Tag: Ground
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Requtech to Unveil RESA M Phased Array Terminal with Live Demonstrations at SOF Week 2024
Requtech AB, a satellite communication technology company, announced it will host a special launch event with strategic partner, Network Innovations US & UK Government, at SOF Week 2024 in Tampa. The highly robust RESA M Ku phased array terminal engineered for rugged dependability and high performance, ensuring connectivity under extreme conditions has previously been shown…
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Mitsubishi Electric to Supply Lithium-Ion Batteries for Gateway Lunar Orbital Platform
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to supply space-use lithium-ion batteries for the Gateway, a lunar orbiting space station. Under the “Joint Exploration Declaration of Intent for Lunar Cooperation (JEDI)” signed on July 10, 2020, by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science,…
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Virgin Galactic Commences Operations at Delta Spaceship Ground-Based Testing Facility
Virgin Galactic Holdings, an aerospace and space travel company, pioneering human spaceflight for private individuals and researchers with its advanced air and space vehicles, announced that it has opened a new system integration facility in Southern California for the Company’s Delta Class spaceships. This ground-based test facility, which houses a testing platform known as an…
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Xona Space Systems Secures $19M in Funding for its Cutting-Edge Satellite Navigation Service
Xona a company developing a network of small satellites to provide high-precision navigation services announced an oversubscribed $19 million Series A funding round led by Future Ventures and Seraphim Space. New investors NGP Capital, Industrious Ventures, Murata Electronics, Space Capital, and Aloniq also joined the round. This funding will be used to accelerate the deployment…
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Rocket Lab Selects Subcontractors to Provide Payload and Ground Systems for SDA’s Satellites
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed the selection of subcontractors to provide payloads and ground systems for the 18 satellites the Company is developing for SDA (Space Development Agency). Rocket Lab is the prime contractor for a $515 million USD firm-fixed price agreement to lead…
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Sidus Space Joins Intuitive Machines-Led Moon RACER Team As Part of NASA’s LTVS Contract
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company announced that it is a teammate on the NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) Contract which was awarded to the Intuitive Machines-led Moon Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover (RACER) team ANNOUNCED earlier last month. This contract represents the first phase of developing a crewed rover for…
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SSC and Perigee Aerospace Sign Agreement to Launch Satellites from Esrange Space Center
SSC and South Korean rocket company Perigee Aerospace have signed a collaborative agreement to launch satellites jointly from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden, starting 2025. Perigee’s Blue Whale 1 microlauncher will be the first-ever orbital rocket launched from Esrange. “I’m very pleased to announce this historic collaboration, our first orbital launch partnership. The market…
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Starfish Space Successfully Conducts Rendezvous Between Otter Pup and D-Orbit’s ION Spacecraft
Starfish Space, in collaboration with D-Orbit, a space logistics company, announced a successful on-orbit rendezvous between Starfish’s Otter Pup and D-Orbit’s ION SCV006 satellite. The Starfish team calculated and directed precise maneuvers for ION that culminated in this successful rendezvous, with Otter Pup capturing images of the ION spacecraft as it maneuvered in close proximity.…
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iDirectGov Partners with Tampa Microwave to Develop MILSATCOM Mission Readiness Solution
iDirect Government (iDirectGov), a provider of satellite communications to the military and government, has announced a partnership with Tampa Microwave that combines iDirect Government’s Tactical Hub and Tampa Microwave’s Quad Band Satellite Simulator (QBSS) to deliver an easy-to-use, transportable and cost-effective solution to support all-encompassing mission-readiness scenarios, branded TerraNet. A turnkey solution, TerraNet can be used to…
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CesiumAstro to Provide Ka-Band Communications Payloads for SDA’s T2TL Constellation
CesiumAstro, one of the industry leaders in active phased array communications technology for space and airborne systems, announced that the company was selected by Rocket Lab to provide its Vireo active electronically scanned array (AESA) radio frequency (RF) communications payload for integration on 18 space vehicles (SVs) supporting the Space Development Agency’s (SDA’s) Tranche 2…