Tag: Sensors
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ExoAnalytic Launches Advanced Tracking Service for Satellite Operations in GEO
ExoAnalytic Solutions, a pioneer in commercial space domain awareness (SDA) solutions, launched ExoTrack, a tracking service for operators of satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The precision ephemeris and safety of flight service provided by ExoTrack for geosynchronous orbit operations bring new levels of reliability and cost-effectiveness. Piloted and proven with select companies over the past year,…
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General Atomics Awarded Lockheed Martin Contract to Deliver Missile Tracking Payloads
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it was awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Space to deliver missile warning, tracking, and defense payloads to support the company’s recently announced contract award to deliver 18 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Tracking Layer Program. GA-EMS is developing the Electro Optical and Infrared (EO/IR)…
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Sidus Space’s LizzieSat Satellite Scheduled for Launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company announced its LizzieSat satellite is now securely encapsulated within SpaceX’s payload fairing in preparation for launch. LizzieSat is targeted to launch as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Rideshare mission no earlier than March 2024 from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Orbital Debris Inspection Satellite for Astroscale
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, launched its 44th Electron rocket, successfully deploying an orbital debris inspection satellite for Astroscale Japan. The mission, named “On Closer Inspection”, launched from Pad B at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 03:52 NZDT on February 19th, 2024…
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US Department of Defense Launches Five Missile Tracking Satellites Designed by L3Harris
Five missile tracking satellites L3Harris Technologies designed and built successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, as part of the Missile Defense Agency’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program and the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 (T0) Tracking Layer program. L3Harris’ HBTSS satellite is an on-orbit prototype demonstration that can track maneuvering…
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Sidus Space Publishes New U.S. Patent Application for LizzieSat Platform
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space, and Data-as-a-Service company, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published U.S. Patent Application No. 2023/0406548-A1 (the ‘548 patent application). The ‘548 patent application enhances the robust IP portfolio of Sidus by seeking additional patent protection on even more functionality of the LizzieSat Modular Satellite Platform System. We…
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NanoAvionics Awarded Contract by Los Alamos National Laboratory for GTO Mission
The 12U (1U equals 10×10×10 cm3) spacecraft, about the size of a microwave oven, will host the Experiment for Space Radiation Analysis (ESRA) mission. ESRA is the latest of a series of Demonstration and Validation missions built by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, with the focus of this mission on testing next-generation charged particle sensors…
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Lockheed Martin Secures Contract for 18 SDA Tranche 2 Satellites
The Space Development Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build 18 space vehicles as part of its Tranche 2 Tracking Layer constellation. Lockheed Martin will provide 16 wide field-of-view missile warning/missile tracking space vehicles with infrared sensors and two space vehicles with missile defense infrared sensors that can generate fire control-quality tracks to…
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Global Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability Extends AUKUS Alliance Collaboration
Northrop Grumman Corporation is developing the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) that will track objects in the geosynchronous orbit, protecting critical U.S. and allied satellites. DARC is a global network of three advanced ground-based sensors to be operated in collaboration with AUKUS alliance partners, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. Leaders from…
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NASA Updates on Advancements for Early Artemis Moon Missions with Crew
NASA announced updates to its Artemis campaign that will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration on the Moon, land the first woman and first person of colour on the lunar surface, and prepare for human expeditions to Mars for the benefit of all. To safely carry out these missions, agency leaders are adjusting the…