Tag: Ground
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UC Berkeley and SKS Partners Unveil $2 Billion R&D Hub at NASA’s Ames Research Center
A joint venture between The University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco-based SKS Partners, unveiled Berkeley Space Center at NASA Research Park, a planned 36-acre innovation hub in the heart of Silicon Valley. As envisioned, the multi-phase development would accelerate the area’s existing innovation ecosystem, catalyzing deeper collaboration between the private, academic, and governmental sectors. …
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Bright Ascension Secures Additional Funding to Support the Launch of Helix Software Products
Bright Ascension has announced the successful acquisition of an additional £1.5m in funding through a bridging loan. This investment is an important milestone, ensuring the seamless development of their innovative HELIX suite of software products as it nears its eagerly awaited launch. The investment follows two successful fund-raising rounds completed by the company in August…
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SSC Supports the Launch of Thailand’s THEOS-2 Earth Observation Satellite
SSC is supporting the launch of Thailand’s high-resolution Earth Observation optical satellite THEOS-2, which was successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on October 9th. The mission is designed to deliver ground-breaking imagery with a 0.50-meter ground resolution. “SSC is proud to provide critical LEOP support connectivity services to another Airbus-built satellite mission and to provide…
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ESA’s Proba-3 Mission Led by Sener Reaches the Final Test Phase Before Launch
The Proba-3 mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), led by the Sener engineering and technology group, has reached a new milestone after successfully completing the environmental testing campaign of the two satellites at the IABG facilities in Ottobrunn (Germany). The aim of this testing campaign was to ensure that the satellites and their various…
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NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Begins its Journey to Explore Metal-Rich Asteroid
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its voyage to an asteroid of the same name, a metal-rich world that could tell us more about the formation of rocky planets. Psyche successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Integrated into the spacecraft is the agency’s…
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OQ Technology Confirms the Successful Launch and Deployment of MACSAT Satellite
OQ Technology has announced the successful launch of its new Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, MACSAT, aboard Arianespace’s Vega (mission VV23). This pivotal development will strengthen its space and ground infrastructures while broadening its satellite coverage. The satellite was launched from French Guiana on October 8, 2023 (3:37 AM on Monday, October 9, 2023, Luxembourg…
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Redwire to Participate in Space Tech Expo Europe
Redwire will be attending Space Tech Expo, Europe’s largest B2B event for the space industry. Taking place alongside the three-day exhibition, Space Tech Expo will feature three conferences covering topics in the areas of small sats, the space industry, and mobility and connectivity. Panel Discussion: Staying on Top of the Growing Importance of Remote Sensing for…
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NASA’s DSOC Experiment to Demonstrate Laser Communications as Part of Psyche Mission
NASA’s pioneering Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment will be the first demonstration of laser, or optical, communications from as far away as Mars. Launching with NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, DSOC will test key technologies designed to enable future missions to transmit denser science data and even stream…
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Open Cosmos Announces MANTIS Satellite Launch on Upcoming SpaceX Transporter 9 Mission
Open Cosmos, a space mission and data provider, and the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced plans for the launch of the MANTIS satellite aboard the upcoming SpaceX Transporter-9 mission. The mission was arranged jointly by SAB Launch Services and Exolaunch. MANTIS was successfully integrated with its EXOpod Nova deployment system in Berlin, provided by…
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Momentus Signs Contract with RIDE! Space for Orbital Delivery Services
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with RIDE! Space for transportation and orbital delivery services in the first quarter of 2024. RIDE! Space will be flying its Gaindesat and Djibouti payloads on a single mission. “We are thrilled to mark this…