Tag: Satellite
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Teledyne e2v Unveils LX2160-Space Processor for High-Performance Space Applications
Teledyne e2v announces engineering models of the LX2160-Space 16-core Arm Cortex A72 based system on chip (SoC) processor, enabling early project design, hardware and software validation for space-demanding applications. LX2160-Space engineering models have the same fit/form/function as flight models (FMs). LX2160-Space can be used in many heavy computing applications in Space, from Earth Observation Satellites…
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L3Harris Provides Optical System to NASA for Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
L3Harris Technologies, the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry, has delivered the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) to NASA that serves as the critical “eye” for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by providing precise and stable imagery. “L3Harris is helping shape the future of space exploration for NASA by providing a key technology that will assist astronomers…
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Northrop Grumman Advances Mission Robotic Vehicle for On-Orbit Satellite Servicing
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s SpaceLogistics LLC has received the robotics payload from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), including two robotic arms and electronics, for its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV). The delivery brings the company one step closer to delivering the first commercial spacecraft with robotic servicing capabilities for commercial and government satellites. In geosynchronous earth…
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Carbon Mapper Releases First Satellite Data on Global Methane and CO2 Super-Emitters
Carbon Mapper released over 300 methane and CO2 plume detections. its first tranche of emissions data based on observations from the Tanager-1 satellite launched in August. Tanager-1 is built and operated by Planet Labs PBC and made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition, a philanthropically backed public-private partnership including Planet Labs and NASA’s Jet Propulsion…
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Impulse Space Secures Three SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches for Helios and Mira Deployment
Impulse Space, a company in the development of in-space transportation services, has signed a contract with SpaceX for three Falcon 9 rocket launches that will support the ongoing development and deployment of Impulse’s vehicles Helios and Mira. The first of these missions will be the inaugural launch of Helios and is targeted for mid-2026. Prior…
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AST SpaceMobile Selected Blue Origin’s New Glenn for BlueBird Satellite Launch
Blue Origin announced a multi-launch agreement to deliver multiple next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO) on New Glenn. All launches will occur over a multi-year period from Blue Origin’s Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network designed…
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Colt Partners with Rivada Space Networks to Launch Next-Gen Connectivity by 2026
Colt Technology Services, a global digital infrastructure company, is partnering with Rivada Space Networks to provide a unique next-generation connectivity network with the necessary speed, security, and performance to drive digital innovation and transformation, Rivada Space Networks announced. The first satellite launch is planned for 2025, with services targeted to start in 2026. Established in…
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NASA Awards Contract to SwRI for NOAA’s Space Weather Program
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build three coronagraphs for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. Once operational, the coronagraphs will provide critical data to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, which issues forecasts, warnings, and…
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Rocket Lab Sets Next Electron Launch for IoT Constellation Provider Kinéis
Rocket Lab USA, a launch provider and space systems company, announced it has scheduled the next Electron launch for Kinéis, a global Internet-of-Things (IoT) connectivity provider. The “Ice AIS Baby” mission is scheduled to launch during a 14-day window that opens on November 23rd NZDT. Lift-off will take place from Rocket Lab’s private orbital launch…
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Momentus Secures U.S. Defense Department Contract for HALO Program
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses and technologies, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, announced that it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Defense Department’s Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated LEO (HALO) program. SDA has been tasked with deploying a constellation of several hundred…