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Daniel Gizinski to Lead Comtech’s Satellite & Space Communications Segment
Comtech has appointed Daniel Gizinski as president of the company’s Satellite & Space Communications segment. With this role, he will oversee all aspects of the S&S segment, including product development, operations, and market expansion. Comtech’s S&S segment provides modems, high-power amplifier technologies, and troposcatter technologies. The company is currently exploring a plan to divest the…
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Launch preview: SpaceX to launch Starship Flight 6 test mission from Starbase in southern Texas
SpaceX fueled its fully integrated Starship rocket at its Starbase facilities on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in preparation for the Flight 6 suborbital test mission. Image: SpaceX After launching three Falcon 9 rockets in less than 20 hours, SpaceX is preparing to use its fourth and final active launchpad in the United States to launch…
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Plextek Unveils Groundbreaking mmWave Radar Technology for Enhanced Space Safety
Plextek, a consultancy recognized for its expertise in low Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) sensing technology, has published its latest innovation in the field of in-orbit space operations and sensing. In their technical paper titled “Sensing in Space” Plextek showcases groundbreaking mmWave radar technology, designed to improve the safety and reliability of future space and…
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Quadsat Partners with CUSP Technologies to Bring Mobile Satellite Emulation Services to Africa
Quadsat, a pioneer in drone-based satellite network emulation, has joined forces with CUSP Technologies to provide cutting-edge satellite emulation services across Africa. This collaboration marks a significant milestone as Quadsat launches its Global Service Partner Network, designed to make its innovative technology accessible to customers worldwide. Revolutionizing Satellite Network Optimization Quadsat’s platform uses drones integrated…
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Teledyne e2v Unveils LX2160-Space Processor for High-Performance Space Applications
Teledyne e2v announces engineering models of the LX2160-Space 16-core Arm Cortex A72 based system on chip (SoC) processor, enabling early project design, hardware and software validation for space-demanding applications. LX2160-Space engineering models have the same fit/form/function as flight models (FMs). LX2160-Space can be used in many heavy computing applications in Space, from Earth Observation Satellites…
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NRO Looks to Bolster Satellite Cyber Protection
RESTON, VIRGINIA — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is moving to a zero trust/defense in depth cyber protection schemata for the agency’s satellites, an NRO official said on Tuesday. “Whereas in the past the government was really the main tenant of air and space, that equation has flipped,” Jeremy Mucha, the NRO’s technical director of…
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SpaceX will try some new tricks on Starship’s sixth test flight
The sixth flight of SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket, set for takeoff on Tuesday from South Texas, will test the vehicle’s limits in new ways. Most importantly, SpaceX will attempt to briefly reignite one of Starship’s six Raptor engines in space. SpaceX tried this on Starship’s third launch in March but aborted the engine restart after…
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L3Harris Provides Optical System to NASA for Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
L3Harris Technologies, the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry, has delivered the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) to NASA that serves as the critical “eye” for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by providing precise and stable imagery. “L3Harris is helping shape the future of space exploration for NASA by providing a key technology that will assist astronomers…
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Northrop Grumman Advances Mission Robotic Vehicle for On-Orbit Satellite Servicing
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s SpaceLogistics LLC has received the robotics payload from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), including two robotic arms and electronics, for its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV). The delivery brings the company one step closer to delivering the first commercial spacecraft with robotic servicing capabilities for commercial and government satellites. In geosynchronous earth…
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Chinese Companies Join Efforts for Commercial Space Development
In the just-concluded 2024 Zhuhai Forum, organized by China’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, representatives from domestic commercial aerospace companies launched the “Zhuhai Initiative” on building a safe, regulated, and healthy development of commercial aerospace. All sides are calling for collaborative efforts to foster a regulated and orderly industrial ecosystem…