Tag: Ground
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ThinKom Solutions Integrates its Phased-Array SATCOM Antenna on SNC’s A-ISR Aircraft
ThinKom Solutions (ThinKom) and SNC have successfully integrated the ThinAir GT 2517 on SNC’s RAPCON-X aircraft to support SNC’s contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) service programs. The aircraft recently completed its inaugural flight, a significant milestone for the aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (A-ISR) platform, which has been selected for the U.S. Army’s Theater Level High Altitude Expeditionary Next Airborne ISR (ATHENA) project. Utilizing the Bombardier…
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Sidus Space Successfully Launches LizzieSat-2 on SpaceX Bandwagon-2 Mission
Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, announced the successful launch and deployment of LizzieSat-2 into low Earth orbit as part of the Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission with SpaceX, which launched on December 21, 2024, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The successful deployment of LizzieSat-2, less than nine months after the launch of…
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Cubic Telecom and Skylo Partners to Expand Global Connectivity with NTN Integration
Cubic Telecom, a global provider of software-defined vehicle (SDV) solutions, and Skylo Technologies, the pioneer in non-terrestrial network (NTN) communications, have unveiled a commercial partnership that will extend Cubic’s connectivity solution to include access to Skylo’s global network. As part of this partnership, Skylo’s NTN solutions will be offered as a network connectivity option on…
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Firefly Secures $179.6 M Million NASA Contract for Lunar Payload Delivery to Gruithuisen Domes
Firefly Aerospace, the company in end-to-end responsive space services, was awarded an approximately $179.6 million NASA contract to deliver and operate six NASA instruments in the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028. As part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload (CLPS) initiative, the mission will utilize Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, Elytra Dark…
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Vast Partners With SpaceX to Launch Two Human Spaceflight Missions to the ISS
Vast, the pioneering space habitation technology company building Haven-1, which is expected to become the world’s first commercial station when it launches in 2025, announced that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch up to two Dragon missions to the International Space Station (ISS) in support of Vast’s future bid for NASA’s private astronaut missions (PAM).…
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Space Flight Laboratory Confirms Successful Launch and Deployment of HawkEye 360 Cluster 11
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) confirmed that HawkEye 360 Cluster 11 has been successfully launched and deployed in orbit. The three-satellite Cluster is the fourth integrated by HawkEye 360 at its Virginia facility under the SFL Flex Production Program. Cluster 11 launched into a sun-synchronous orbit on December 21, 2024, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Synspective’s StriX Satellite in 16th Mission of 2024
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it completed the Company’s 16th launch for the year, deploying a satellite for Japanese Earth-observation constellation operator Synspective. The “Owl The Way Up” mission lifted from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand on 22 December at 03:17 NZT deploying…
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Eutelsat Selects Airbus to Build 100 Satellites for OneWeb LEO Constellation Expansion
Eutelsat Group has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the extension of its OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation. Under a contract signed between the two companies, Airbus will build the first batches of the extension, totaling 100 satellites, with delivery targeted at the end of the calendar 2026, ensuring continuity and enhancement of…
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SDA and SpiderOak To Advance Top-Level Security in Space Communications
SpiderOak, the leader in zero-trust cybersecurity solutions for next-generation space and tactical edge operations, announced that the Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded additional funding to its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract, to demonstrate the integration of USSF identity and access management (IDAM) software with the SpiderOak’s Platform protecting space systems. The contract extension reflects…
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AmpliTech Delivers Ultra-Low Noise Amplifiers to a Fortune 50 Satellite Systems Provider for LEO Connectivity
AmpliTech Group, a designer, developer, and manufacturer of state-of-the-art signal processing components for satellite, Public and Private 5G, and other communications networks, has announced the successful delivery of prototype high-frequency Ultra Low Noise Amplifiers (ULNAs) to a Fortune 50 satellite systems provider. These advanced amplifiers are engineered to support Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations,…