Tag: Sensors
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Astrolab’s FLIP Rover Selected as Primary Payload on Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 Moon Mission
Venturi Astrolab (Astrolab) and Astrobotic announced that Astrobotic’s Griffin lander will deliver an Astrolab rover to the Moon as part of Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1). The rover, currently known as FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform), will be deployed at the Nobile Region of the lunar south pole. The Astrobotic mission, originally carrying the VIPER…
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Momentus Secures U.S. Air Force Contract for In-Space Sensor Demonstration
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company offering satellite buses, technologies, transportation, and other in-space transportation services, announced that the U.S. Air Force Research Labs AFWERX organization has selected a proposal from Momentus to perform an in-space demonstration flight of a new, low-cost suite of multispectral sensors for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO). AFWERX is…
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Blue Origin’s NS-29 Mission to Simulate Lunar Gravity and Test 30 Payloads
Blue Origin’s next New Shepard flight, NS-29, will simulate the Moon’s gravity and fly 30 payloads, all but one of which is focused on testing lunar-related technologies. The launch window opens on Tuesday, January 28, at 10:00 AM CST / 1600 UTC from Launch Site One in West Texas. The webcast will begin 15 minutes…
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OroraTech Launches FOREST-3 Thermal Satellite with SpaceX for Wildfire Detection
OroraTech successfully launched its latest fire-detection satellite, FOREST-3, onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12 (TR-12) mission on Tuesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. By incorporating miniaturized infrared sensors and advanced on-orbit processing, the satellite will deliver near-real-time wildfire alerts to customers across the globe. “We’re very grateful to the German Space Agency at DLR and the…
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Pixxel Launches First Firefly Satellites Setting New Standard in Hyperspectral Earth Observation
Pixxel, a California-based space technology company building the world’s highest-resolution hyperspectral satellite constellation, has successfully launched the first three satellites of its Firefly constellation. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and launched aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA. This marks a significant milestone for Pixxel as it…
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NASA Launches Science and Technology to the Moon with Firefly Blue Ghost Lander and SpaceX
NASA‘s Blue Ghost Mission 1 launched at 1:11 a.m. EST aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is carrying science and tech on Firefly Aerospace’s first CLPS or Commercial Lunar Payload Services flight. The company is targeting a lunar landing on Sunday,…
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Varda Space Industries Launches W-2 Capsule with AFRL Payloads for Hypersonic Reentry Tests
Varda Space Industries, Inc. announced the successful launch of its second orbital processing and reentry capsule, W-2, which lifted off aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The W-2 capsule carries payloads from Varda partners, including a spectrometer from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and employs a…
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BAE Systems Secures $347 Million NGA’s NERVE Contract to Modernize GEOINT Library
In 2024, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded BAE Systems a five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity $347 million contract for NERVE, the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) Enterprise Repository and Virtual Environment program. NERVE will modernize the NSG Consolidated Library (NCL), which includes expanding it from a physical data center to cloud-based data services. The NCL is…
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Teledyne Technologies Finalizes Acquisition of Micropac Industries
Teledyne Technologies (Teledyne), a provider company of advanced digital imaging products and software, and Micropac Industries (Micropac), a high-tech company specializing in optoelectronic components and assemblies, jointly announced the successful completion of the previously announced merger of Micropac with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teledyne. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Micropac stockholders received $20.00…
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Sidus Space Achieves 2024 Milestones and Prepares for Continued Growth in 2025
Sidus Space, an innovative and agile space mission enabler, announced a year of significant achievements in 2024, marking a period of transformative growth and strategic milestones. With key launches, groundbreaking partnerships, and expanding customer relationships, we believe Sidus is well-positioned to continue delivering innovative solutions and scalable data services in 2025. Key Highlights from 2024:…