Tag: Ground
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Tyvak International Successfully Completes Test Readiness Review for Milani Nanosatellite
Tyvak International, one of the European leaders in small satellite solutions, announced together with its project partners the successful achievement of the Test Readiness Review of the Milani spacecraft. A critical component of the Hera planetary defense mission, Milani will be the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first deep-space nanosatellite. Milani will also be the first…
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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser Spaceplane Enters Final Test Campaign
Sierra Space, one of the leading commercial space companies building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space to benefit of life on Earth, has successfully delivered the first Dream Chaser spaceplane, Tenacity, to NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Dream Chaser, the world’s only commercial spaceplane, has entered the final testing…
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Ovzon Awarded a 135 MSEK Order from the Swedish Space Corporation for SATCOM Services
Ovzon announced that the company was in ongoing negotiations with Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) regarding a large order. Ovzon has received an order from SSC for Ovzon’s SATCOM-as-a-Service, including Ovzon mobile satellite terminals. The service will be delivered during large parts of 2024 with start in the first quarter, and the delivery of terminals will…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper Successfully Concludes Testing of Optical Mesh Network in LEO
Since the successful launch and deployment of two prototype satellites in October 2023, Project Kuiper has been conducting extensive testing of its end-to-end communications payload and network. In November, we confirmed we had validated all priority systems and subsystems within 30 days of launch, and we shared a first look at demos over the Kuiper…
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Optical Filters with Peak Performance Developed for ESA’s Athena Mission
A GSTP activity led by Ametek in Finland has built high-performance optical filters representative of those that will be used by one of ESA’s biggest upcoming missions. For the Advanced Telescope for High-Energy Astrophysics (Athena) mission to be successful large, optical filters are needed but until recently high-performing filters like those needed were not made…
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Space Perspective Reveals First Images of Spaceship Neptune’s Completed Capsule Structure
Space Perspective, the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceflight experience company, unveiled the first images of its completed test capsule structure. The first to be designed for tourism flights under a SpaceBalloon, the spherical capsule, together with the reserve descent system and SpaceBalloon, make up the company’s innovative spacecraft called Spaceship Neptune. The completed capsule will be…
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Intellian Completes Parabolic Terminal Portfolio Development for Eutelsat OneWeb
Intellian Technologies, one of the leading global providers of multi-constellation, feature-rich, future-proof satellite user terminals and communications solutions, and Eutelsat OneWeb, the only GEO-LEO operator in satellite communications, announced the launch of OW130L for Eutelsat OneWeb customers. The OW130L will offer a robust, reliable service on Eutelsat OneWeb’s network while also being very tolerant to…
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Irish Government Awards Ubotica Grant for Innovation in AI-Based Live Earth Intelligence
SPACE:AI innovator, Ubotica Technologies is delighted to be part of a consortium of organisations to have recently received substantial grant funding from the Irish Government’s Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF). The Dublin-based satellite SPACE:AI specialist is part of the NSSPI project consortium that was awarded a total grant of over €7.9 million. The grant will…
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Vast Appoints Veteran NASA Astronaut Dr. Andrew J. Feustel as Its Human Spaceflight Advisor
Vast, a pioneer in space habitation technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Andrew J. (Drew) Feustel as its newest advisor. Dr. Feustel is a veteran NASA Astronaut with 23 years of experience, most recently as NASA’s acting Chief Astronaut. Prior to that role, he served as the Deputy Chief of the Astronaut…
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SUIT Instrument On Board ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Spacecraft Captures Full-Disk Images of the Sun
The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) instrument on board the Aditya-L1 spacecraft has successfully captured the first full-disk images of the Sun in the 200-400 nm wavelength range. SUIT captures images of the Sun’s photosphere and chromosphere in this wavelength range using various scientific filters. On November 20, 2023, the SUIT payload was powered ON.…