Tag: Ground
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Blue Origin Successfully Completes 25th Space Mission for the New Shepard Program
Blue Origin successfully completed its seventh human spaceflight and the 25th flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller, Gopi Thotakura, and former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight, who was selected by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as the nation’s first Black astronaut…
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Microchip Unveils Radiation-Tolerant 32-Bit Arm Cortex-M0+ Based MCU for Aerospace Market
Space exploration is experiencing a resurgence with exciting new missions like the highly anticipated Artemis II mission, the recent successful lunar landing missions such as JAXA SLIM and Chandaaryan-3, and New Space deployments in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Designers require electronic components that meet stringent radiation and reliability standards to operate in the harsh environments…
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SatVu Drives Expansion Plans by Signing Contracts for HotSat-2 and HotSat-3 Satellites
SatVu has announced significant advancements in its satellite program and expansion efforts – continuing its mission to capture the highest resolution thermal data from space for a safer and more sustainable Earth. The signing of the contract for its next-generation satellite, HotSat-2, marks a huge milestone for SatVu. Building upon the success of the pathfinder…
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Astrobotic Selected by NASA’s Mars Exploration Program to Support Future Mars Missions
Astrobotic has been selected by NASA’s Mars Exploration Program for two concept studies of commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to Mars. The company will examine how potential commercial services, both payload delivery and surface imaging, could enable future science missions to the Red Planet. The two studies — one for large payload delivery…
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Aitech Provides Crucial Flight Computers and Peripherals to Sidus Space for LizzieSat Mission
Aitech Systems, one of the leading providers of rugged boards and system-level solutions for military, aerospace, and space applications, has successfully provided a complete system of command and data handling (C&DH) flight computers and peripherals to Sidus Space for the LizzieSat satellite, that has successfully launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Rideshare mission on March 4th. This…
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NASA and the European Space Agency Sign an Agreement to Land Europe’s Rover on Mars
NASA and the European Space Agency announced they signed an agreement to expand NASA’s work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, an ESA-led mission launching in 2028 that will search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. With this memorandum of understanding, the NASA Launch Services Program will procure a U.S. commercial launch…
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Scout Space Selected by AFWERX to Develop an Efficient Collision Analysis Framework
Scout Space an in-space observation service provider focused on space security and comprehensive Space Domain Awareness (SDA), announced its selection by AFWERX for an SBIR Phase I contract aimed at advancing space safety and operational effectiveness. Under this contract, the company will develop a Collision Analysis Framework designed to bolster real-time spacecraft self-protection capabilities for…
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ESA Funds Phlux Technology in Project to Develop 2.5 Gbps Free-Space Optical Satellite Terminals
Phlux Technology, a manufacturer of avalanche photodiode (APD) infrared sensors, Airbus Defence and Space, and The University of Sheffield have embarked on a 500,000 Euro project to build more efficient free-space optical communications (FSOC) satellite terminals. Funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), the project’s medium-term goal is to achieve reliable 2.5 Gbps communications with…
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Aerospacelab Begins Construction on Largest Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Europe
Aerospacelab, a fast-growing satellite manufacturer, broke ground on its future Megafactory marking a pivotal moment in its growth trajectory and laying the foundation for a facility which is poised to become Europe’s largest satellite factory. During a groundbreaking ceremony on May 16, participants included esteemed stakeholders including State Secretary Thomas Dermine, Minister of Defense Ludivine…
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Terran Orbital’s GEOStare SV2 Mission Completes 3 Years of High-Resolution Imaging
Terran Orbital Corporation, one of the global leaders in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, celebrated the 3rd anniversary of its successful GEOStare SV2 mission. Launched on May 15, 2021, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, GEOStare SV2 has surpassed expectations, delivering exceptional results for commercial satellite imagery. Pioneering Technology for…