Tag: Sensors
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Redwire to Launch Investigations on SpX-31 to Improve Life on Earth and in Space
Redwire Space is launching new investigations with a wide array of Earth and space applications, from crystals for semiconductor components to plant growth for future astronauts, on SpaceX’s 31st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the ISS. Redwire’s Arthrospira-C photobioreactor, designed and built by Redwire for the European Space Agency, will be used to study…
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L3Harris and Palantir Partner to Advance AI-Driven Defense Capabilities for National Security
L3Harris Technologies and Palantir Technologies Inc. announced a strategic partnership to propel advanced technology development and accelerate L3Harris’ digital transformation. The companies’ complementary capabilities including L3Harris’ sensors and software-defined systems and Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) will together enable new levels of capability and resilient connectivity across the joint-all-domain network, ensuring warfighters can make more…
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Spire Global and OroraTech Secures NASA Contract for Wildfire Monitoring
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, was awarded a concept study contract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop space-based capabilities for a wildfire early detection warning and active monitoring system. Spire will partner with OroraTech, the global leader in space-based thermal intelligence, to design a comprehensive and scalable…
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NASA Astronauts Successfully Return to Earth Following Seven-Month Science Expedition on ISS
NASA Astronauts of eighth rotational SpaceX crew mission (Crew-8) have splashed down safely off the coast of Florida after seven months of living and working onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The mission, which is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, included NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut…
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Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates Deep Sensing and Targeting System at Vanguard 24
Phase two of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Deep Sensing and Targeting (DSaT) system was successfully demonstrated at Vanguard 24, an annual capstone experiment hosted by the U.S. Army. DSaT gathers space-based data for airborne long-range precision fires, helping bridge specific capability gaps and future warfighting requirements by expanding mission effectiveness and standoff range for Army platforms.…
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ESA Commissions Six More Radar Satellites from Thales Alenia Space for IRIDE Constellation
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a 107-Million-Euro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the supply of 6 additional radar-based satellites dedicated to the Italian Earth observation constellation, IRIDE. This second batch of satellites, as the previous batch of six, will rely on the innovative and…
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Sidus Space Secures FCC Approval for Remote Sensing Satellite Micro Constellation License
Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, announced that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted approval for the company to operate a micro constellation of remote sensing multi-mission satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This key regulatory milestone marks a significant step in Sidus Space’s on-orbit expansion plans and reinforces its strategic…
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Teledyne Supports NASA’s Europa Clipper Launch with Advanced Imaging Spectrometer
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is pleased to announce its contribution to NASA’s successful Europa Clipper launch, which took place on Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Aboard the Clipper, the Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE) is one of nine science instruments designed to help scientists unravel Europa’s geologic history and assess the potential habitability of…
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BAE Systems and Kongsberg Signs Agreement for New Platform Situational Awareness Tool
BAE Systems has entered into a teaming agreement with Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace to bring Integrated Combat Solution (ICS) to the U.S. defense market. The transformational battlefield situational awareness tool for combat vehicles will provide the Warfighter with the capability to link and share video streams, metadata, target information, slew-to-cue commands, and much more, reducing…
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Giant Magellan Telescope Starts Testing Advanced Support System for Primary Mirror
The Giant Magellan Telescope announced the successful installation of one of its completed 8.4-meter-diameter primary mirrors into a support system prototype at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. This highly sophisticated system comparable in size to half a basketball court and containing three times the number of parts of a typical car…