Tag: Satellite
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Reflex Aerospace Ships First Commercial Satellite for Launch
Reflex Aerospace is proud to announce the shipment of its first commercial satellite, SIGI, to Vandenburg Space Force Base on December 11th, 2024. This ambitious mission to deliver a payload to orbit for Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS) has culminated in the rapid deployment of a customized 109 kg satellite, and the realization of Reflex Aerospace’s…
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Iridium Launches Certus 9704 Module for Advanced Satellite IoT Applications
Iridium Communications Inc., a provider of global voice and data satellite communications, launched the Iridium Certus 9704, its newest IoT module, and Iridium Certus 9704 Development Kit. This transformational new module, featuring Iridium Messaging Transport (IMT) technology, is the smallest and most powerful created by Iridium, ideal for supporting satellite IoT applications that require real-time…
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SWISSto12 Opens New Mission Command and Control Facility in Georgia
SWISSto12, Europe’s fastest-growing satellite company, has announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art command and control facility in Athens, Georgia, U.S.A. The new facility will oversee the launch and manage the orbit raise to the right position of SWISSto12’s geostationary small satellites before handover to the company’s customers. News of the Georgia facility follows an announcement in…
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NextPlat’s Outfitter Satellite Secures 3-Year Government Contract for Satellite Services
NextPlat Corp, a global e-commerce provider, announced that its US-based connectivity division, Outfitter Satellite Inc., has been awarded a three-year service contract from a US state government customer to provide satellite-enabled services. Under the terms of the contract, the Outfitter will provide satellite connectivity airtime service plans and hardware to the Customer in support of…
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Northrop Grumman’s Next-Gen Polar Missile-Warning Satellites Enters Manufacturing Phase
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract extension for Phase 2 of its Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. The multi-year award supports space vehicle (SV) manufacturing, assembly, integration, testing, and launch of two NGP satellites. Both NGP SVs will operate in Highly Elliptical Orbits…
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Orion Space Solutions Begins AI-Powered Data Processing Project for NOAA
Orion Space Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcfield, announced that it has been awarded new work from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support its Advanced Access Methods for Earth Observations Digital Twin program (EO-DT). Work on the two-year program kicked off this month in Silver Spring, Maryland. NOAA’s Advanced Access Methods…
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Mavenir and Terrestar Conduct First NB-IoT Live Data Sessions via GEO Satellite
Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider building the future of networks, and Terrestar Solutions Inc. (TSI), Canada’s premier mobile satellite operator, have achieved a major milestone by successfully conducting the first NB-IoT live data sessions via the TSI Echostar T1 satellite, a Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN). Unlike simulations, these sessions were conducted…
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HyImpulse Introduces HyMOVE OTV with Spacemanic for Small Satellite Missions
HyImpulse Technologies GmbH, a European provider company of hybrid propulsion systems and small satellite launch solutions, unveils HyMOVE, its Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV). Designed to serve the rapidly expanding small satellite market expected to grow to $30 billion globally by 2030. HyMOVE is designed to enhance the capabilities of small satellite missions, delivering tailored in-space…
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Sierra Space and NVIDIA Collaborate to Enhance Orbital Debris Tracking with AI Technology
Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth, announced a major advancement in space domain awareness. Leveraging the power of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) and a collaboration with NVIDIA, Sierra Space is now able to predict the future locations of orbital debris. As the…
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ST Engineering iDirect Tests Tech for Seamless GEO-NGSO Satellite Switching
ST Engineering iDirect, a global company in satellite communications, has released and is testing a new technology that enables tracking and switching between Geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) and Non-Geosynchronous Earth orbit (NGSO) satellites. An industry-first for seamless transitions between orbits, the breakthrough technology features a single tracking algorithm that provides operators with greater flexibility, enhancing…