Tag: Ground
-
Exolaunch Sets to Deploy 22 Satellites on Bandwagon-2 Mission with SpaceX
Exolaunch, a global company in launch mission management, integration, and satellite deployment services, is ready for its next major launch: the Bandwagon-2 Rideshare mission with SpaceX. Building upon the success of the inaugural Bandwagon mission earlier this year, Exolaunch will once again integrate and deploy satellites into orbit for a diverse range of international customers.…
-
Slingshot Aerospace Secures $13.3M NOAA Contract to Develop TRACSS Interface
Slingshot Aerospace, the leading company in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, announced it has been awarded a $13.3 million contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) to build the TraCSS user interface. This contract includes a 12-month development period ($5.3M) with…
-
Viasat Achieves First Direct-to-Device Satellite Connectivity Demonstration in Saudi Arabia
Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, announced it has successfully demonstrated direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity in Saudi Arabia for the first time, in conjunction with its ecosystem partners. Viasat successfully sent satellite-enabled two-way messages and SoS messages to attendees at this week’s ‘Connecting the World from the Skies‘ event, which was hosted by the Communications,…
-
Firefly Aerospace Completes Testing of Blue Ghost Lander for NASA CLPS Mission
Firefly Aerospace, a leading company in end-to-end responsive space services, announced it completed environmental testing on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander ahead of its first mission to the Moon supporting NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Firefly is now preparing to ship the lander to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in mid-December for launch on a…
-
Rocket Lab Secures U.S. Department of Commerce Award to Expand Semiconductor Production
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, has finalized a $23.9 million award from the U.S. Department of Commerce to increase its compound semiconductor manufacturing capability and capacity at the Company’s Albuquerque, New Mexico facility. The semiconductors produced by Rocket Lab are used in space-grade solar cells and other optoelectronic…
-
Spectrum AMT Selected as Satellite Bus Manufacturing Partner for D-Orbit USA
Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, a subsidiary of Ocutrx Technologies, and a leading company in precision electronics and assemblies manufacturing for over 25 years, announced it has been named manufacturing partner for D-Orbit USA, the recently formed U.S. member company of Italian space logistics company D-Orbit Group. As part of the partnership, Spectrum is renovating a…
-
NASA Secures SpaceX Launch Services for Upcoming Dragonfly Mission
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission, a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA’s New Frontiers Program, designed to explore Saturn’s moon Titan. The mission will sample materials and determine surface composition in different geologic settings, advancing our search for the building blocks of life. The firm-fixed-price contract has a value…
-
Sidus Space Completes Launch Processing of LizzieSat-2
Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, announced the successful completion of the launch processing of LizzieSat-2 at the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. LizzieSat-2 has been turned over to SpaceX and is ready for launch on the Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission, which is targeted for no earlier than…
-
Beyond Gravity Offers New Standardized Products for the Commercial Market
Beyond Gravity, a supplier company to the space industry, is offering a new modular electronics platform for satellites with off-the-shelf products. The standard modules of the so-called FoX platform include single-board computer, navigation receiver, mass memory, time-sensitive networking ethernet switch and more. The company also offers further standardized products for the commercial market, such as…
-
Rocket Lab Successfully Achieves Two Launches to Deploy Satellites for Kinéis
Rocket Lab USA, a global in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 56th Electron mission, deploying five satellites to Low Earth Orbit for French Internet-of-Things (IoT) constellation operator Kinéis. The ‘Ice AIS Baby’ mission lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 4:55 pm on 25 November NZDT (03:55…