Tag: Launch
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Vast and The Exploration Company Sign Agreement for Second Haven Space Station Cargo Services
Vast, a pioneer in space habitation technologies, and The Exploration Company, builder and operator of the Nyx reusable space capsule, signed a cargo services agreement for a 2028 mission to Vast’s second Haven space station. Walther Pelzer, Director General of the German Space Agency at DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt), and Bale Dalton, NASA…
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Astroscale Signs Zero Debris Charter to Support Sustainable Space Operations
Astroscale, the UK subsidiary of Astroscale, a leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability, has announced that the company has signed the Zero Debris Charter, demonstrating its support for a zero debris future in space. Managing Director of Astroscale UK, Nick Shave, signed the Charter at a ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on June 6,…
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics Appoints Atle Wøllo as New CEO
Smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics has appointed Atle Wøllo as its new CEO. Wøllo is replacing Žilvinas Kvedaravicius, who became interim CEO last year, following the departure of co-founder and former CEO Vytenis J. Buzas in 2023. Wøllo, with educational background in business administration and electronic engineering, comes from Kongsberg Defence &…
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Raytheon Selected by NASA to Build Landsat Next Instruments
NASA selects Raytheon Company to provide three instruments and related services, with an option for one additional instrument, in support of the Landsat Next mission based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The contract includes a cost-plus-award-fee base period and a cost-plus-fixed-fee option period with a total value of $506.7 million. The…
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NASA Selects RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies to Provide Spacecraft Buses for PolSIR Mission
RTX’s small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, Blue Canyon Technologies, was selected to build two 12U CubeSat buses for NASA’s PolSIR mission, which will study ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. In addition to designing and manufacturing the bus platforms, Blue Canyon will also provide mission operations services.…
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Netcracker Unveils Digital Satellite Solution to Revolutionize LEO and GEO Satcom Ground Networks
Netcracker Technology announced the launch of its Digital Satellite Solution, a blueprint for multi-orbit IT that radically transforms how satellite operators manage, optimize, and monetize their business. With the new solution, operators can guarantee the best service quality at any time, deliver a premium digital engagement to their customers, and expand their business with any…
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Intuitive Machines Uses Sciaky’s EBAM 3D-Printed Part for Successful Lunar Landing
What do you do when you’re the only company on the planet to have printed large-scale AM parts for land, sea, air and satellite applications? You go to the Moon, of course. And that’s just what Sciaky did by manufacturing a critical part for Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission to the Moon. The part, printed with…
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Kepler Successfully Validates Optical Inter-Satellite Links for Space Data Relay Constellation
Kepler Communications, a company building Internet connectivity for space, has announced the successful validation of optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) between two data relay satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). During a commissioning and early operations phase, Kepler established optical inter-satellite links between two Pathfinder satellites equipped with Space Development Agency (SDA) compatible Tesat SCOT80 optical…
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Rocket Lab Secures $23.9M in Funding Under CHIPS Act to Expand Production of Semiconductors
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced the signing of a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the Department of Commerce that would see Rocket Lab receive up to $23.9M in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The proposed investment would enable Rocket Lab…
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Redwire to Develop Roll-Out Solar Arrays for Thales Alenia Space’s Space Inspire Satellites
Redwire Corporation, one of the leading companies in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced it will develop and deliver Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings for Thales Alenia Space’s Space Inspire satellites, the company’s newest product line of geostationary (GEO) telecommunications satellites. A joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space…