Tag: Sensors
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ESA Launches RISE Mission to Pioneer In-Orbit Servicing and Sustainability in Space
ESA has taken another important step on the road towards sustainability in space with its first in-orbit servicing mission RISE. A €119 million contract was signed with D-Orbit as the co-funding prime contractor. RISE is a commercial in-orbit servicing mission that will demonstrate that it can safely rendezvous and dock to a geostationary client satellite.…
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Millennium Space Systems Completes PDR for FOO Fighter Satellite Constellation
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, completed the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter, or FOO Fighter, preliminary design review, or PDR, four months following authorization to proceed. The company is on contract to deliver a constellation of eight satellites with a ground system and to perform mission operations. “Just like the name says, our focus is…
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Raytheon Secures DARPA Contract to Develop Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductors
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a three-year, two-phase contract from DARPA to develop foundational ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors, or UWBGS, based on diamond and aluminum nitride technology that revolutionize semiconductor electronics with increased power delivery and thermal management in sensors and other electronic applications. During phase one of the contract, the Raytheon Advanced Technology…
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SFL Chosen by NUVIEW to Develop Pathfinder Satellite Bus for LiDAR Constellation
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has been chosen by NUVIEW, a space-technology company specializing in 3D Earth imaging, to develop the bus for Mr. SPoC, its pathfinder small satellite that will demonstrate the capabilities of the world’s first commercial space-based LiDAR constellation. Based in Orlando, Florida, NUVIEW is building a ground-breaking constellation of satellites that will…
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Northrop Grumman Secures Contract for Second DARC Site from the U.S. Space Force
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded its Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 2 contract from the U.S. Space Force. The second site, located in the United Kingdom, continues DARC’s path to become one of the world’s most advanced radars for tracking objects in deep space. This award follows the previous competitive award of DARC…
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Scout Space Partners with Dawn Aerospace for Spaceplane Surveillance Demonstration
Scout Space, a Virginia-based startup specializing in space domain awareness, has signed an agreement with Dawn Aerospace to demonstrate the ability to observe objects in very low Earth orbit (VLEO) from an aircraft operating in suborbital space. Under the deal announced Aug. 22, Scout will install its space domain awareness sensors aboard Dawn Aerospace’s Mk-II…
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MatrixSpace Awarded $1.9M AFWERX Contract to Develop Advanced Mesh Radar for Base Defense
MatrixSpace has been selected for a $1.9M AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) Phase II Sequential contract to develop a distributed dual-mode mesh radar for base defense, based on the MatrixSpace Radar hardware platform. The project runs for 22 months and starts immediately. The project, in support of the Air Force 87th Security Forces Squadron, involves…
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SecureSpace Opens New Self-Storage Facility in New York MSA
SecureSpace Self Storage has announced the grand opening of a new self-storage facility, SecureSpace North Plainfield, located in and serving the township of North Plainfield, New Jersey. The newly-built Class A facility is strategically located at 825 US-22 and offers 88,470 square feet of 100% climate-controlled self-storage space with units ranging from 5’x5′ to 10’x30′. …
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NASA Tests Deployment of Roman Space Telescope’s Visor
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s “visor” (sunshield) has completed several environmental tests simulating the conditions it will experience during launch and in space. Called the Deployable Aperture Cover, this large sunshade is designed to keep unwanted light out of the telescope. This milestone marks the halfway point for the cover’s final sprint of testing,…
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Sidus Space Develops Advanced High-Speed Switch Card for SmallSats
Sidus Space, a provider of end-to-end precision Space Infrastructure solutions that include satellite Data-as-a-Service on its proprietary on-orbit platform, announced that it has designed and developed an advanced high-speed switch card using the Frontgrade protocol independent Crosspoint Switch. The multi-payload switch card is integrated into LizzieSat-2 (LS-2) and is offered as a standalone product to…