Tag: Solar Panels
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Aphelion Orbitals Introduces New Solar Panel for Cubesats
Aphelion Orbitals, an innovative nanosatellite manufacturer and launch services provider, expanding access to space for small satellites using game-changing, ultra-low-cost reliable launch services and spacecraft has introduced a new solar panel for CubeSats. The 1U Solar Panel from Aphelion is a Cubesat solar panel that utilizes flight-proven, high-efficiency 30.5% triple junction solar cells and a…
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ISISPACE Offers Flight-Proven and Cost-Effective CubeSat Platforms and Components
ISISPACE is a space company that specializes in realizing innovative turn-key small satellite missions including launch and operations for in-orbit delivery. They offer flight-proven and cost-effective CubeSat platforms and solutions. Their small satellite solutions have been used for a wide variety of missions, from training the next generation of students to testing out new technologies…
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Momentus Successfully Deploys Qosmosys Satellite and Starts On-Orbit Support of Caltech’s Solar Project Payload
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, has deployed the Qosmosys Zeus-1 payload from its Vigoride-5 Orbital Service Vehicle and is now providing comprehensive hosted payload support services for Caltech’s Space-based Solar Power Project payload. The Qosmosys Zeus-1 payload was deployed in orbit on May 10, 2023.…
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Rocket Lab Ships Completed Custom-Built Photon Spacecraft for Varda Space Industries
Rocket Lab USA, a global manufacturer in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed and shipped a custom Photon spacecraft developed for Varda Space Industries, a space manufacturing, and hypersonic re-entry logistics company. The Rocket Lab-designed and built Photon spacecraft will provide power, communications, propulsion, and attitude control to Varda’s 120kg capsule that will…
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ESA’s VIPER Experiment Takes Off with Double T-Rex Rocket Launch for Advanced Space Research
Not one, but two rocket launches with ESA-led experiments are flying to the edge of space just a week apart, providing unique data to researchers eager to learn more about fundamental physics, semiconductor production, the formation of planets and how our immune cells react to spaceflight. A Texus sounding rocket can propel up to 270…
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Aphelion Orbitals Offers Responsive Nanosatellite Launch Solutions
Aphelion, a pioneer in responsive nanosatellite launch solutions, offers rapid, turnkey access to space with their solutions. Aphelion develops launch vehicles and nanosatellite technologies to enable simple, commercial access to space. They have built the first mass-produced nanosatellite launch system that allows for regular, scheduled orbital access at an unprecedented rate and cost. PRODUCTS &…
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Airbus Built MetOp-SG Second-Generation Weather Satellites Enter their Test Phases
The Airbus-built satellite twins, MetOp-SG A, and B will provide a panoply of new meteorological data that will substantially improve numerical weather prediction – the backbone of our daily weather forecasts – at regional and global levels. The multiple instruments on board will also provide key observations for climate monitoring, atmospheric chemistry, and other services…
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AVS Selects DCUBED’s Space Selfie Stick for the Upcoming LUR-1 Mission
For mission assurance and functional check of their spacecraft LUR-1, the global company AVS Added Value Solutions established a partnership with DCUBED (Deployables Cubed GmbH), a NewSpace SmallSat mechanisms company specializing in mechanisms, solar arrays, and deployables for Nano and SmallSats. DCUBED’s space selfie stick will deploy and take pictures of the spacecraft in orbit…
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Airbus Finalises JUICE for Jupiter Mission
The Airbus-built JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission) spacecraft will shortly leave Toulouse, France, for Kourou, French Guiana, for lift-off on an Ariane 5 in April 2023. Shipment is expected in early February. The spacecraft has been at Airbus in Toulouse since August 2021 for final assembly and testing. This included the integration of the…
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Boeing’s Spectrolab to Power Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission
As the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission begins its survey of the Earth’s surface, the satellite will get power from solar cells built by Spectrolab, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing. The SWOT satellite, targeted to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, will conduct the first global survey of water on the…