Tag: Ground
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York Space Systems Achieves Successful Contact with Final Spacecraft of Tranche 0 Program
York Space Systems, the Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, is reporting successful contact with its final spacecraft delivered in-orbit for the Tranche 0 (T0) Transport program, delivered as part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The satellites were launched on a SpaceX…
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MDA Acquires SatixFy’s Digital Payload Division
MDA, a provider company of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SatixFy Space Systems UK Ltd. (SSS), the digital payload division of SatixFy Communications Ltd., and other strategic considerations. The transaction, valued at US$40 million, will help further strengthen MDA’s global…
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NASA Conducts Final OSIRIS-REx Test Ahead of Asteroid Sample Delivery
A team led by NASA in Utah’s West Desert is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first U.S. asteroid sample slated to land on Earth in September. A mockup of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer) sample capsule was dropped Wednesday from an aircraft and landed…
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Spiral Blue Launches ‘Your Code In Space’ Initiative Enabling AI Experiments in Space
Spiral Blue has announced the launch of the ‘Your Code In Space’ (YCIS) initiative. As the first of its kind in Australia, the program empowers anyone, including developers, researchers, and innovators from around the world, to run their custom code on Spiral Blue’s cutting-edge SE-1 space-edge computer, facilitating real-time AI processing on satellite imagery to…
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Advanced Space-led Team to Detect Orbital Debris Using Machine Learning for IARPA
Advanced Space, a space tech solutions company, announced that an Advanced Space-led team has been chosen to apply Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to detect, track, and characterize space debris for the IARPA Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) program. Space debris are items due to human activity in space that present a major hazard to…
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Benchmark Awarded Second Contract by AFRL to Test New Thrusters on Non-Toxic Fuel
Tapped to help U.S. defense agencies deploy safer propellant alternatives to hydrazine, Benchmark Space Systems announced a two-year, $2.81 million AFRL SPRINT (Space Propulsion Research and Innovation for Neutralizing Satellite Threats) award to further develop and test flight-optimized thrusters running on ASCENT (Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic) fuel. It is Benchmark’s second SPRINT award in two…
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Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space Systems Stand Ready for SSC’s Responsive Space Mission
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, and Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company small satellite constellation prime, have entered the hot standby phase for VICTUS NOX, a Tactically Responsive Space mission led by Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Space Safari Program Office. The team stands ready for the 24-hour callup and orbit requirements to complete…
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SpiderOak Successfully Demonstrates OrbitSecure on International Space Station
SpiderOak, a provider company of zero-trust cybersecurity and resiliency software for space systems, announced the successful deployment and demonstration of its OrbitSecure technology aboard the International Space Station. This milestone, achieved using Amazon Web Services (AWS) Snowcone edge computing device provided by Axiom Space, completes the next critical step in SpiderOak’s plan to demonstrate increasingly…
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NASA to Demonstrate Low Earth Orbit Laser Communications from Space Station
NASA uses the International Space Station, a football field-sized spacecraft orbiting Earth to learn more about living and working in space. For over 20 years, the space station has provided a unique platform for investigation and research in areas like biology, technology, agriculture, and more. It serves as a home for astronauts conducting experiments, including…
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Astranis to Demonstrate Secure Satellite Communications for US Government Mission
Ever since Astranis announced their intention to provide secure comms for the US Government, they have been looking forward to having an on-orbit satellite that could be used to demonstrate exactly that. They now have a satellite active and operational in geostationary orbit and are ready to put it to the test. Astranis has announced…