Tag: Star Trackers
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Rocket Lab Awarded $0.5 Billion Contract by SDA to Design and Build Satellite Constellation
Rocket Lab USA, a leading provider of space launch services and advanced satellite technology, announced it has been selected by and is under contract with the Space Development Agency (SDA) to design and build 18 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta Data Transport Satellites (T2TL – Beta). Rocket Lab will act as the prime contractor for the…
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Top Satellite Star Trackers in 2023
Star trackers represent the pinnacle of celestial navigation technology and play a major role in accurately identifying and tracking stellar objects, facilitating precise spacecraft alignments, orbital positioning, and trajectory calibrations. As the demand for space missions and satellite operations escalates across governmental and commercial realms, the development and deployment of advanced star tracker systems have…
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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…
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Rocket Lab to Integrate Twin Spacecraft for NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars Mission
Rocket Lab USA, a launch services and space systems company, announced that the two spacecraft the Company is building for NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission have entered the system integration phase in preparation for a planned launch in 2024. The ESCAPADE mission, led by Dr Rob Lillis at the University…
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Neuraspace Partners with Arcsec to Use Star Trackers for Space Debris Detection
Neuraspace, one of the leading providers of smarter space traffic management (STM), has partnered with Arcsec, a renowned provider of star trackers, for a groundbreaking new way to detect space debris, enabling it to track smaller objects and improve orbit calculations. Joining their forces, Neuraspace and Arcsec will harness the exceptional precision of Arcsec’s space-based…
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Sidus Space to Host SOLAR MEMS Star Tracker on Fourth LizzieSat Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company announced it will host a star tracker developed by SOLAR MEMS on its fourth planned LizzieSat mission, currently scheduled to launch with SpaceX in June of next year. Sidus will host the Star Tracker as a part of its payload rideshare program. This payload rideshare is available…
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Sidus Space and Lulav Space Partner to Launch Event-Based Star Tracker on SpaceX Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company announced it has partnered with Lulav Space, a robotics company specializing in space applications, to research, develop and demonstrate the benefits of Event-based Star Trackers (EBST). Sidus plans to include the Lulav/Sidus EBST on its fourth planned LizzieSat mission, currently scheduled to launch with SpaceX in…
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Sidus Space Awarded Contracts for Two Projects Under Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space, and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company, announced it has been awarded contracts for two projects with Israeli partners Maris-Tech and Lulav Space by Space Florida under the Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership. This is the first time Sidus has received two awards from the same round of projects from the Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership. The…
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Rocket Lab Introduces New High-Performance Star Tracker for Small Spacecraft
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies has introduced a new high-performance star tracker for small satellites and spacecraft. The ST-16RT2 star tracker is extensively flown and tested by Rocket Lab with more than 90 currently in orbit. The ST-16RT2 star tracker uses a 2592 x 1944 CMOS active-pixel sensor…
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Rocket Lab Spacecraft Built for Varda Space Industries Successfully Starts On Orbit Operations
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced its spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, a leading in-space manufacturing, and hypersonic re-entry logistics company, is successfully operating in orbit after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission. The spacecraft was developed, manufactured, and tested at Rocket…