Tag: Ground
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L3Harris Clears Critical Design and Production Reviews for SDA’s Missile Tracking Satellites
L3Harris completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) and Production Readiness Review (PRR) for 16 missile tracking satellites that will be part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer (T1TRK) program. The CDR milestone demonstrates that L3Harris’ design will meet the mission requirements, while the PRR provides L3Harris with the SDA’s approval to…
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Teledyne e2v HiRel Introduces New Space-Screened GaN HEMTs
Teledyne e2v HiRel announced the addition of new space-screened versions of its popular 100 V, 90 A, and 650 V, 30 A high-reliability gallium nitride high electron mobility transistors (GaN HEMTs). TDG650E30BSP TDG100E90BSP TDG100E90TSP The new parts go through NASA Level 1 or ESA Class 1 screening flow and can be brought up to full…
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Virgin Galactic Announces Flight Window for Galactic 06 Commercial Spaceflight
Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the ‘Galactic 06’ flight window will open January 26, 2024. This will be the Company’s 11th spaceflight to date and will follow a year of unprecedented human spaceflight achievements that included six suborbital spaceflights in six months. Four private astronauts from three different countries will journey to space on Virgin Galactic’s…
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Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lunar Lander Mission Fueled and Ready for Launch
Astrobotic announced their Peregrine lunar lander successfully completed all integration milestones and was mated with United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket payload adapter on November 16, 2023. After a 3-week campaign to fuel and complete final checkouts, the Peregrine spacecraft is ready to launch a historic mission to the Moon on January 8, 2024. Peregrine is…
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Intuitive Machines Announces Multi-Day Launch Window for IM-1 Lunar Mission
Intuitive Machines, one of the leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services companies, announced in coordination with SpaceX, that the launch of the Company’s IM-1 lunar mission is now targeted for a multi-day launch window that opens no earlier than mid-February 2024. The updated window comes after unfavorable weather conditions resulted in shifts in the SpaceX…
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Thales Alenia Space Selects UK’s National Satellite Test Facility for FLEX Satellite Testing
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has selected the UK’s National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF), at RAL Space in Oxfordshire, for the first comprehensive assembly, integration, and test campaign of the European Space Agency’s FLEX (Fluorescence Explorer) satellite. FLEX satellite will be used to map the fluorescence of the…
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Equatorial Launch Australia Unveils Completed Designs for Multi-Rocket Reusable Launch Pads
Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) has released completed designs for its state-of-the-art launch pads – a world first in launch pad design allowing any NewSpace rocket to be quickly and seamlessly mated with the pivot base of the pad – enabling all seven Space Launch Complexes (SLCs) at the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) to launch any…
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Blue Origin Successfully Completes 24th New Shepard Mission to Space
Blue Origin successfully completed its 24th New Shepard flight and 13th payload mission from Launch Site One in West Texas. The flight carried 33 payloads from NASA, academia, research institutions, and commercial companies, bringing the number of payloads flown on New Shepard to more than 150. Club for the Future, Blue Origin’s nonprofit, flew 38,000…
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HawkEye 360 Enhances Spectrum Scanning with Acquisition of RF Solutions from Maxar
HawkEye 360, the world’s leading defense technology company for space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced the acquisition of RF Solutions from Maxar Intelligence, a provider of secure, precise, geospatial intelligence. RF Solutions was formed from the Aurora Insight acquisition that Maxar Intelligence completed in January 2023. “The on-orbit assets and expertise of the…
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TrustPoint Partners with SpiderOak to Elevate Security for its GNSS Infrastructure
TrustPoint, an aerospace company dedicated to developing and providing next-generation GNSS products and services, proudly announced its strategic partnership with SpiderOak, a leading company in space cybersecurity software. The collaboration aims to elevate TrustPoint’s GNSS infrastructure to unparalleled levels of security through SpiderOak’s OrbitSecure’s Zero-Trust data exchange software. The groundbreaking partnership will empower TrustPoint to…