Tag: Ground
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Rocket Lab Joins for US and UK Hypersonic Test Programs with HASTE Launch Vehicle
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has been selected to provide hypersonic test launch capability with its HASTE launch vehicle, engineering expertise, and other services through its participation in two multi-billion-dollar government development programs for the United States and the United Kingdom. Rocket Lab has been selected…
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Venus Aerospace Utilizes NASA Supported Technology for Hypersonic Engine System
Venus Aerospace, the startup building the world’s most advanced engine system for hypersonic flight, announced the successful completion of a NASA-supported technological advancement, one that will outfit Venus’s record-setting hypersonic engine system during an upcoming flight demonstration later this summer. Through a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award, NASA supports high-potential companies building the future…
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Hughes Launches Compact Electronically Steerable Antenna Terminal to Advance Global Connectivity
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, has made the global commercial availability of the HL1100W single panel electronically steerable antenna (ESA), a cost-effective, high-performance addition to the Eutelsat OneWeb user terminal family. Approved by Eutelsat OneWeb for use within its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network, the HL1100W addresses growing market demand for a lighter…
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard Rocket Concludes 31st Mission To Space
Blue Origin, a private aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company, successfully completed its 11th human spaceflight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sánchez, who brought the mission together. Including the crew, New Shepard has now flown 58 people to space,…
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Momentus Signs Long-Term Agreement with Velo3D
Momentus, a US commercial space company that offers satellites, satellite components, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, announced it has entered into a five-year master services agreement (“Master Services Agreement”) with Velo3D, a leading provider of additive manufacturing solutions, also referred to as 3D printing. According to the terms of the all-stock transaction as reported…
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Ursa Major to Supply Ten Hadley Engines for Collaboration with Sirius Technologies
Ursa Major and Sirius Technologies, the United States subsidiary of Tokyo-based Innovative Space Carrier (ISC), reached a significant milestone by entering into an agreement for the procurement of ten Ursa Major Hadley, small launch, engines and collaboration on the development of a medium-launch engine scaled from Ursa Major’s Arroway model. The agreement follows the approval…
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Northrop Grumman Unveils EPIC Facility in Alabama for US Army Air and Missile Defense
Northrop Grumman Corporation has opened a new state-of-the-art integration center in Madison, Alabama, in support of the United States Army’s accelerated modernization plan for air and missile defense. The new Enhanced Production and Integration Center (EPIC) builds on the company’s ability to scale production and manufacture critical capabilities at speed, expanding capacity for high-rate production…
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Outpost Space Secures $1.8M US Space Force SBIR Contract for Re-entry Shield Tech Development
Outpost Technologies Corporation (Outpost Space), a leader in pioneering multi-ton returnable space platforms and delivering innovative and persistent capabilities to the American warfighter, has been awarded a $1.8M contract from the U.S. Space Force SPACEWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, awarded through the Innovative Cargo Exoatmospheric Delivery Technology (ICED-T) Topic, funds Outpost’s…
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iLAuNCH Trailblazer Partners with Space ISAC to Advance Space Tech and Cybersecurity
Australia’s iLAuNCH Trailblazer has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) to enhance collaboration in space technology and security at the 40th Space Symposium. The United States-based Space ISAC brings together the global space industry to strengthen preparedness and response to vulnerabilities, incidents, and threats. It enables…
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Northrop Grumman Undocks Between Two Commercial Spacecraft in Geosynchronous Orbit
A Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Space Logistics LLC has successfully undocked with Intelsat’s IS-901 satellite, completing its life extension service. This marks the first undocking between two commercial spacecraft in the geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) graveyard. MEV-1 has provided five years of life-extension services to IS-901, allowing Intelsat to operate…