Author: starpathwp-production
-
Slingshot Aerospace Secures Contract to Expand UK’s Satellite Tracking Capabilities
Slingshot Aerospace, the leader in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination and space modeling and simulation, announced it has been awarded the United Kingdom Space Agency Provision of Optical Delivery Partner contract to expand the UK’s satellite tracking capabilities. This award strengthens the UK’s sovereign space domain awareness, expanding the UK Space Agency’s…
-
Frontgrade Technologies Unveils SBC-2A72 VPX Computer for Advanced Space Missions
Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of high-reliability electronic solutions for space and national security missions, announced the launch of the SBC-2A72 VPX Single Board Computer, a next-generation computing solution designed to meet the demanding requirements of the most advanced space missions. As part of our MAMBA architecture, the SBC-2A72 VPX is engineered for efficiency, flexibility,…
-
UARX’s OSSIE Spacecraft to Fly Dawn Aerospace’s Docking Port
UARX Space will carry Dawn’s Docking and Fluidic Transfer (DFT) Port for integration on UARX Space’s upcoming OSSIE OTV, launching in 2026. The DFT Port, developed by Dawn Aerospace, is the hardware foundation of the company’s Loop Network: a scalable in-orbit refuelling architecture designed and built in Europe. The mission marks a major step toward…
-
Open Cosmos Details ‘Quiver’ Project With Panasonic for Connected Satellite Constellations
Open Cosmos is working on a project with Japanese company Panasonic Operational Excellence Co. to advance optical inter-satellite communications. The companies will focus on faster and more autonomous ways for satellites to connect in orbit, bringing together Open Cosmos’ expertise in satellite constellations and Panasonic’s expertise in high-frequency telecommunications. During the six-month project, Panasonic will…
-
25 years, one website: ISS in Real Time captures quarter-century on space station
With the milestone just days away, you are likely to hear this week that there has now been a continuous human presence on the International Space Station (ISS) for the past 25 years. But what does that quarter of a century actually encompass? If only there was a way to see, hear, and experience each…
-
All.Space and Aalyria Partner on Multi-Orbit Network Orchestration
Terminal developer All.Space and network orchestration software company Aalyria are teaming up to demonstrate interoperable communications across domains, specifically for defense scenarios. Under a new strategic partnership announced Tuesday, the companies said they plan to demonstrate interoperability and dynamic link orchestration across all orbits and terrestrial infrastructure, with All.Space’s Hydra terminals and Aalyria’s Spacetime orchestration…
-
Voyager Acquires Spacecraft Electric Propulsion Supplier ExoTerra
Voyager Technologies on Monday said it has acquired ExoTerra Resource in a deal that gives it capabilities in compact electric propulsion systems used to maneuver satellites in orbit. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ExoTerra has about 200 employees. ExoTerra designs and manufactures Hall-effect thrusters and related components, and solar electric propulsion modules. The company…
-
Starbase Pad 1 demolition begins for Next-Gen upgrades
SpaceX has kicked off a significant demolition and upgrade phase at its Starbase facility, targeting Pad 1 to align it with the advanced capabilities of Pad 2. The work, which began shortly after the successful Flight 11 mission, involves dismantling key components of the launch infrastructure to accommodate Version 3 Starships and Super Heavy boosters.…
-
FCC Kicks Off Proceeding to Overhaul Satellite Licensing
The FCC voted to kick off two proceedings on Tuesday that will impact satellite licensing — one described as a licensing “overhaul” and another dealing with antennas in the upper microwave spectrum bands. With the first rulemaking, the FCC is proposing a “licensing assembly line” that it says would dramatically accelerate decisions on applications for…
-
Blue Origin details lunar exploration progress amid Artemis 3 contract shakeup
An artist’s rendering of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 lunar lander on the surface of the Moon. Graphic: Blue Origin Correction Oct. 29: Fixed reference to the engines on the Lunar Transporter from BE-4 to BE-7. Blue Origin is still several years off from its currently contracted mission to bring astronauts to the Moon’s…