Tag: Launch
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches NASA’s Climate Science Mission Satellite
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, launched the first of two back-to-back launches for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) climate change-focused mission. The satellite was the first of two that will launch on Electron for NASA’s PREFIRE mission to detect heat loss over…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper Begins Deorbiting its Prototype Mission Satellites
Amazon is preparing to wrap up the prototype mission of Project Kuiper. Project Kuiper is actively deorbiting its two prototype satellites ahead of a full-scale deployment of its production satellite system. Amazon is committed to building a sustainable business for its customers, communities, and the world, and that focus extends to Project Kuiper, its low…
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Northrop Grumman Completes Static Fire Test of First Digitally Designed Solid Rocket Motor
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Common 50 High Performance (C50HP) solid rocket motor successfully completed a static fire test at the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex. The C50HP is a high-performance upper stage rocket motor that can be adapted to support various missions including flight in the region outside the Earth’s atmosphere or other final…
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IQ spacecom and RBC Signals Partner to Deliver Bi-Directional Intersatellite Connection Service
IQ spacecom and RBC Signals join forces to deliver Go.BIC, the first dynamic Global On-Demand Bi-directional Intersatellite Connection Service, aimed at supporting inter-satellite connections for LEO operators. Connectivity for the service will be powered by Viasat’s global L-band satellite network. RBC Signals, a pioneering provider of satellite data communication solutions with a vast ground station…
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BlueHalo Uses Kratos’ OpenSpace SATCOM Ground System for USSF’s SCAR Program Demonstration
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in the defense, national security, and global markets, announced that its fully virtualized satellite communications (SATCOM) ground system, OpenSpace, was employed as part of BlueHalo’s milestone demonstration for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) program. BlueHalo, the prime…
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Airbus Selected by ESA to Build Space Weather Forecasting Satellite Vigil
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to design and build the space weather forecasting satellite Vigil, the first operational mission in ESA’s Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Space Safety Programme (S2P). The spacecraft will give vital extra warning to Earth about incoming solar storms and coronal mass ejections which can potentially disrupt satellites…
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Intelsat to Extend Life of Satellites with Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicles
Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), will deliver years of additional reliable broadband, video distribution and mobile satellite service to customers across three continents thanks to the success of Northrop Grumman’s innovative Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) that will ultimately provide an…
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ispace and the University of Leicester Partner on Lunar Night Survival Technology
ispace, a global lunar exploration company, and the University of Leicester, have agreed to collaborate on approaches to lunar night survivability for future ispace lunar lander and rover missions. The University and ispace have entered into a strategic consulting agreement to explore lunar night survivability utilizing Radioisotope Heater Units on the Series 3 lunar lander…
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CACI Sets New Distance Record for Optical Communications in NASA’s DSOC Experiment
Using CACI International optical communications technology, NASA successfully sent data from its Psyche spacecraft to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, a distance of more than 200 million kilometers, as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment. Additionally, NASA will continue to leverage CACI’s optical technology for DSOC as the range is…
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NRO’s First Mission of Proliferated System Launched Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
The National Reconnaissance Office, in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, successfully launched the NROL-146 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on May 22 2024 at 1:00 a.m. PT. This mission is the first…