Tag: Launch
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Renesas Unveils Power Management Solution for AMD’s Space-Grade Versal AI Edge Adaptive SoC
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced a complete space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 Adaptive SOC. Developed in collaboration with AMD, the ISLVERSALDEMO3Z power management reference design integrates key space-grade components for power management. It targets the cost-effective AI Edge with both rad-hard & rad-tolerant plastic…
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Astrobotic’s VOLT Lunar Rover Completes Surface Stability Testing at NASA Glenn Research Center
Astrobotic is one step closer to establishing a lunar power grid with the initiation of a summer-long test campaign for its VSAT Optimized for Lunar Traverse (VOLT). VOLT is a specialized lunar rover equipped with a vertical solar array designed to drive across the Moon, and harness solar energy to charge a variety of lunar…
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Axelspace Introduces New Service for In-Orbit Demonstration of Space Components
Axelspace Corporation announced the launch of AxelLiner Laboratory (AL Lab), a new service under AxelLiner introduced in 2022. This service specializes in in-orbit demonstration of space components with sales set to begin in the near future. Additionally, a new memorandum was signed between Axelspace and ASPINA Shinano Kenshi, a partner in developing a reaction wheel…
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Intuitive Machines Successfully Qualifies its VR900 Engine for IM-2 Lunar Mission
Intuitive Machines, one of the leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services companies, has qualified the VR900 engine for its IM-2 lunar mission, which also advances the development of the Company’s VR3500 engine for larger cargo class landers. Designed, 3D-printed, and tested in-house, the IM-2 VR900 engine completed a full-duration hot-fire test that confirmed increased engine…
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LeoLabs to Provide Support for UK’s First Intelligence and Surveillance Satellite in Low Earth Orbit
LeoLabs, one of the leading providers of integrated solutions that persistently monitor activity in space to reveal threats to safety and security, announced it was selected to support the launch and operations of the United Kingdom (UK) Space Command’s Project Tyche by delivering space tracking and monitoring, and collision avoidance services. Tyche, scheduled to launch…
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iLAuNCH Trailblazer Project Advances Space Tech with Onshore Manufacturing of New Space Camera
The Australian defence and space industry is set to achieve onshore manufacturing of new eye in the sky technology, a space camera that can provide images back to Earth at high speed that will aid in disaster resilience operations, land management, and defence. This multi-sensor camera for Earth observation is now in development with Leonardo,…
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Safran Develops Hardware for Kinéis – The First European Satellite Constellation Dedicated to IoT
A decisive turning point for the Internet of Things (IoT) was marked by the launch of Kinéis, the first European constellation dedicated to the IoT. With 25 nanosatellites and 20 ground stations, this system is revolutionizing global connectivity and opens up new opportunities across a wide range of sectors. The ambitious Kinéis project is the result…
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Redwire Awarded Follow-On Order for Roll-Out Solar Arrays from Thales Alenia Space
Redwire Corporation, one of the leading companies in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced it has secured a follow-on order to develop and deliver additional Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings for Thales Alenia Space’s Space Inspire satellites, the company’s newest product line of geostationary telecommunications satellites. A joint venture between Thales (67%)…
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Teledyne e2v’s 8 GB DDR4 Memory Chip Achieves Successful Space Qualification
Teledyne e2v announced the successful Space qualification of its 8 GB space DDR4 memory as part of its edge compute solutions for space. This announcement marks the conclusion of Teledyne e2v’s DDR4 initial qualification. These include all the upscreening activities (temperature cycling, construction analysis, C-SAM / confocal scanning acoustic microscopy, preconditioning, Temperature Humidity Bias, …)…
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Boeing Delivers Second Core Stage of Space Launch System to NASA
Boeing has provided NASA with the second core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Built at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), the core stage is designed to send the Artemis II crew to lunar orbit for the first time in 50 years. The Boeing-built rocket stage, which is the largest component of the…