Tag: Ground
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The Spaceport Company Secures DoD Contract for Sea-Based Space Launch Demonstration
The Spaceport Company (TSC) was awarded a contract by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver cargo and enable greater access to space by leveraging a unique, sea-going mobile space launch complex. This prototype is intended to demonstrate delivery to a mission-designed orbit and test autonomy-like features of the sea launch vessel. In Phase 1…
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MDA Space Selects TESAT to Deliver 792 Optical Communication Terminals for MDA AURORA
TESAT announced it has been selected to deliver 792 Optical Communication Terminals (OCT) by MDA Space, a provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, as part of the company’s supply chain for MDA AURORA, a game-changing product line driving the transition from analog to digital satellite technology. The 792…
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Hughes Unveils Groundbreaking LEO Electronically Steerable Antenna at AIX
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar Company, unveiled its groundbreaking Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) for In-Flight Entertainment & Connectivity (IFEC) at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX). This state-of-the-art technology is poised to transform the aviation industry by providing enterprise-grade, low latency, high-speed connectivity for global commercial aviation. “The introduction of our Hughes…
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Thales Alenia Space Selected by SKY Perfect JSAT to Build New Software-Defined Satellite
Asia’s largest satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT and Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced they have signed a contract to build JSAT-31, a new generation of software-defined satellite based on the Space INSPIRE (INstant SPace In-orbit REconfiguration) platform by Thales Alenia Space. Operating both in Ka and Ku…
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MDA Space Selects Rakon as Part of Supply Chain for MDA AURORA
Rakon, one of the global leaders in frequency control and timing solutions, announced it has been selected by MDA Space, a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, as part of the company’s supply chain for MDA AURORA, a game-changing product line driving the transition from analog to…
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SpaceX Starship’s Third Test Flight Paves the Way for Reliable Reusable Rockets
SpaceX’s Starship is designed to fundamentally alter humanity’s access to space, ultimately enabling us to make life multiplanetary. The third flight test of Starship and Super Heavy made tremendous strides towards this future and was an important step on the road to rapidly reliable reusable rockets. On March 14, 2024, Starship successfully lifted off at…
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UK Scientists Utilize Data from Euclid Spacecraft to Probe Mysteries of the Dark Universe
The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission launched in July 2023 to map the ‘dark Universe’. This involves observing two billion galaxies to create a 3D map of the universe and gathering data on how its structure has formed over its cosmic history. The images and science released represent early findings – from only 24 hours…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches NASA’s Climate Science Mission Satellite
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, launched the first of two back-to-back launches for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) climate change-focused mission. The satellite was the first of two that will launch on Electron for NASA’s PREFIRE mission to detect heat loss over…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper Begins Deorbiting its Prototype Mission Satellites
Amazon is preparing to wrap up the prototype mission of Project Kuiper. Project Kuiper is actively deorbiting its two prototype satellites ahead of a full-scale deployment of its production satellite system. Amazon is committed to building a sustainable business for its customers, communities, and the world, and that focus extends to Project Kuiper, its low…
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Northrop Grumman Completes Static Fire Test of First Digitally Designed Solid Rocket Motor
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Common 50 High Performance (C50HP) solid rocket motor successfully completed a static fire test at the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex. The C50HP is a high-performance upper stage rocket motor that can be adapted to support various missions including flight in the region outside the Earth’s atmosphere or other final…