Tag: Ground
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Astrobotic Initiates NASA Contracts to Study Interaction of Rocket Plumes with Lunar Terrain
Astrobotic has begun work on two NASA Small Business Innovation Research contracts that will further research on lunar plume-surface interactions (PSI), a key area of risk and uncertainty for lunar landing. This testing will generate valuable new data about how lunar dust stirred up by a lander’s rocket plumes will affect landing systems, onboard payloads,…
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Sidus Space Partners with HEO for Non-Earth Imaging Payload and Data Services
Sidus Space, a versatile Space and Data-as-a-Service firm has revealed a partnership with HEO (USA), a subsidiary of HEO, an Australian space technology company known for its expertise in non-Earth imaging (NEI) and in-orbit satellite inspection services. Under this contract, Sidus Space will incorporate HEO’s Holmes Imager as a hosted payload on the second set…
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Redwire BioFabrication Facility Successfully Prints First Human Knee Meniscus on ISS
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced that it has successfully 3D bioprinted the first human knee meniscus in orbit using its upgraded 3D BioFabrication Facility (BFF) on the International Space Station (ISS). This milestone opens the door to improved treatments for meniscal injuries, one of the…
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Iridium Awarded PLEO Satellite-Based Services Contract by the U.S. Space Force
Iridium Communications, a provider of global voice and data satellite communications, announced it has been awarded a five-year base Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with one five-year option by the U.S. Space Force for Iridium Certus services. The multiple awardee contract is part of a U.S. Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services award…
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NASA and Ball Aerospace Successfully Complete Roman Space Telescope’s Primary Instrument
Ball Aerospace and its partners at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have successfully completed the assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s camera system, called the Wide Field Instrument (WFI). The WFI will serve as the observatory’s primary instrument, providing the scientific community with detailed and expansive images of the cosmos. The instrument will…
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Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F and HOTBIRD 13G Satellites Successfully Enter into Service
Eutelsat Communications announced that its two high-power HOTBIRD 13F and HOTBIRD 13G satellites have entered into full commercial service. Located at Eutelsat’s 13° East flagship video neighbourhood, the satellites are reinforcing and enhancing the broadcast quality of around nine hundred television channels in more than 160 million homes across Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle…
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Rocket Lab Secures Contract from Leidos to Launch Four HASTE Missions
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed a contract with Leidos to launch four HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) missions. The missions, scheduled across 2024 and 2025, will lift off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s…
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Thaicom Selects Airbus to Build its New Generation of Software-Defined Satellite
Thaicom Public Company Limited, an Asian satellite operator and space technology company has selected Airbus for its new generation software-defined high throughput satellite. Airbus will provide one of its latest designed satellites – a fully reconfigurable OneSat. The Thaicom satellite will provide extended connectivity in Ku-band over the Asia-Pacific region for millions of users. Thaicom…
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Terran Orbital Showcases New Product Line of Seven Satellite Buses
Terran Orbital announced a new lineup of seven standard satellite bus platforms. Over a decade ago, Terran Orbital pioneered the creation of CubeSat standards, now establishing new benchmarks for satellite technology for the coming decade. These standards are built upon Terran Orbital’s manufacturing capabilities, featuring components and modules that can be readily swapped out to…
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Firefly Aerospace Awarded NASA Contract to Provide RF Calibration Services from Lunar Orbit
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, was awarded an $18 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to provide radio frequency calibration services from lunar orbit as part of Blue Ghost Mission 2, Firefly’s second mission to the Moon in 2026. This contract marks Firefly’s third NASA CLPS task order award, totaling nearly…