Tag: Ground
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Sierra Space’s Shooting Star Module Commences Testing at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility
Sierra Space, a pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced the commencement of a comprehensive testing campaign for the Shooting Star cargo module at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. This pivotal phase of testing aims to validate the spacecraft’s resilience to the demands of…
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Redwire’s Onboard Computer Powers ESA’s Hera Mission Studying DART’s Planetary Defense Impact
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, the world’s first planetary defense test mission, launched two years ago on November 24, 2021. With Redwire’s Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) and digital sun sensors onboard, DART made history when it successfully impacted the moonlet of binary asteroid Didymos in September of 2022 to adjust its speed and…
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Ursa Major Raises $138 Million for Launching Solid Rocket Motor Line
Ursa Major, one of America’s leading privately funded companies focused solely on rocket propulsion, announced that it closed $138 million in its Series D and D-1 funding rounds. The investments were led by Explorer 1 Fund and Eclipse, and include RTX Ventures, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Exor Ventures, Mack & Co., LLC, XN,…
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Telesat Government Solutions Secures DARPA Space-BACN Phase 2 Contract
Telesat Government Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of leading satellite operator Telesat, announced that it was awarded the Phase 2 contract of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) program. The goal of Space-BACN is to create a reconfigurable, multi-protocol inter-satellite optical communications terminal that is low in size, weight,…
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Arcfield Completes Acquisition of Orion Space Solutions
Arcfield, a leading government technology and mission support provider, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Orion Space Solutions, a Colorado-based developer of end-to-end space mission capabilities and solutions. The acquisition of Orion enhances Arcfield’s space exploration and hypersonic detection and tracking capabilities for agencies in the Department of Defense (DOD) and Intelligence…
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NASA Conducts Third Hot Fire of Artemis Moon Rocket Engine Testing its In-Flight Capability
NASA conducted the third RS-25 engine hot fire in a critical 12-test certification series on Nov. 29, demonstrating a key capability necessary for flight of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket during Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. NASA is conducting a series of tests to certify new manufacturing processes for producing RS-25 engines…
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COLAF and GomSpace Extend Collaboration to Enhance Colombian Space Capabilities
COLAF and GomSpace have extended collaborative endeavors, elevating Colombian space competences at a contract value of 261,000 USD for the first phase. They have formally renewed their collaboration in support of the Colombian space program, elevating Colombian Space Competences. It is expected that the agreement will support establishing a local Assembly, Integration, and Verification (AIV)…
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RFA Announces Eight Customers for Second Test Flight of RFA ONE Launcher
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Space Agency in the German Aerospace Center (DLR) announced the winners of the second round of the payload competition for German launcher systems at an event in Berlin. Eight customers with a total payload of 200kg will fly on the second test flight of the RFA ONE. After…
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ESA and SWISSto12 Sign New Contract Advancing HummingSat into Phase Two of Production
The HummingSat range of satellites, named after the tiny, agile, fast-moving, and yet apparently stationary hummingbird, are being developed under an ARTES Partnership Project between ESA and SWISSto12, one of Europe’s fastest-growing aerospace companies and a leading manufacturer of advanced satellite payloads and systems. The program’s objective is for the new satellite builder to capture…
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York Space Systems Demonstrates First Ever Link 16 Technology on Tranche 0 Spacecraft
York Space Systems, the Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, proudly announced the first-ever successful demonstration of Link 16 technology from space on its Tranche 0 (T0) satellites, a historic feat. In collaboration with the Space Development Agency (SDA) and a combatant command, this achievement marks a historic…