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mmTron Introduces Highest Efficiency GaN Power Amplifier MMIC for LEO Satellite Downlinks
mmTron has developed the highest efficiency class AB GaN power amplifier (PA) MMIC for the 17.3 to 21.2 GHz satellite downlink band: The TMC261 covers the band with a margin and provides 1.1 watts of output power with 35 percent power-added efficiency (PAE) at a noise power ratio (NPR) of 13 dB. “High data rate…
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ULA Launches the First 2 Kuiper Prototype Satellites for Amazon
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the first two prototype satellites for Project Kuiper on Friday, putting the first assets in space for Amazon’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. The Atlas V 501 rocket lifted off at 2:06 p.m. ET on Friday, launching from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellites…
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Stoke Space Announces $100 Million in New Series B Investment
Stoke Space, the rocket company building the world’s most efficient fully and rapidly reusable rocket, announced $100 million in new Series B investment to drive continued growth and innovation. This investment more than doubles the company’s total funding, which now sits at $175 million. The company also announced the official name of its first rocket:…
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Axiom Space and ESA Sign MoU for Space Collaboration
Axiom Space and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed an MoU this month to collaborate on human spaceflight, science, technology, and commercialization. The MoU is active for three years, with the option to be extended. It involves a number of areas for potential collaboration: Axiom Space missions to the International Space Station; Axion’s next-generation spacesuits;…
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Rideshare mission on deck for penultimate Vega rocket as Vega-C successor remains sidelined
Update 10 p.m. EDT (0200 UTC) Sunday: Vega lifted off at 9:36 p.m. EDT (0138 UTC) on Sunday after a two-day delay. The dozen spacecraft for the penultimate flight of an Arianespace Vega rocket prior encapsulation in the payload fairing. Image: Airbus Space A pair of Earth observation satellites along with ten auxiliary payloads will…
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World’s largest space conference succeeds in making a Starship update boring
Anyone who keeps track of Elon Musk knows the world’s richest man has a penchant for setting aspirational schedules for his companies. SpaceX misses those ambitious timelines so often that Musk has joked the company specializes in making the impossible late. So, if you have an opportunity to interview him, why spend time asking Musk…
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Atlas 5 delivers first Amazon internet satellites to orbit on Friday
Satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet constellation are hoisted up to integrate onto ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket. Image: ULA Update Oct. 6: The Atlas 5 rocket successfully lifted off on Friday afternoon at 2:06 p.m. EDT (1806 UTC). Shortly before 3 p.m. EDT (1900 UTC), ULA stated that they had “precisely” delivered the payload to…
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Northrop Grumman leaves behind solo commercial space station venture, partners with Nanoracks on ‘Starlab’
A rendering of the Nanoracks/Voyager Space commercial space station orbiting the Earth. Image: Nanoracks About a year and a half after signing a Space Act Agreement with NASA to develop a commercial space station, Northrop Grumman formally withdrew from its solo plans in order to partner with Nanoracks, a subsidiary of Voyager Space. Under this…
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Voyager Space and Northrop Grumman Collaborate for Starlab Space Station Project
Voyager Space announced their plan to enter a teaming agreement with Northrop Grumman to develop fully autonomous rendezvous and docking technology for Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft and provide cargo resupply services for the Starlab space station, which will be built and operated under a transatlantic joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space. …
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Firefly Successfully Completes Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Structure Ahead of NASA Moon Mission
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it completed the development and assembly of its Blue Ghost lander structure and fluid systems, a critical milestone for Firefly’s first lunar mission slated to land on the Moon in 2024 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. This mission is one of three…