Tag: Satellite
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US-Japan Space Collaboration Advances with Successful Launch of QZSS-6 Satellite
A U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on February 2. This is the first bilateral U.S.-Japan cooperative space effort focused on national security, and the first…
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K2 Space Secures $110M Series B Funding and Completes First In-Space Demonstration
K2 Space announced its $110 million Series B to ramp up mass production of its multi-orbit, high power satellite platform. The funding round, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital, includes participation from existing investors Alpine Space Ventures, First Round Capital, and others. This milestone comes as K2 celebrates the opening of its new…
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Firefly Aerospace Awarded Launch Agreement for the VICTUS SOL Space Mission
Firefly Aerospace, the leader in responsive space launch services, announced the company was awarded a $21.81 million contract to launch the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) VICTUS SOL Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission. VICTUS SOL is an early operational capability to enable the United States to rapidly respond to on-orbit needs and…
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Exolaunch to Deploy 27 Satellites on Transporter-13 Rideshare Mission with SpaceX
Exolaunch, the global leader in launch mission management, satellite integration, and deployment services, is preparing for the upcoming Transporter-13 rideshare mission with SpaceX. Scheduled for no earlier than March 2025, the mission will lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Exolaunch will deploy satellites from 14 countries while showcasing its latest technological innovation:…
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Comtech Launches Multipath Radio Platform for Secure High-Data-Rate Communications
Comtech Telecommunications Corp., a global communications technology company, announced the launch of its new multipath radio (MPR) platform. As the first-ever terrestrial high-data rate over-the-horizon integrated radio of its kind, MPR will empower first responders, warfighters, and commercial operators with new high-data-rate communications capabilities on a single antenna-agnostic platform. Built on the proven success of…
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BlackSky Secures Multi-Year Contracts to Advance India’s Earth Observation Capabilities
BlackSky Technology Inc. won multi-year contracts that include Assured access to subscription-based low-latency, high-cadence imagery and AI-enabled analytics services. The deals also include the delivery of one high-resolution Earth observation satellite and launch support operations and on-orbit maintenance services. These contracts have a combined eight-figure value. “Contributing to the development of India’s commercial Earth observation…
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York Space Systems Launches New Commercial Services Program for National Security
York Space Systems (York), the Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, announced a new commercial services program designed to provide the USG with critical national security capabilities as a service. This offering leverages York’s flight-proven satellite designs, originally developed for government customers and delivers them as an on-demand…
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Eutelsat and ATSS Extends Satellite Capacity Agreement for MENA Broadcast Services
Eutelsat Group and Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Telecommunications Solutions and Services (ATSS) have renewed their satellite capacity agreement on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite reinforcing the long-standing collaboration between the two companies. The contract signing took place during the LEAP event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ATSS is a leader in satellite communications in the MENA…
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What is a Hall Effect Thruster?
Hall-effect thruster or Hall-current thruster is a type of Ion Thruster in which the propellant is accelerated by an electric field. Hall effect thruster consists of an acceleration chamber, an external cathode (negative electrode), an anode (positive electrode), and coils to produce a magnetic field. As the cathode is heated it starts emitting electrons and…
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What is an Electrospray Thruster?
An Electrospray Thruster is a type of Ion Thruster that produces low thrust by using a strong electric field to accelerate charged liquid droplets. Some types of electrospray thrusters use a mixture or a combination of different liquids as propellant and hence are known as colloids. Therefore these thrusters are also known as Colloid thrusters.…