Tag: Reaction Wheels
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Blue Canyon Technologies Launches Saturn-400 Bus with Enhanced Payload and Agility
Blue Canyon Technologies, small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider for RTX, has unveiled its latest spacecraft bus, the Saturn-400. This new, larger satellite offers flexibility and reliability to help customers achieve their mission objectives more effectively. The Saturn-400 spacecraft offers increased payload capacity, allowing for more instruments and larger sensors for complex missions, up…
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Blue Canyon Technologies: Advancing in Space with Turnkey Small Satellites Solutions
Blue Canyon Technologies, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, is a complete end-to-end spacecraft company and a leading provider of turnkey small satellites solutions, including nanosatellites, microsatellites, and ESPA-class satellites. BCT, through its various missions, is enabling space missions to expand the frontiers of science and defense. Their attitude determination and control components are one-of-a-kind, allowing…
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Serenum Space Advances CubeSat Innovation with Advanced Satellite Systems
Serenum Space, a Czech-based CubeSat subsystem manufacturer and service provider, is setting new benchmarks in the small satellite sector through a suite of advanced space technologies and customizable nanosatellite platforms. As a commercially oriented subsidiary of the Czech Aerospace Research Center, Serenum brings decades of aerospace expertise into modern, affordable, and flight-proven solutions for CubeSat…
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GITAI Secures JAXA Contract to Develop Robotic Arm for Crewed Lunar Rover
GITAI, a U S-headquartered space robotics company, announced that its Japanese subsidiary, GITAI Japan Inc., has been awarded a contract by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to conduct a concept study for a robotic arm system intended for use on a pressurized crewed lunar rover. This rover is part of Japan’s contribution to the…
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Rocket Lab’s Spacecraft for Varda Successfully Deployed to Orbit
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced its third Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries is successfully operating on orbit. The W-3 mission launched March 14, from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:43 p.m. PDT (06:43 a.m. UTC). The new mission is underway on orbit just 15 days after…
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K2 Space Secures $60M STRATFI Contract for Key MEO Satellite Mission
K2 Space, a team of experts developing large, high capability satellites at the price point and speed of small satellites, has signed a contract with the U.S. Space Force to launch its first Mega Class satellite on a mission code-named “Gravitas.” The contract, with a total value of $60 million, includes government funds, Small Business Innovation…
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Axelspace Introduces New Service for In-Orbit Demonstration of Space Components
Axelspace Corporation announced the launch of AxelLiner Laboratory (AL Lab), a new service under AxelLiner introduced in 2022. This service specializes in in-orbit demonstration of space components with sales set to begin in the near future. Additionally, a new memorandum was signed between Axelspace and ASPINA Shinano Kenshi, a partner in developing a reaction wheel…
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Rocket Lab Selects Subcontractors to Provide Payload and Ground Systems for SDA’s Satellites
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed the selection of subcontractors to provide payloads and ground systems for the 18 satellites the Company is developing for SDA (Space Development Agency). Rocket Lab is the prime contractor for a $515 million USD firm-fixed price agreement to lead…
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Zenno and Faraday Collaborate to Develop Superconductor Magnets for Space Applications
New Zealand headquartered space-flight systems company Zenno Astronautics, a developer of world-first superconducting electromagnets for space applications, and Faraday Factory, the world’s leading superconducting tape maker, have partnered to collaborate on the development of bespoke high-temperature superconductor (HTS) magnets for space applications. Zenno and Faraday Factory Japan will combine their respective technologies and fields of…
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Viasat and Rocket Lab Collaborate to Demonstrate Data Relay Services for LEO Satellites
Viasat, one of the global leaders in satellite communications, announced it selected Rocket Lab USA, a leading launch and space systems company, to support Viasat’s hybrid space communications networks demonstrations by producing a spacecraft bus and providing mission operation support. The demonstrations will make evident Viasat’s portfolio of multi-band, space-based relay communication services in support…