Tag: Ground
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Lonestar Makes History with Successful Test Of Data Storage Concept From Moon’s Surface
Lonestar Data Holdings, one of the world’s leading lunar data storage and edge processing companies, has achieved a historic milestone by successfully conducting a full data storage test from the Moon’s surface. This measurable and historic milestone was achieved for Lonestar’s customer, the State of Florida led by Space Florida, together with the world’s leading…
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Firefly Aerospace Expands its Briggs, Texas Facilities to Support Medium Launch Vehicle
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, held an official ribbon cutting in celebration of the company’s Rocket Ranch expansion in Briggs, Texas. Firefly more than doubled the size of its manufacturing facilities, added two new test stands, and installed state-of-the-art machinery to support the production of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch…
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Antaris Cloud Platform to Power Almagest’s Elevation Demonstration Mission
Antaris, the leading software platform for space missions, announced that it is partnering with US-based Almagest Space Corporation and India’s XDLINX Labs to deliver the software for XDLINX’s XDSAT-NS satellite, which will be integrated with one of the world’s first miniaturized, space-grade E-band communication payload. The payload is being developed by XDLINX as part of…
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HyImpulse SR75 Rocket Shipped to Australia for Germany’s First Private Newspace Launch
The rocket SR75 from HyImpulse has been fully prepared and packaged in time at the HyImpulse headquarters in Neuenstadt, Germany. Both the rocket and its ground support equipment have started the journey by ship through the Atlantic Ocean, around South Africa, and all the way to Southern Australia. The Koonibba test range will be the…
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Sidus Space’s LizzieSat Satellite Scheduled for Launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company announced its LizzieSat satellite is now securely encapsulated within SpaceX’s payload fairing in preparation for launch. LizzieSat is targeted to launch as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Rideshare mission no earlier than March 2024 from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.…
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Rocket Lab Unveils Updated Lineup of Advanced Spacecraft Bus
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, introduced its family of spacecraft buses, consolidating the custom designs Rocket Lab has developed for multiple customers and missions. The family of spacecraft is the result of more than four years of development into Rocket Lab’s space systems capabilities. “We’ve had the privilege…
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Redwire Opens New Facility in Washington, DC Region to Support National Security Programs
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced that it has opened a new office in Chantilly, Virginia, as the company expands to support a growing number of national security programs and customers. “Redwire’s new Chantilly office provides a front door for the national security community to tap into…
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SES and HITEC Collaborate with Luxembourg DoD to Strengthen SATCOM Ground Infrastructure
The Luxembourg Directorate of Defence (DoD) procured two ground stations following a competitive call for tender to enable the Luxembourg Army to improve its resilience by accessing secure satellite communications services, the DoD, SES, and HITEC Luxembourg. The ground stations, which will be installed at the Luxembourg Army’s Military Centre in Diekirch, will be used for…
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Astronauts of Crew-8 to Support Various R&D Projects During Six-Month Expedition on ISS
Four new crew members will work on dozens of scientific investigations during their stay on the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the next six-month science expedition in low Earth orbit. The investigations, many of which are sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory, aim to increase our understanding of fundamental and applied sciences, as…
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Northrop Grumman Completes Space Launch System’s First BOLE Solid Rocket Motor Segment
Northrop Grumman Corporation completed the first Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) motor segment for the next-generation Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket booster. BOLE adds nearly five metric tons of payload capacity for SLS Block 2 Moon and Mars missions above the enhancements already in work for the SLS Block 1B configuration slated to…