Tag: Ground
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Sierra Space Awarded DARPA Contract for Lunar Architecture Capability Study
Sierra Space, a pure-play commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced that it secured a significant contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Under this contract, Sierra Space will embark on a groundbreaking research and development initiative, the 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study. Sierra Space…
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Spire Global to Build and Operate Six Satellites for Lacuna Space’s IoT Constellation
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, was awarded a Space Services contract by Lacuna Space, a leading satellite IoT connectivity provider. Under the agreement, Spire will initially build and launch six satellites carrying Lacuna Space’s payload and antenna, with the opportunity to scale the constellation to dozens of satellites.…
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LeoLabs Partners with Aalyria to Enhance Global Communication Network Security
LeoLabs, the commercial provider of Space Traffic Management (STM), Space Situational Awareness (SSA), and Space Domain Awareness (SDA) services, announced that it signed a partnership agreement with Aalyria, the advanced software-defined and optical networking communications company. LeoLabs and Aalyria seek to combine their complementary expertise and technologies to address space awareness challenges for complex communications…
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York Space Systems Successfully Establishes Communications with the BANE Commercial Mission
York Space Systems, the Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, reports successful deployment and contact with its BANE commercial mission spacecraft hours after launch. The satellite was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on December 1; York confirmed successful first contact —…
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Viasat Unveils GX LITE Terminal for Ground and Airborne Applications
Viasat, Inc., a global company in satellite communications, announced the availability of the GX LITE terminal. Built with land expeditionary users’ requirements in mind, GX LITE readily translates to any “grab and go” situation and enables secure, flexible, high-throughput communications worldwide. GX LITE was developed with Viasat’s value-added manufacturer partner, Get SAT, an innovator in…
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NASA Authorizes Dragonfly to Proceed with Final Mission Design Work
NASA’s Dragonfly mission has been authorized to proceed with work on final mission design and fabrication – known as Phase C – during fiscal year 2024. The agency is postponing formal confirmation of the mission (including its total cost and schedule) until mid-2024, following the release of the FY 2025 President’s Budget Request. Earlier this…
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PathFinder Digital Granted US Patent for Revolutionary MONDO VSAT System
PathFinder Digital announced that it has been issued U.S. Patent # 11,831,346 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its groundbreaking satellite communication antenna system developed to address the challenges faced by military personnel in maintaining continuous and agile communication links on GEO, LEO and MEO networks. This new VSAT design offers unparalleled…
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Redwire’s Cutting-Edge Pharmaceutical In-Space Laboratory Successfully Installed on the ISS
Redwire’s new cutting-edge pharmaceutical manufacturing platform, PIL-BOX, was successfully installed on the International Space Station (ISS) for the inaugural PIL-01 investigation. The investigation, which launched to the ISS on SpaceX’s 29th cargo resupply mission (SpX-29) for NASA, is being conducted in partnership with Eli Lilly and Company and will include experiments focused on developing advanced…
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ESA Advances Radio Frequency Monitoring as Spire Global Joins Third Party Mission
As Earth’s population continues to grow, acquiring high-quality data to help predict the movement of the world’s resources is a priority. A specialist in this field, providing radio frequency datasets in near real-time, Spire Global announced that it has officially joined ESA’s prestigious Earthnet Third Party Mission (TPM) program. Spire first began launching satellites in…
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Quantum Dice and SpeQtral Unveil Zenith Quantum Random Number Generator for SpeQtral-1 Mission
Quantum Dice, a spinout from the University of Oxford’s quantum optics laboratory, and SpeQtral, a leading quantum communications technology company, proudly announce the launch and use of the Zenith Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG), a product designed for space, to enable secure quantum communication technologies in the upcoming SpeQtral-1 satellite mission. SpeQtral-1, SpeQtral’s second quantum…