Tag: Ground
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Solestial Expands Portfolio of Solar Products for Space Applications
Solestial, a US-based developer of advanced solar power technologies for spacecraft, is highlighting the growing portfolio of solar products engineered specifically for space environments. The company’s solutions are already in operational use and are designed to address the evolving power-generation needs of small satellites, large constellations and next-generation space missions operating primarily in low Earth…
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Voyager Technologies Secures Patent for Orbital Optical Communications Manufacturing
Voyager Technologies has been awarded a patent for an extraterrestrial manufacturing method that produces larger, purer crystals essential to high-performance optical communications – the backbone of Earth’s data centers and the AI-driven global economy. By harnessing microgravity, the patented process delivers material performance beyond what is possible on Earth. “Optical networks depend on fibers fabricated…
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Satellogic Highlights Constellation-as-a-Service Model for Earth Observation Missions
Satellogic, a provider of Earth observation solutions, highlights the Constellation-as-a-Service (CaaS) offering, an operational model designed to give customers direct access to dedicated satellite constellation capacity without the need to independently design, manufacture or operate space systems. The Constellation-as-a-Service model is already available in the market and is intended for government, defense and institutional customers…
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PsiQuantum Partners with Airbus to Advance Quantum Computing in Aerospace
PsiQuantum announced that the company is collaborating with Airbus, Europe’s largest aeronautics and space company, to advance applications in aerospace for fault-tolerant quantum computers. Under the QuLAB project at Airbus, the two companies are combining their expertise to develop and evaluate quantum algorithms for complex problems in fluid mechanics—illustrating the promise of fault-tolerant quantum computing…
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Globalstar Completes Major South Korea Ground Expansion with New C-3 Antennas
Globalstar, a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, announced the addition of three new six-meter C-3 tracking antennas being installed at its ground station in Yeo Ju, South Korea. For more than two decades, Globalstar has provided mobile satellite services across East Asia via its ground station located in Yeo Ju, South Korea, which has…
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ThinKom Secures SpaceWERX Contract for Containerized Ground Stations
ThinKom announced it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II (D2P2) SBIR contract in the amount of $1.9 million to provide a containerized, transportable phased array ground entry point (GEP) to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and SpaceWERX, the innovation…
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Aalyria Joins Airbus Demonstration to Advance Space-Based 5G Connectivity
Aalyria has been selected to take part in the new Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN (Space Radio Access Network) demonstrator, whose mission is to test standardized global 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity. It will combine Airbus’s software-defined satellite platform with Aalyria’s intelligent network orchestration and optimization capabilities to showcase advanced 5G communications from space. The Airbus UpNext…
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Rogue Space Systems Expands Space Services Portfolio for Proximity Operations and On-Orbit Mission
Rogue Space Systems, a US-based space company focused on on-orbit operations and proximity-based space services, highlights the portfolio of space services designed to support satellite operators, government agencies and institutional customers operating in increasingly congested orbital environments. Rogue Space Systems delivers mission-focused spacecraft and operational services that address practical needs in space domain awareness, satellite…
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NASA’s Pandora Mission Receives Full Acquisition of Signal
NASA’s Pandora satellite mission controllers received full acquisition of signal from the spacecraft on Jan. 11 on the first ground pass after liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Pandora will study planets outside our solar system – called exoplanets, discovered by other missions to gain information about…
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Quindar Space Advances Satellite Mission Management as a Service for Space Operations
Quindar, a US-based space software company, highlights the Satellite Mission Management as a Service, a cloud-native platform designed to simplify and modernize how satellite missions are planned, executed and operated. The solution is already in use by satellite operators and mission teams seeking to reduce operational complexity while improving flexibility, scalability and responsiveness across the…