Tag: Ground
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Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Lander Separates from SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
At approximately 8:01 p.m. EST, Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander separated from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, powered on approximately 12 minutes later, and will continue its weeklong journey to the Moon. Aboard the lander is NASA Science and Technology as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. Also launching as…
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Blue Origin Successfully Completes 10th Crewed New Shepard Mission
Blue Origin completed its tenth human spaceflight and the 30th flight for the New Shepard program. Also, they conducted the tenth crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle on Feb. 25, carrying six people, one of whom remained at least semi-anonymous. It has lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas. The New…
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ispace and EdgeCortix Partner to Advance AI-Powered Lunar Exploration
ispace, a global lunar exploration company, and EdgeCortix Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company specializing in energy-efficient Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing at the edge, today announced a mutual strategic cooperation to explore cislunar development using EdgeCortix’s low-power AI-specific processors with ispace lunar exploration activities. ispace and EdgeCortix have agreed to collaborate using data from existing…
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Marble Visions to Develop 3D Earth Observation Satellite Project with NTT DATA, PASCO and Canon
NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, and Marble Visions Inc., a provider of advanced Earth observation (EO) satellite services, announce that Marble Visions has commenced the development of a high-resolution, high-frequency satellite system in a joint venture between NTT DATA, PASCO CORPORATION and Canon Electronics Inc. Marble Vision’s aims to transform…
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Gilmour Space Sets Launch Window for Australia’s First Orbital Rocket
Gilmour Space Technologies has announced a launch window starting ‘no earlier than’ March 15 for the maiden flight of Eris, the first Australian-designed and built rocket aiming for orbit. The news follows final airspace approvals from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and Airservices Australia, clearing the last regulatory hurdle before launch. It also marks…
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SES Partners with Quvia to Enhance Multi-Orbit Connectivity with AI-Driven Network
SES is partnering with Quvia, the AI-powered quality of experience (QoE) platform formerly known as Neuron, to advance SES’s multi-orbit connectivity solutions by enhancing network orchestration capabilities. The collaboration combines SES and Quvia technologies to intelligently manage network resources and adapt dynamically to customer demand, driving enhanced QoE for SES’s mobility, enterprise, and cloud customers,…
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NASA Awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope Launch Services Contract to SpaceX
NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to Earth. The firm fixed-price launch service task order is being awarded under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity NASA Launch Services II contract. The total cost…
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Rocket Lab Completes Key Design Review for US Space Force VICTUS HAZE Mission
Rocket Lab National Security LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced the successful completion of its Critical Design Review (CDR) for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission, VICTUS HAZE. In April 2024, Rocket Lab announced its…
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PLD Space Expands Global Reach with Second Launch Site at Etlaq Spaceport in Oman
PLD Space, an international space services company with vertical integrated engineering and manufacturing, has announced that the Etlaq spaceport in Oman will be its second global launch base for MIURA launch vehicle family. This infrastructure joins the company’s Launch Complex at the CSG (Kourou, French Guiana), owned by CNES and ESA, thus expanding vehicle service…
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NASA Awards Delivery Order to BAE Systems for NOAA’s Space Weather Program
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a delivery order to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems of Boulder, Colorado, to build spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series project as a part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. The award made under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract, has…