consists of two small satellites launched together that will separate apart to fly in tandem, to prepare for future multi-satellite missions flying as…
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Bradford Space Introduces New Acceleration Measurement Unit for Satellites
Bradford Space, a high-tech developer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art in-orbit systems and components ranging from propulsion systems and avionics to microgravity workspaces has introduced a new Acceleration Measurement Unit (AMU) for satellites. The Acceleration Measurement Unit (AMU) from Bradford Space is an independent measurement unit. The AMU is composed of four accelerometers disposed on a…