Tag: Sensors
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Teledyne Launches Two Imaging Sensors in Sun-Synchronous Orbit NASA Explorer Missions
Teledyne Technologies, a leading provider of advanced imaging solutions, is proud to announce that sensors from Teledyne Space Imaging will play a key role in two prestigious NASA explorer missions that are ready to launch this month. Both missions launch on the same rocket on 28 February 2025 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA.…
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Redwire’s Sentinel Cameras to Support Navigation on Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 Lunar Mission
Redwire Corporation, a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that its flight-proven Sentinel camera technology (SentinelCam) will launch on board Athena, Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander, on IM-2, the company’s second mission to the Moon. Redwire delivered Terrain Relative Navigation and Hazard Detection and Avoidance cameras from its Sentinel product…
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Kapta Space to Develop the Next Generation of Advanced Spaceborne Radar Systems
Kapta Space, a Seattle-based space tech startup, came out of stealth mode and announced that it has raised a $5 million seed round to support the development of its advanced spaceborne electronically-steered, radar-based imaging technology. The round was led by MetaVC Partners, in participation with Entrada Ventures and Blue Collective. The company will use the…
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Indra Signs Contract to Provide a Low Space Orbit Surveillance Radar to the German Air Force
Following the German Parliament’s approval, Indra has signed a contract with the National Procurement Office (BAAINBw) of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) to provide the country’s air force, the Luftwaffe, with a last-generation radar capable of detecting objects in low space orbits. The system will protect satellites in service from potential impacts with debris from other missions orbiting at high speed in an uncontrolled manner that…
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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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Oso Semiconductor Secures $5.2M to Advance Beamforming Chipsets for SATCOM and 5G
Oso Semiconductor, a developer of power-efficient, high-performance, low-cost chipsets for next-generation wireless communication and sensing applications, announced it had raised an oversubscribed $5.2 million seed round. Engine Ventures led the round, with Entrada Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck, and J-Ventures also participating. Oso Semiconductor will use the capital to build pre-production beamforming chipsets and evaluation systems for initial…
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Astrolab’s FLIP Rover Selected as Primary Payload on Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 Moon Mission
Venturi Astrolab (Astrolab) and Astrobotic announced that Astrobotic’s Griffin lander will deliver an Astrolab rover to the Moon as part of Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1). The rover, currently known as FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform), will be deployed at the Nobile Region of the lunar south pole. The Astrobotic mission, originally carrying the VIPER…
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Momentus Secures U.S. Air Force Contract for In-Space Sensor Demonstration
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company offering satellite buses, technologies, transportation, and other in-space transportation services, announced that the U.S. Air Force Research Labs AFWERX organization has selected a proposal from Momentus to perform an in-space demonstration flight of a new, low-cost suite of multispectral sensors for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO). AFWERX is…
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Blue Origin’s NS-29 Mission to Simulate Lunar Gravity and Test 30 Payloads
Blue Origin’s next New Shepard flight, NS-29, will simulate the Moon’s gravity and fly 30 payloads, all but one of which is focused on testing lunar-related technologies. The launch window opens on Tuesday, January 28, at 10:00 AM CST / 1600 UTC from Launch Site One in West Texas. The webcast will begin 15 minutes…
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OroraTech Launches FOREST-3 Thermal Satellite with SpaceX for Wildfire Detection
OroraTech successfully launched its latest fire-detection satellite, FOREST-3, onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12 (TR-12) mission on Tuesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. By incorporating miniaturized infrared sensors and advanced on-orbit processing, the satellite will deliver near-real-time wildfire alerts to customers across the globe. “We’re very grateful to the German Space Agency at DLR and the…