Tag: Ground
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Astroscale Selected by Government of Japan for On-orbit Inspection Demonstration Mission
Astroscale Japan, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings, announced it has been selected by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (“MEXT”) for its Small and Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop an on-orbit inspection demonstration mission that will image and diagnose a large, defunct satellite in space. The MEXT-funded project is…
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NASA Selects SpaceX to Provide Launch Services for Space Weather Satellites
NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, and its Falcon 9 rocket to provide the launch service for the agency’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission, a pair of small satellites that will study space weather and how the Sun’s energy affects Earth’s magnetic environment or magnetosphere TRACERS will be an important…
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NASA Selects Four Small Explorer Missions to Conduct Concept Studies of the Sun
NASA has selected four small explorer missions to conduct concept studies. These studies aim to expand knowledge of the dynamics of the Sun and related phenomena, such as coronal mass ejections, aurora, and solar wind to better understand the Sun-Earth connection. Any missions selected to move forward after the concept studies are conducted will join…
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ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Spacecraft Commences its Journey Towards the Sun-Earth L1 Point
ISRO’s Aditya-L1 mission, launched on September 2, 2023, is India’s first mission dedicated to studying the Sun, specifically the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona of the Sun. The spacecraft commenced its journey to its final destination, the Sun-Earth Lagrange’s Point 1 (L1), on September 18, 2023. Lagrange points, also known as libration points, are unique locations…
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ANSER Mission’s Formation Flying CubeSats to Launch on Europe’s Next Vega Launcher
ANSER (Advanced Nanosatellite Systems for Earth-observation Research) is a cluster of three CubeSats that will work together in close vicinity as if they are a single satellite. Due to be launched on Europe’s next Vega flight, VV23, the ANSER mission is being undertaken by the INTA (Spanish Institute of Aerospace Technology). Santiago Rodriguez Bustabad, overseeing…
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BlueHalo Achieves Key Milestone to Expand U.S. Satellite Operation Capacity
BlueHalo recently hosted U.S. Space Force officials and federal legislative leaders for a successful milestone demonstration of its BADGER system, a multi-band, deployable ground terminal that enables resilient satellite communication. This critical benchmark comes one year into the development of the $1.4B Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) program announced by the Space Rapid Capabilities Office…
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Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio and Crewmates Safely Return from Space Mission
After spending an American record-breaking 371 days in space, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio safely landed on Earth with his crewmates Wednesday. Rubio departed the International Space Station, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Rubio launched on his…
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Artel Partners with Rivada for U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satcom p-LEO Contract
Artel LLC a provider of secure network communication services to U.S. government agencies, has been awarded a Commercial Satellite Communications Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (p-LEO) contract from the U.S. Space Force and is partnering with Rivada Space Networks to provide the next-generation network critical to support U.S. Government communications. Based in the U.S., Artel is…
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Rogue Space Systems Selected by AFWERX to Develop CubeSat Dispenser Prototypes
Rogue Space Systems, an NH-based in-space services company, announced it has been selected by AFWERX for two STTR contracts through its Orbital Prime program. These contracts support the continued development of Rogue innovations that address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Rogue designs satellite vehicles and subsystems to provide…
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Omnispace and Lacuna Successfully Demonstrate NGSO IoT Satellite Connectivity
Omnispace, the company redefining global mobile connectivity, together with communications leader Viasat and Lacuna Space, have demonstrated a first-of-its-kind, global, open standards-based Internet of Things (IoT) services that could pave the way for a range of IoT and direct-to-device (D2D) satellite services. Omnispace successfully demonstrated its non-geostationary (NGSO) IoT satellite connectivity at last week’s ‘The…