Tag: Ground
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Lockheed Martin Expands Space Capabilities through Strategic Terran Orbital Acquisition
Lockheed Martin, a global defense technology company driving innovation and advancing scientific discovery, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Terran Orbital, a leading manufacturer of innovative modular spacecraft serving the global aerospace and defense industries, and its subsidiary, Tyvak International. Lockheed Martin has worked with Terran Orbital on projects including Space Development Agency programs…
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Sidus Space Enhances LizzieSat Platform with Iridium-Based Communication
Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, announced a strategic communication upgrade for its LizzieSat platform, integrating Iridium-enabled technology into future satellites to deliver low-latency data capabilities from space. This upgrade leverages the Iridium satellite constellation to provide real-time, direct-to-satellite phone messaging for a range of time-sensitive applications, including environmental monitoring, disaster response and…
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L3Harris and Palantir Partner to Advance AI-Driven Defense Capabilities for National Security
L3Harris Technologies and Palantir Technologies Inc. announced a strategic partnership to propel advanced technology development and accelerate L3Harris’ digital transformation. The companies’ complementary capabilities including L3Harris’ sensors and software-defined systems and Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) will together enable new levels of capability and resilient connectivity across the joint-all-domain network, ensuring warfighters can make more…
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Apex Selected for Space Development Agency’s HALO Program
Apex, the provider company of productized satellite bus platforms, has been selected to participate in the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated LEO (HALO) program, SDA Director Derek Tournear announced. HALO creates a pathway for SDA to solicit and award rapid feasibility demonstrations. As a HALO participant, Apex will be eligible to compete…
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ESA Selects AROBS Polska and AROBS Engineering for CRIMSON LEO Operations Control Project
AROBS Polska, in cooperation with AROBS Engineering from Romania both companies part of AROBS, the largest technology company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, began the “Close Proximity Operations Control Unit Development and Qualification” (CRIMSON) project. The project, approved in September 2024, is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of its Core…
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Southwest Research Institute Expands Spacecraft EMC/EMI Testing with New Chamber
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has added a semi-anechoic shielded enclosure for electromagnetic compatibility and interference (EMC/EMI) testing for spacecraft. The test chamber is the next step in SwRI’s plans to create a turnkey spacecraft integration and test center within its 74,000-square-foot Space System Spacecraft and Payload Processing Facility. The 400-square-foot EMC/EMI Chamber is semi-anechoic, or free…
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Redwire Supports Successful Launch of X-Bow’s Bolt Rocket with 3D-Printed Solid Rocket Motor
Redwire have taken part in the launch of X-Bow Systems’ latest Bolt Rocket design. X-Bow’s Commercial Mission-1 (CM-1) mission launched from White Sands Missile Range on September 12, 2024. The CM-1 mission is the latest iteration in X-Bow’s launch vehicle designs and uses lessons learned from its previous XL-2 missions that launched in the summers…
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National Reconnaissance Office Launches NROL-167 Proliferated Constellation Mission
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX, successfully launched the NROL-167 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 24, 2024 at 1:13 p.m. EDT. This mission is the fourth launch of…
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Spire Global and OroraTech Secures NASA Contract for Wildfire Monitoring
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, was awarded a concept study contract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop space-based capabilities for a wildfire early detection warning and active monitoring system. Spire will partner with OroraTech, the global leader in space-based thermal intelligence, to design a comprehensive and scalable…
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NASA Reveals Nine Potential Landing Sites for Artemis III Near Lunar South Pole
As NASA prepares for the first crewed Moon landing in more than five decades, the agency has identified an updated set of nine potential landing regions near the lunar South Pole for its Artemis III mission. These areas will be further investigated through scientific and engineering studies. NASA will continue to survey potential areas for…