Tag: Launch
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LEOcloud to Demonstrate its Space Edge Infrastructure as a Service Onboard the ISS
The Center for Advancement of Science in Space, who manages the International Space Station National Laboratory (through a cooperative agreement with NASA), has awarded LEOcloud a technology advancement and commercialization project to demonstrate its Space Edge Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering onboard the orbiting outpost. LEOcloud’s “Cloud ENIAC” project scope includes the deployment and…
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INNOSPACE to Launch Brazilian Satellites and Inertial System on HANBIT-Nano Launch Vehicle
INNOSPACE, a South Korean private spaceflight startup producing small satellite launch vehicles, announced that it has signed new launch service agreements with the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA) and Castro Leite Consultoria LTDA (CLC) for a rideshare launch mission on its ‘HANBIT-Nano’ launch vehicle from the Alcântara Space Center in Brazil, scheduled for the first…
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Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-1 Successfully Transmits Data to Earth Using AI Delivery Platform
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company, announced that its high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) delivery platform, FeatherEdge successfully transmitted data back down to Earth for the first time on May 24, 2024. The LizzieSat-1 mission demonstrated FeatherEdge’s ability to upload new algorithms post-launch, run a machine vision algorithm on the hardware accelerator capable…
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BAE Systems to Develop Ocean Color Instrument for NOAA’s GeoXO Constellation
BAE Systems has been selected to build the Ocean Color Instrument (OCX) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite constellation. With the selection, BAE Systems is now contracted to build all three hyperspectral instruments for the mission, including OCX, the GeoXO Sounder (GXS), and the Atmospheric Composition Instrument (ACX). …
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Momentus Awarded DARPA Contract to Support the Design of Large-Scale Space Structures
Momentus, a provider of in-space transportation services, has secured a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aimed to support the design and in-space demonstration of technologies that will enable the construction of large-scale structures in space. The program, known as DARPA Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials, and Mass-efficient Design (NOM4D), focuses on…
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CisLunar Industries’ 20 kV Power Supply System Earns Space Heritage
CisLunar Industries, a developer company of hardware for in-space metal processing and power conversion, announced its successful first mission to space. On May 6, 2024, ThinkOrbital successfully operated an electron-beam welding system in space. CisLunar Industries developed the system that powered the operation, a 20kV power supply that boasts industry-leading size, weight, and power (SWaP).…
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Open Cosmos Selected by ESA to Build Optical Constellation For Greece
Open Cosmos, one of the leading providers of space missions and data, has secured a €60 million contract to deploy an Earth Observation Constellation consisting of seven satellites that will supply daily high-resolution and very-high-resolution imagery. This flagship project forms part of the Hellenic Government’s procurement of an advanced satellite constellation, demonstrating its commitment to…
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Avio’s Successful Testing of Vega C Rocket Motor Boosts Return-to-Flight in 2024
The Zefiro-40 solid rocket motor, the second stage of the Vega-C rocket, was tested by Vega-C prime contractor Avio at its Salto di Quirra test facility in Sardinia, Italy. The motor features an improved engine nozzle design, required to prepare for a Vega-C return-to-flight by the end of 2024. The initial post-test review indicates that…
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Redwire to Enhance its Space Domain Awareness Capabilities through Strategic AI Investment
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced that it is expanding investment in the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) strategy by funding research projects through a newly formed coalition focusing on the use of AI in space operations. Redwire is one of the two founding corporate sponsors of…
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Rocket Lab Announces Launch Date for Second NASA PREFIRE Climate Change-Focused Mission
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, confirmed the scheduled launch date for the second of two back-to-back Electron launches for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) climate change-focused mission to detect heat loss over the Arctic and Antarctica The ‘PREFIRE and Ice’ launch is…