Tag: Ground
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Viasat Secures $33.6M USAF Contract to Develop AESA Systems for Tactical Aircraft Satcom
Viasat, Inc., a global company in satellite communications, announced it was awarded a $33.6 million contract including options from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program to develop and deliver Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) systems to enable resilient satellite communications for tactical aircraft, including…
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Firefly Aerospace Selected by NASA to Launch NOAA’s Environmental Satellite Mission
NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace, Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide launch services for NOAA’s QuickSounder mission. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract. This contract allows the agency to make fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity awards during VADR’s five-year ordering period, with a maximum total value of…
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Northrop Grumman and Lithuania Signs MOU for Local Production of Medium-Caliber Ammunition
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing their intention to work together to support Lithuanian industry in their ability to produce medium-caliber ammunition for Infantry Fighting Vehicles. The MOU facilitates collaboration by allowing Northrop Grumman to share technologies…
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Intelsat and Vodafone Partners to Enhance Satellite Connectivity in Remote and Disaster Zones
Vodafone and Intelsat, the integrated satellite and terrestrial network operator, today extended their partnership to offer wider coverage of temporary and on-the-move satellite connectivity services to organizations operating in hard-to-reach areas or disaster zones. The expanded agreement will complement Vodafone’s terrestrial networks by providing enterprises with broadband connectivity in remote and underserved areas. This means…
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Neumann Space and Inovor Technologies Partner to Develop Mobility-Enabled Satellite Platforms
Neumann Space, a technology company of in-space electric propulsion, and Inovor Technologies a South Australian based advanced small sat mission’s solutions provider, announced that they will work together on the development of the Neumann Drive for Inovor’s growing range of bus platforms. The Neumann Drive is a novel electric propulsion system based on solid metal…
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NASA Selects Impulse Space to Provide Launch Services for Missions Through VADR Contract
Impulse Space, a company in the development of in-space transportation services, has recently been selected by NASA as one of three new launch service providers for future missions via the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has an ordering period through Feb. 3, 2027, and a maximum…
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Viasat Collaborates with Reticulate Micro to Develop Satellite Video Compression Technology
Viasat, Inc., a global company in satellite communications, and Reticulate Micro, Inc., a defense tech company redefining resilient communications, announced that Reticulate has joined Viasat’s ELEVATE program to work with the satellite communications provider on expanding the use of its VAST video technology. Reticulate Micro is a commercial and defense software technology company that delivers…
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NanoAvionics’ Spacecraft Bus Enables Successful Solar Sail Deployment in NASA’s ACS3 Mission
The solar sail aboard NASA‘s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) satellite, using a spacecraft bus built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), has successfully deployed. The deployment, a primary objective of the ACS3 mission, was confirmed by telemetry and images captured by the satellite’s onboard cameras. Solar Sail Onboard Camera Image The ACS3 mission, led and…
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Rocket Lab Completes 53rd Electron Launch Mission to Deploy Five New Satellites for Kinéis
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 53rd Electron mission and deployed five satellites to Low Earth Orbit for French Internet-of-Things (IoT) company Kinéis. The ‘Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star’ lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at 11:01 a.m. on 21…
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NASA Awards $1.5 M to H.E.L.P.S. and Orbital Mining at Watts on the Moon Challenge
NASA has awarded a total of $1.5 million to two U.S. teams, Team H.E.L.P.S and Orbital Mining Corp., for their novel technology solutions addressing energy distribution, management, and storage as part of the agency’s Watts on the Moon Challenge. The innovations from this challenge aim to support NASA’s Artemis missions, which will establish long-term human…