Tag: LEO
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DARPA Selects Intel for Space-BACN Program to Accelerate Inter-Satellite Communications
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Intel for Phase 1 of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) program, which aims to create a low-cost, reconfigurable optical communications terminal that will translate information between diverse satellite constellations. A Space-BACN satellite terminal will enable communications between satellite constellations, enabling data to be sent anywhere…
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Hiltron Introduces High-Accuracy 3D Laser Scanning Service for Teleport Antennas
Hiltron Communications, a globally active satellite system integrator, manufacturer, and distributor, reports continuing the expansion of its range of products and services. The mid-September IBC 2022 show in Amsterdam was chosen for the first European promotion of Hiltron’s HMAM LEO motorized antenna mount, HSACU4 antenna control unit, and 3D laser-based Satcom antenna scanning service. Hiltron…
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DARPA Launches New SPCE Program to Improve Power Efficiency in Harsh Space Environments
Rapidly proliferating small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) are expanding space-based capabilities critical to both government and industry. As the subsequent, ever-increasing demand strains the operational limitations of LEO satellites, DARPA’s new Space Power Conversion Electronics (SPCE) program seeks greater efficiencies in usable power in the harsh space environment. Space-based power consumption generates heat…
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Awards SpaceLink a Contract for a Technology Demonstration
SpaceLink, a company that provides secure data relays from any orbit, any time, announced it was awarded a contract by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to study how commercial optical ground terminals will integrate into the Near Space Network. The funded study includes a demonstration of end-to-end transport of multi-source data at the SpaceLink…
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U.S. Space Force Selects Firefly Aerospace to Provide Launch Services for SSC’s VICTUS NOX Mission
Firefly Aerospace, announced that the company has been selected by the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to provide launch services for SSC’s VICTUS NOX mission. The effort was awarded as the Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS-3) Launch Service Task Order under the Orbital Services Program 4 (OSP-4) Contract. The VICTUS NOX mission will…
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Sierra Space Announces Successful Completion of Ultimate Burst Pressure Test for LIFE Habitat
Sierra Space, a commercial space company at the forefront of creating and building the future of space transportation and infrastructure for low-Earth orbit (LEO) commercialization, has announced the recent completion of its first successful Ultimate Burst Pressure (UBP) test for the Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) habitat. The test was sponsored by Next Space Technologies…
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Omnispace and GateHouse SatCom Demonstrate the Performance of 5G Non-Terrestrial Network
Omnispace, the company redefining mobile connectivity, and GateHouse Satcom, one of the market leaders and software developer for the satellite communication industry, has announced that they have successfully modeled the performance of 5G new radio (NR) non-terrestrial network (NTN) waveform in an NGSO environment. The Omnispace 5G NTN system, operating in low-earth orbit (LEO), will…
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Skyroot Aerospace Raises $51 Million in Funding to Offer Small Satellite Launch Services
Skyroot Aerospace, a Space-tech startup in India, has successfully raised a $51 million Series-B funding round led by GIC, a leading global investment firm. This is the largest funding round ever in the Indian private Space-Tech sector, which validates Skyroot’s strengths in space technology and helps meet the burgeoning demand from the international small satellite…
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OQ Receives $13 Million Funding to Develop 5G Satellite for Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, and Greece
OQ Technology, a global 5G IoT (Internet of Things) satellite operator, has closed a 13 million Euro Series A funding round led by Wa’ed Ventures, the venture capital arm at Aramco (the Saudi oil and gas company), and Phaistos Investment Fund, managed by 5G Ventures in Greece. OQ Technology will use the funds to further…
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SpaceLink Signs Cooperative R&D Agreement with US Army
SpaceLink, the company that is building the Communications Superhighway for the Space Economy™, announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center (USASMDC-TC) in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Under the agreement, the organizations will work together to explore alternative space communications…