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NanoAvionics Wins US Science Contract from Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kongsberg NanoAvionics US (NanoAvionics) has secured a new contract from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). It will be the second satellite it has ordered from NanoAvionics. The company announced the deal, Jan. 31. It will be part of LANL’s Experiment for Space Radiation Analysis (ESRA) mission in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). This will be…
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Boeing Defense, Space & Security Improves Revenue and Narrows Loss in 2023
Revenue for Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) increased 8% in 2023 compared to 2022, and the segment narrowed its net loss as it works to improve operating margin, particularly on satellite programs. BDS revenue was about $25 billion in 2023, compared to $23 billion in 2022, according to Boeing’s fourth quarter results released on…
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PLD Space Awarded €40.5 Million PERTE Contract for Space Launcher Development
The Spanish aerospace company PLD Space has won the second phase of the project for the development of a Spanish launcher for small satellites, framed within the Aerospace PERTE (Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation), which has a tender amount of 40.5 million euros. The company has been appointed as the sole contractor, having…
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Momentus Receives SDA Modification for Work on Vigoride, Ends Security Review
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded Momentus a contract modification valued at around $1.2 million to continue developing its Vigoride orbital service vehicle to meet Department of Defense mission requirements. This comes after the SDA awarded Momentus a Small Business Innovation Research Award (SBIR) in August 2023. With the additional funds, the award is now…
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Collins Aerospace completes key spacesuit testing milestone
Collins Aerospace tested its next generation spacesuit during a recent parabolic flight. This was part of its Crew Capability Assessment. Image: Collins Aerospace Astronauts who work onboard the U.S. side of the International Space Station are one step closer to getting new spacesuits. On Tuesday, teams with Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, completed a testing…
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Spectrum AMT Showcases Transformative Capabilities at SpaceCom Space Congress 2024
Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, a pivotal force in high-reliability microelectronic circuits and electronic assemblies manufacturing for over 25 years, is poised to exhibit its transformative capabilities in product development and manufacturing services at SpaceCom — America’s Commercial Space Conference and Exposition. The event starts on January 1, 2024, and runs through February 1, 2024, at…
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Sivers Semiconductors Receives €0.6 Million Grant from ESA to Design SATCOM Chips
Sivers Semiconductors announced that its business unit, Sivers Wireless, has been granted €0.6 million (approx. 6.7 MSEK) from the European Space Agency (ESA). The grant will cover funding for the design of satellite communication chips over the next 1.5 years. Sivers Wireless will be responsible for the design of a Q-/V-band direct quadrature demodulator…
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RTX Achieves Key Milestones in DARPA Blackjack Program Using Four BCT Satellites
RTX’s small-satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, Blue Canyon Technologies, announced the satellites supporting the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Blackjack program have completed critical milestones activities. National security space assets, critical to U.S. warfighting capabilities, traditionally reside in a geosynchronous orbit to deliver persistent overhead access to any point on the globe. To…
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Redwire Expands In-Space Manufacturing Tech Portfolio, Targeting Semiconductor Market
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced the strategic expansion of its in-space manufacturing technology portfolio with the first pathfinder mission for its autonomous semiconductor manufacturing platform, MSTIC. MSTIC launched to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th cargo resupply services mission (NG-20). Semiconductors are…
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HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 Returns to ISS as Part of Northrop Grumman’s Resupply Mission
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it has sent a third iteration of the HPE Spaceborne Computer, built from commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers, to the International Space Station (ISS) via a Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services mission, contracted by NASA, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The goal of HPE Spaceborne Computer-2’s latest trip is to build…