Tag: Launch
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NASA Announces 2024 Phase I Awardees for Innovative Concept Studies
NASA selected the 2024 Phase I awardees for its program to fund ideas that could innovate for the benefit of all and transform future agency missions. From proposals to explore low Earth orbit to the stars, the 13 concepts chosen stem from companies and institutions across the United States. The NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts)…
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Ovzon 3 Satellite Built by Maxar Space Systems Successfully Launched
Maxar Space Systems, a provider company of comprehensive space technologies, announced that the Ovzon 3 satellite is performing as expected after launch. Maxar Space Systems manufactured the satellite for Ovzon at their Palo Alto, California, facility using its modular architecture platform. The satellite launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force…
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NSIL to Undertake its Second Demand Driven Satellite Mission GSAT-20
As part of Space Sector reforms announced by the Govt. of India in June 2020, NSIL was mandated to build, launch, own, and operate satellites in “Demand-driven mode” to meet the service needs of the user. As part of this, NSIL successfully undertook its 1st Demand-driven satellite mission, GSAT-24 in June 2022, wherein the capacity…
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ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Set to Debut with Upper-Stage Engine Built by Aerojet Rocketdyne
When the next-generation Vulcan rocket developed by United Launch Alliance takes flight for the first time in the coming days, it will usher in a new era for the RL10 upper-stage rocket engine built by Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company. Versions of the RL10 have been reliably propelling payloads into space for 60 years,…
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SpaceX Launches First Starlink Satellites for Direct to Cell Service with T-Mobile
T-Mobile announced that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the first set of Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities, following the live streamed webcast. This is a significant milestone following last year’s joint announcement of the Coverage Above and Beyond initiative, which aims to bring connectivity nearly everywhere in the U.S. for Un-carrier customers —…
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Sidus Space Granted Remote Sensing License by NOAA to Provide Imaging Services to Clients
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has granted Sidus a Tier 1 remote sensing license to include Panchromatic (PAN) and Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) imaging capabilities. This approval includes Sidus’ upcoming LizzieSat scheduled for launch in March 2024, as well as subsequent LizzieSat satellites. Through…
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Astrobotic Utilizes Ansys’ Simulation Solutions to Prepare for Historic Lunar Mission
Leveraging Ansys multiphysics and digital mission engineering (DME) solutions, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is poised to make one of the first Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) deliveries to the Moon. Scheduled to launch in early January and land in late February, Peregrine will ferry 20 payloads from seven countries and will help NASA explore the…
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ESA’s Proba-3 Dual Satellites to Pave the Way for Unprecedented Solar Observations
Ahead of the ESA’s Proba-3 pair launching together later this year, the scientists who will make use of Proba-3 observations were able to see the satellites with their own eyes. Members of this team will test hardware developed for the mission during an actual terrestrial solar eclipse over Northern America next April. The two satellites…
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ISRO Successfully Launches X-ray Polarimeter Satellite Mission
ISRO’s PSLV-C58 launched the XPOSAT Satellite into an Eastward low inclination orbit on January 01, 2024, 09:10 Hrs IST. After injection of XPOSAT, the PS4 stage will be re-started twice to reduce the orbit into 350 km circular orbit to maintain in 3-axis stabilized mode for Orbital Platform (OP) experiments. The PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3…
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Key Infrared Telescopes that Set the Stage for NASA’s James Webb
On Dec. 25, NASA celebrated the two-year launch anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope – the largest and most powerful space observatory in history. The clarity of its images has inspired the world, and scientists are just beginning to explore the scientific bounty it is returning. Webb’s success builds on four decades of space…