Tag: Ground
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Orion Spacecraft’s Heat Shield Installed for NASA’s Artemis II Mission
The team at NASA has successfully installed the heat shield for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft located inside the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 16.5-foot-wide heat shield is one of the most important systems on the Orion spacecraft, ensuring the safe return of…
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Redwire’s Critical Navigation Technology to Support NASA’s Dragonfly Mission
Redwire sun sensor technology is continuing to advance science and discovery onboard planetary missions to deepen humanity’s understanding of our solar system. Through a contract from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Redwire will supply critical navigation technology for NASA’s groundbreaking Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The Digital Sun Sensor system onboard…
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Voyager Space Signs MoU with NewSpace India Limited for Collaborative Space Opportunities
Voyager Space, a global company in space exploration, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), to foster collaboration in spacecraft launch and deployment opportunities on-board NSIL’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) and Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).…
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HawkEye 360 Awarded a Contract by Australia to Provide Satellite RF Maritime Analytics
HawkEye 360, one of the world’s leading defense technology companies for space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Australia for a pilot program to provide greater maritime domain awareness in support of Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) efforts to detect and prevent…
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Sidus Space and Lulav Space Partner to Launch Event-Based Star Tracker on SpaceX Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company announced it has partnered with Lulav Space, a robotics company specializing in space applications, to research, develop and demonstrate the benefits of Event-based Star Trackers (EBST). Sidus plans to include the Lulav/Sidus EBST on its fourth planned LizzieSat mission, currently scheduled to launch with SpaceX in…
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Teledyne e2v and Infineon Develop Processor Boot Solution for Edge Computing Space Systems
Infineon Technologies and Teledyne e2v have developed a reference design for the implementation of compute-intensive space systems. The design, built around a Teledyne e2v QLS1046-Space edge computing module, which is configured by the radiation-hardened 64MByte Infineon SONOS-based NOR Flash memory, enables high-performance space processing applications. The reference design addresses two inherent challenges in space endeavors:…
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ISRO Conducts First Hot Test of Semi-Cryogenic Engine at IPRC
The Indian Space Research Organisation conducted the first hot test on an intermediate configuration of the Semi-cryogenic Engine, known as Power Head Test Article (PHTA) at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu on July 1, 2023. The test was conducted towards developing a 2000 kN thrust semi-cryogenic engine to power the booster stages of…
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Final Ariane-5 Mission Successfully Launches Franco-German Satellites
Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, lifted off flawlessly from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on July 5, 2023, carrying Heinrich-Hertz-Satellite for the German government and SYRACUSE 4B for the French Ministry of Defence. The Heinrich-Hertz-Mission is the first dedicated German telecommunications satellite-based mission that will be used to conduct research and to test new…
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PLD Space Secures Spanish Government Contract to Develop Micro Launcher
PLD Space, a European company known for its pioneering work in designing, developing, manufacturing, and operating the first privately-owned launcher, has emerged as the victor in the aerospace public-private partnership contract initiated by the Spanish Government. The contract aims to facilitate the development of a micro launcher (PERTE). PLD Space’s exceptional technical qualification, as evaluated…
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GITAI Successfully Completes Testing of Major Components for Lunar Robotic Arm
GITAI USA, one of the leading space robotics startups, has announced the successful completion of lunar environment testing for the major components of the in-house developed lunar Inch-worm type robotic arm. All tests have been passed with flying colors. GITAI’s mission is to provide safe and affordable means of labor in space, and as part…