Tag: Ground
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NanoAvionics Awarded Contract by Los Alamos National Laboratory for GTO Mission
The 12U (1U equals 10×10×10 cm3) spacecraft, about the size of a microwave oven, will host the Experiment for Space Radiation Analysis (ESRA) mission. ESRA is the latest of a series of Demonstration and Validation missions built by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, with the focus of this mission on testing next-generation charged particle sensors…
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Starlab Space Selects SpaceX’s Starship to Launch its Commercial Space Station
Starlab Space, the transatlantic joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus, announced the selection of SpaceX to launch the Starlab commercial space station to low-Earth orbit (LEO). Starship, SpaceX’s fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond, will launch Starlab in a single mission…
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Carbice Partners with Blue Canyon Technologies for Deep Tech Innovation in Aerospace
Carbice Corporation, the company that is helping customers build stronger by eliminating interface failure mode and achieving sustainability, announced that it is collaborating with Blue Canyon Technologies as a key supplier of aligned carbon nanotechnology (CNT) solutions for critical spacecraft programs. RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies is a provider of turnkey small satellite solutions, including nanosatellites,…
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SFL Developed Norwegian Microsatellite Achieves Optical Communications Link
The Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA)’s NorSat-TD demonstration microsatellite developed by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has successfully transferred data to a ground station using optical communications technology. The accomplishment is a first for a Dutch-built laser communication device and among the first achieved by a microsatellite. Optical, or laser, communications between a satellite and ground station enable…
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Advanced Space’s Resilient CAPSTONE Mission for NASA Marks 445 Days of Lunar Operations
Advanced Space, one of the leading space tech solutions companies, announced that CAPSTONE – the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment – continues to be “The Little Satellite That Could” as it flies near the Moon over 440 days. The spacecraft is conducting operations in Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO); achieving record-long…
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Sidus Space’s 3D Hybrid Satellite Successfully Completes Launch Processing
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space, and Data-as-a-Service company, announced the successful completion of launch processing of LizzieSat at the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Sidus team executed the final steps in the launch processing of LizzieSat, including mating the satellite to the separation system and the launch vehicle…
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Spectrum AMT Showcases Transformative Capabilities at SpaceCom Space Congress 2024
Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, a pivotal force in high-reliability microelectronic circuits and electronic assemblies manufacturing for over 25 years, is poised to exhibit its transformative capabilities in product development and manufacturing services at SpaceCom — America’s Commercial Space Conference and Exposition. The event starts on January 1, 2024, and runs through February 1, 2024, at…
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RTX Achieves Key Milestones in DARPA Blackjack Program Using Four BCT Satellites
RTX’s small-satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, Blue Canyon Technologies, announced the satellites supporting the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Blackjack program have completed critical milestones activities. National security space assets, critical to U.S. warfighting capabilities, traditionally reside in a geosynchronous orbit to deliver persistent overhead access to any point on the globe. To…
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Redwire Expands In-Space Manufacturing Tech Portfolio, Targeting Semiconductor Market
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced the strategic expansion of its in-space manufacturing technology portfolio with the first pathfinder mission for its autonomous semiconductor manufacturing platform, MSTIC. MSTIC launched to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th cargo resupply services mission (NG-20). Semiconductors are…
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Northrop Grumman Refueling Technology Selected as Preferred Solution for SSC’s Satellites
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Passive Refueling Module (PRM) has been selected as the first preferred refueling solution interface standard for use across SSC satellites. The company is collaborating with SSC, Defense Innovation Unit, and other customers to develop in-space refueling technologies for the nation’s space-based assets. These advancements address a critical national security capability: sustained maneuverability…