Tag: Satellite
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Northrop Grumman Successfully Utilizes Modular Tooling for Large Solid Rocket Motor Case
Northrop Grumman Corporation demonstrated the design and build of its 2024 Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo) solid rocket motor case using an innovative modular tooling approach for manufacturing large composite solid rocket motor (SRM) cases. The advanced equipment and hardware used to manufacture the case, called modular mandrel tooling, can be changed…
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NASA to Broadcast Live Coverage of Roscosmos Cargo Mission Supply Delivery to ISS Expedition 71
NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft delivering nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress 89 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 11:20 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14 (8:20 a.m. Baikonur time, Thursday, Aug. 15),…
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Rocket Lab Teams Up with KSAT to Enhance Satellite Communication for Ground Station Service
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a global company in launch services and space systems, has partnered with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a global provider of communication services for spacecraft and launch vehicles, to develop a new global ground station service for its operations and customers that enables efficient and reliable communications for future Neutron launches, increasingly…
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Hughes Surpasses the Shipment of 5,000 ESA Terminals for OneWeb
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company, has announced the shipment of over 5,000 HL1120W electronically steerable antenna (ESA) Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) terminals. This milestone solidifies Hughes as a leading supplier of enterprise-class OneWeb LEO terminals. The HL1120W terminal boasts a low-profile, full-duplex, self-aligning design with a built-in modem. Tailored for the Eutelsat OneWeb LEO…
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Airbus to Develop Radiometers for CNES to use on NASA/JAXA Climate Mission
Airbus has been selected by the French Space Agency (CNES) to design and build two new generation microwave radiometers as part of the French contribution to the Atmosphere Observing System (AOS): the C²OMODO mission (Convective Core Observations through MicrOwave Derivatives in the trOpics). A cooperation between the United States, Canada, Japan, Italy and France, AOS’…
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Viasat Successfully Launches Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission
Viasat, Inc., one of the global leaders in satellite communications, has confirmed the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) has successfully launched from Vandenburg Space Force Base. The mission, led by the Space Norway subsidiary Heosat, will see two satellites deployed in a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) in the world’s first HEO mission carrying a broadband…
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Sierra Space Introduces New Solar Array Drive Solutions for High-Volume Satellite Market
Sierra Space, a commercial space-tech company that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth, announced two new complementary products to support the growing satellite market. A new Solar Array Drive Assembly (SADA), with multiple options, and a new commercial variant of its heritage Universal Microstepping Control Driver (UMCD) combine recent technological-component…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Completes Launch for Capella Space’s Earth-Imaging Constellation
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a global company in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 52nd Electron rocket and deployed a single satellite to low Earth orbit for Capella Space. The mission was the latest in a multi-launch contract with Capella Space to deploy a series of its Acadia satellites to low Earth orbit…
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SpaceX Aborts Starlink Satellite Launch at Just 46 Seconds and Reschedules
SpaceX‘s Starlink satellite launch was aborted at the 46-second mark on August 11th, 2024. In spite of multiple launch attempts, the company had to reschedule the launch to August 12, 2024. The SpaceX’s official tweet said, “Today’s Falcon 9 launch of Starlink was paused at T-46 seconds. Vehicle and payload are in good health and…
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Rakon Introduces Rad-Hard Application Specific Integrated Circuit for Space Oscillators
Rakon, a global leader in frequency control and timing solutions, has introduced its groundbreaking MercuryR™ Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), designed to withstand the extreme radiation conditions found in space. This innovative ASIC, developed in-house, boasts a total-ionizing-dose (TID) resistance of up to 100kRAD, marking a significant advancement in the field of space-grade oscillators. With the…