Tag: Sensors
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Lockheed Martin’s ESA Payload Demonstrator To Showcase Faster On-Orbit Sensor Calibration
Lockheed Martin will soon launch a unique wideband Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) payload demonstrator to show the company’s investment in advanced technology to perform missions faster once in orbit. Based on an innovative, proprietary design, Lockheed Martin expects to calibrate this new ESA sensor in a fraction of the time it takes to operationalize traditional…
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Open Cosmos Awarded £5M UK Government Project to Deliver More Satellites in Its New Facilities
In a move that further cements its position as a leading pioneer in the UK’s burgeoning space sector, Open Cosmos has been awarded a £5 million project from the UK government’s Space Clusters and Infrastructure Fund (SCIF). Open Cosmos will use the funding to expand its manufacturing and R&D capability for microsatellite and constellation markets,…
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UK Space Agency Announces Funding for 23 Ground-Breaking Space Technology Projects
The UK Space Agency has announced 23 innovative and inventive projects that could boost UK leadership in new space technologies and applications around the world. The Enabling Technologies Program (ETP) provides opportunities for the UK space sector to accelerate the development of leading-edge technologies that could be used to tackle global problems and benefit the…
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Quantum Space Prepares for the Launch of Sentry Mission on SpaceX Transporter 10
Focused on building critical deep space infrastructure, Quantum Space unveiled its Sentry mission, the first in a series of milestone demonstrations to prove end-to-end communications and data generation capabilities. The company is creating a modern, high-speed connectivity network, dubbed QuantumNet, which will deliver always-on, fast connectivity everywhere in deep space, from GEO and cislunar space…
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Northrop Grumman Completes Critical Design Review for SDA’s Missile Tracking Satellites
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) on a proliferated low-Earth orbit constellation of 16 missile tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency, clearing the way to begin production work on the space vehicles. The CDR maintained an accelerated pace and was completed within 13 months of the award announcement. The satellites…
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Spire Global Achieves Milestone with Launch of 11 Satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 Mission
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, successfully launched eleven satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, including ten satellites for Space Services customers and one for Spire’s data and analytics solutions. Spire Achieves Milestone with Largest Number of Space Services Customers on Single Launch Spire…
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Planet to Launch Pelican and 36 SuperDoves Satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 Mission
Planet Labs PBC, one of the leading providers of daily data and insights about Earth, announced that its Pelican tech demonstration satellite, Pelican-1, along with 36 SuperDoves, Flock 4Q, will be launching on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission on November 11, 2023, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SpaceX’s launch window will open at 10:49 a.m.…
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Momentus’ Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle Successfully Completes Vibration Testing
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses and in-space infrastructure services including transportation, hosted payloads, and other in-orbit services, announced that it has completed vibration testing of its Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle scheduled to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission no earlier than March 2024. The vibration testing conducted at Experior Laboratories…
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Rogue Selected by AFWERX to Develop In-Space Inspection Technology for its Orbital Robots
Rogue Space Systems Corporation, one of the leaders in space servicing innovation and solutions, has announced its selection by AFWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II contract. This opportunity focuses on leveraging sensor fusion technology, ensuring safe close proximity operations in space, and addressing paramount challenges within the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Incepted in 2020,…
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Riverside Research Awards Subcontract to Spire for the USSF Space Domain Awareness Program
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, announced it was awarded a subcontract by Riverside Research, an advanced research nonprofit, to provide star tracker imagery as part of the Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing for Space Domain Awareness (DEEP-SDA) project on behalf of the United States Space Force (USSF). The…