Tag: Satellite
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NanoAvionics’ Spacecraft Bus Enables Successful Solar Sail Deployment in NASA’s ACS3 Mission
The solar sail aboard NASA‘s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) satellite, using a spacecraft bus built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), has successfully deployed. The deployment, a primary objective of the ACS3 mission, was confirmed by telemetry and images captured by the satellite’s onboard cameras. Solar Sail Onboard Camera Image The ACS3 mission, led and…
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Rocket Lab Completes 53rd Electron Launch Mission to Deploy Five New Satellites for Kinéis
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 53rd Electron mission and deployed five satellites to Low Earth Orbit for French Internet-of-Things (IoT) company Kinéis. The ‘Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star’ lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at 11:01 a.m. on 21…
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Eutelsat and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sign Multi-Launch Agreement for H3 Vehicle Starting in 2027
Eutelsat Group, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., announce the signature of an agreement for multiple launches. Under the terms of the agreement, MHI will provide multiple launches by an H3 launch vehicle from 2027. This is the first agreement between Eutelsat and MHI, and the announcement cements the growing partnership between both companies. Eutelsat has…
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Sidus Space Signs Agreement with Neuraspace to Enhance LizzieSat Constellation Operations
Sidus Space, a provider of end-to-end precision Space Infrastructure solutions and Data-as-a-Service products, announced at the World Space Business Week (WSBW) conference in Paris, the signing of an agreement with Neuraspace. Under the agreement, Neuraspace will provide Space Traffic Management and LEOP (Launch and Early Operations) support services to Sidus Space, thereby enhancing the Company’s…
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BlackSky Awarded Space Domain Awareness Contract with HEO for Non-Earth Imaging Missions
BlackSky Technology was awarded a seven-figure data services contract from HEO to bring automated low-latency capabilities to non-Earth imaging (NEI) services for defense, intelligence and commercial use. Under the agreement, the companies will partner to bring BlackSky’s current constellation into HEO’s NEI sensor network. The contract is now moving into its second phase with a…
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L3Harris Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Captures First GOES-19 Image
L3Harris Technologies Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) onboard NOAA’s newest weather satellite captured its first image since launching into space in late June, representing a significant milestone prior to reaching full operational status. The new, full disk GeoColor image was captured Aug. 30, 2024. The ABI is the primary instrument for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-19…
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Space Flight Laboratory Honored with 2024 Alouette Award for BRITE-Constellation Mission
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) is one of five organizations honored as team recipients of the 2024 Alouette Award for the BRITE-Constellation space astronomy mission. SFL, now a four-time Alouette winner, designed and developed the six BRITE nanosatellites launched in 2013 and 2014. The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) bestows the Alouette Award annually to…
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Ursa Major and U.S. Navy Collaborate on $25M Investment for New Solid Rocket Motor Prototype
Ursa Major, the United States’ privately funded rocket propulsion company, will receive funding from the Department of Defense (DoD) as one of the inaugural recipients of investments from the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) to strengthen critical supply chain technologies needed for national security. The $12.5 million investment represents a partnership between OSC and the…
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York Space Systems Achieves Optical and Link 16 Communications for SDA’s Tranche 0 Satellites
York Space Systems (York), the Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, announced its Tranche 0 satellites, part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) successfully established optical communications in orbit. This successful demonstration makes York the second SDA provider to achieve this major milestone…
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NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Develop Lightning Mapping Instrument for NOAA’s GeoXO Program
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to develop a lightning mapping instrument as part of NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately $297.1 million. It includes the development of two flight instruments as well as…