Tag: Global
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Saudi Astronauts Completes Intensive Training Program for the Mission to ISS
The Saudi Space Commission (SCC) has confirmed that the Saudi astronauts are ready for the mission to the International Space Station (ISS) this month, after completing the rigorous nine months training program for the flight. The astronauts, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni, will conduct 14 pioneering scientific research experiments in the microgravity environment including three…
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Rocket Lab Ships Completed Custom-Built Photon Spacecraft for Varda Space Industries
Rocket Lab USA, a global manufacturer in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed and shipped a custom Photon spacecraft developed for Varda Space Industries, a space manufacturing, and hypersonic re-entry logistics company. The Rocket Lab-designed and built Photon spacecraft will provide power, communications, propulsion, and attitude control to Varda’s 120kg capsule that will…
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Lockheed Martin Realigns its Space Business to Boost Efficiency
The Space business area within Lockheed Martin announced upcoming changes in order to promote greater effectiveness in delivering on customer missions, support growth and innovation, and create stronger collaboration with customers, suppliers and partners. The realignment follows the recent establishment of Lockheed Martin Space’s Ignite organization, an innovation hub for rapid capability development. “With an…
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Rosenberger Connectors Used in ESA Satellite as Part of the Mission to Explore Jupiter and its Moons
Rosenberger announced that more than 100 of the SMP, SMA, and RPC-2.92 series, are among the essential components that the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft is carrying on its journey to the planet. The Juice spacecraft – Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) – of the European Space Agency ESA consists of various components…
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Weiss-Technik Exhibited its Aerospace & Space Simulation Test Chambers at Space Tech Expo USA 2023
Weiss Technik North America, Inc. a global provider in environmental test chambers, showcased their cutting-edge aerospace and space simulation test chambers at the 2023 Space Tech Expo in Long Beach, California. The company’s portfolio includes aerospace and space simulation test chambers and altitude test chambers for extended temperature ranges. These test chambers help ensure that modern aircraft, including satellites, rockets,…
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First Two Terran Orbital-Developed Spacecraft Became Operational in the GEO Belt
Terran Orbital Corporation, a global organization in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced mission success for the first pair of Terran Orbital-developed spacecraft operating in or around the geosynchronous orbit (GEO) belt. The two spacecraft were built for Lockheed Martin and successfully completed their on-orbit demonstration of the Lockheed Martin In-space…
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Momentus Agrees to Transport Hosted Payload for Hello Space
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, has signed an agreement with Hello Space, an internet of things (IoT) through satellite tech company, to carry a hosted payload of a demo deployer carrying four pocketqube satellites on the Vigoride-7 mission targeted to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-9…
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ViaSat-3 Americas Soars High After Successful Satellite Launch
Viasat Inc., a global communications company announced the successful launch of ViaSat-3 Americas aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ViaSat-3 approximately four hours and thirty two minutes after liftoff, the satellite separated from the launch vehicle. First signals from the satellite were acquired approximately…
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Italian Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space Sign a Contract for Space Factory 4.0
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has won a contract from the Italian space agency (ASI) to conduct the development of the Space Factory 4.0 program in the frame of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). Thales Alenia Space is a consortium including Argotec, CIRA and Sitael,…
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Southern Launch and Space Forge Partner to Explore Possibilities of Satellite Return to Koonibba Test Range
Australian space launch provider Southern Launch has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UK-based Space Forge at the International Space Symposium to explore possibilities of Satellite Return to Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range. UK-based Space Forge is on a mission to make space work for humanity by harnessing the power of microgravity; offering an on-demand…