Tag: Ground
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SpiderOak Achieves Flight Heritage with Successful Deployment of OrbitSecure on Ball Aerospace Payload
SpiderOak, services in zero-trust cybersecurity and resiliency software for space systems, has announced the successful achievement of flight heritage through the deployment and demonstration of its OrbitSecure platform in space. SpiderOak conducted rigorous testing of its end-to-end data security solution on a Ball Aerospace prototype payload currently operational in low-Earth orbit (LEO). The payload incorporates…
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The Aerospace Corporation’s Blinker Transponder Advances Space Traffic Management Capabilities
The Aerospace Corporation, a national nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center that addresses complex problems across the space enterprise and other areas of national and international significance through agility, innovation, and objective technical leadership has designed and developed ‘Blinker’ a small, self-contained and autonomous transponder that can provide near real-time…
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Rocket Lab to Launch Seven Satellites as Part of Upcoming Electron Mission
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced its next Electron mission will deploy seven satellites to space and include an attempt to recover the rocket’s booster after launch. The ‘Baby Come Back’ mission, Rocket Lab’s 39th Electron launch, is scheduled to deploy from Pad A at Rocket…
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United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-68 Mission for the National Reconnaissance Office
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-68 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off on June 22 from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched 156 times with 100 percent mission success. “We continue to build on our valued partnership with…
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ESA Entrusts a Consortium Led by Sener to Conduct Feasibility Study of Future European Reusable Launchers
The European Space Agency (ESA) has tasked a consortium led by Sener with helping to define the architecture of future European space launch systems. In addition to Sener (through its subsidiary Sener Aerospace and Defence), the consortium is formed by other leading companies in the European space sector and research institutes, such as Beyond Gravity,…
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SETS Successfully Completes Testing of its SPS-25 Propulsion System on EOS SAT-1 Satellite
Space Electric Thruster Systems (SETS), a provider of electric propulsion systems based on Hall thrusters, has successfully tested its SPS-25 space propulsion system on the EOS SAT-1 satellite developed by Dragonfly Aerospace for the EOS Data Analytics space mission. Assembled and shipped from Ukraine in spring 2022, the SPS-25 was installed on the satellite at…
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Honeywell Aerospace Introduces Revolutionary Small Satellite Reaction Wheel Assembly
Honeywell Aerospace one of the globally recognized leaders in the aviation and aerospace industry, offering innovative solutions and advanced technologies to meet the evolving needs of the aerospace sector has introduced a new reaction wheel assembly for small satellites. The HR04 from Honeywell Aerospace is a state-of-the-art small satellite class Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA) that…
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Warpspace Successfully Completes Preliminary Design Review of its First Satellite
Warpspace, a space tech startup developing an optical inter-satellite data relay service in medium Earth orbit has announced the successful completion of PDR (Preliminary Design Review) for its first satellite “LEIHO”, for the inter-satellite optical communication service. The PDR is generally regarded as the “first step” in the satellite development process to check whether the…
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Ramon.Space Partners with Foxconn to Launch High-Volume Space Computing Products
Ramon.Space, one of the leaders in Space-resilient computing infrastructure, and Ingrasys, a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group and the world’s largest manufacturer of server and storage platforms, announced a strategic agreement to deliver high-volume space computing products. As part of the agreement, Ingrasys will manufacture Ramon.Space computing products globally, establishing the production line of the…
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NASA to Collaborate with Seven US Companies to Advance Space Capabilities
NASA will partner with seven U.S. companies to meet future commercial and government needs, ultimately benefitting human spaceflight and the U.S. commercial low Earth orbit economy. Through unfunded Space Act Agreements, the second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative (CCSC-2) is designed to advance commercial space-related efforts through NASA contributions of technical expertise, assessments, lessons…