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Apex’s First Aries Satellite Achieves One Full Year On-Orbit Milestone
Apex‘s first Aries spacecraft mission, Aries Serial Number One (SN1), surpassed one year on-orbit of nominal operations. The anniversary is a major milestone for Apex, the leading high-rate configurable satellite bus platform manufacturer, and for the space industrial base, which now has a new high-rate supplier they can depend on. Aries SN1 is the fastest…
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Astranis Completes U S Space Force Resilient GPS Demonstration Ahead of Schedule
Astranis announced the completion of a key demonstration for the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program, transmitting core GPS waveforms using Astranis’ software-defined radio hardware. The demonstration was delivered on budget and ahead of schedule, just four months into the program, highlighting Astranis’ ability to leverage their existing, flight-heritage high-orbit satellite hardware to…
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Infineon Expands Rad-Tolerant Power MOSFET for Space Applications
Infineon Technologies, a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, announced the addition of P-channel power MOSFETs to its family of radiation-tolerant power MOSFETs for Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) space applications. The new devices are part of Infineon’s expanding portfolio designed for next-generation “NewSpace” applications, providing cost-optimized radiation-tolerant MOSFETs that enable engineers to achieve faster time-to-market…
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ST Engineering iDirect to Demonstrate Intuition Ground Systems at Satellite 2025
ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, will showcase its Intuition ground system’s next-gen capabilities in advanced automation, multi-orbit connectivity, and cloud-driven scalability through live demonstrations at the Satellite 2025 Conference and Exhibition. Designed to address the challenges of evolving satellite networks, Intuition’s next release is scheduled for later this year. Attendees at…
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Yes, we are about to be treated to a second lunar landing in a week
The Apollo 17 mission landed on the Moon on December 11, in 1972. From that point on, literally for decades, NASA and the United States did not go back to the surface of our nearest planetary body. It was not until February 22, 2024, that another American-built spacecraft made a soft landing on the Moon.…
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SatixFy Receives UK Space Agency Funding for Advanced LEO Payload Software Development
SatixFy Communications, a leader in next-generation satellite communication systems based on in-house-designed chipsets, announced that it has secured funding of £1.8 million (approximately $2.3 million) from the UK Space Agency under its C-LEO program for the development of an advanced software suite for digital satellite payloads. The funds will support SatixFy’s advanced regenerative and digital…
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ICEYE and Saab Partner to Enhance Space-Based Radar in Command Systems
ICEYE, the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, and Saab announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on the development and integration of advanced space-based radar data in Saab’s Command and Control Systems (C2). Space-based sensor capabilities are becoming crucial for modern militaries, providing access to critical information in challenging environments. This…
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Firefly Aerospace Secures NASA Contract to Launch INCUS Mission from Wallops
Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, announced the company was awarded a fixed-price NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract for a dedicated Alpha launch of the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. As part of NASA’s Earth System Science Pathfinder program,…
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China’s space station to welcome 1st ever foreign astronaut with deal signed to train Pakistani astronaut
China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) and Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) officially signed on Friday a cooperation agreement on selecting and training Pakistani astronauts for future flight missions to China’s Tiangong space station, opening a new chapter in deepening cooperation in manned space sector between the two countries, according to the CMSA.…