Tag: Launch
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NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Develop Next-Gen Weather Satellite Constellation for NOAA
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to develop and build the nation’s next generation weather satellite constellation, Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO), for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The baseline contract is for three spacecraft with options for four additional spacecraft. The total estimated value of the contract including options is $2.27 billion. The GeoXO…
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Sidus Space Demonstrates Advanced AI Enhanced Firefighting Software Solution on LizzieSat
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company has announced the successful demonstration of an advanced software solution supported by its FeatherEdge technology aboard its LizzieSat satellite, which launched in March 2024 on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission. This innovation, achieved in collaboration with XIOMAS TECHNOLOGIES, represents a significant milestone in the NASA-funded initiative to develop…
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Smiths Interconnect Unveils New Surface-Mount Fixed Attenuators for Space and Defense Markets
Smiths Interconnect has extended its offering of high-frequency surface mount chip attenuators with the release of its new TSX Wire Bondable Fixed Chip Attenuator Series, a small, easy-to-implement, high-reliability product qualified for space and defense applications. The new TSX WB2 Series is qualified to MIL-PRF-55342 and designed to offer excellent broadband performance up to 50-GHz,…
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Exolaunch Successfully Integrates 42 Satellites for Upcoming SpaceX’s Transporter-11 Mission
Exolaunch, a global company in launch mission management, integration, and satellite deployment services, announced the company has successfully integrated its customer satellites for the upcoming Transporter-11 Rideshare mission with SpaceX. The mission is expected to be Exolaunch’s largest mission of 2024 thus far, servicing 42 small satellites for 23 global customers. Scheduled to lift off…
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Space Systems Command Awards Contracts to Develop Prototypes of Space Laser Communication Terminal
The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded four contracts to Blue Origin, CACI International, General Atomics, and Viasat to develop space laser communication terminal prototypes as the first of three phases in the $100 million Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program. The EST program, part of SSC’s Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power…
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Qorvo Announces New MMIC Power Amplifiers for Ku-Band Satellite Communication Terminals
Qorvo, a global provider of connectivity and power solutions, has announced three new MMIC power amplifiers designed specifically for Ku-Band satellite communications terminals. These products are the latest additions to a family of devices designed to enhance performance and efficiency in satellite uplink systems, supporting the growing demand for high-speed data communications in defense and aerospace applications. The…
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Ubotica Achieves Milestone In Live Earth Intelligence with CogniSAT-6
Ubotica, one of the leaders in SPACE:AI, and Open Cosmos, has announced a significant milestone in the CogniSAT-6 mission: the successful processing and instant AI-powered detection of the first raw image from the newly launched satellite. SPACE:AI: Ushering in Earth Observation 2.0 Today’s Earth Observation satellites are fundamentally data collectors. They don’t understand what they’re…
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Q-Tech Showcases its Space-Qualified MCXOs and OCXOs at the IMS 2024
Q-Tech Corporation one of the leading global suppliers of space-qualified crystal oscillators and high-performance frequency control systems announced its expanded offering of high-stability microprocessor compensated (MCXO) and oven-controlled (OCXO) crystal oscillators. Designed for reliable operation in New Space (low earth orbit) satellite timing and frequency generation applications, the QT2021 Series of MCXOs and the AXIOM75Sx…
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Rocket Lab Signs Largest Launch Agreement with Synspective for 10 Electron Launches
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed the largest Electron launch agreement in the Company’s history; a ten-launch deal with Japanese Earth observation company Synspective. The agreement was announced in Tokyo at an event attended by Rocket Lab founder and CEO Sir Peter Beck, Synspective founder…
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DARPA Awards Contract to Redwire for SabreSat Spacecraft Very Low-Earth Orbit Demonstration
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced that it has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to be the prime mission integrator for the development of a revolutionary air-breathing satellite that will demonstrate the use of novel electric propulsion systems in…