Tag: Sensors
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Pixxel Launches First Firefly Satellites Setting New Standard in Hyperspectral Earth Observation
Pixxel, a California-based space technology company building the world’s highest-resolution hyperspectral satellite constellation, has successfully launched the first three satellites of its Firefly constellation. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and launched aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA. This marks a significant milestone for Pixxel as it…
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NASA Launches Science and Technology to the Moon with Firefly Blue Ghost Lander and SpaceX
NASA‘s Blue Ghost Mission 1 launched at 1:11 a.m. EST aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is carrying science and tech on Firefly Aerospace’s first CLPS or Commercial Lunar Payload Services flight. The company is targeting a lunar landing on Sunday,…
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Varda Space Industries Launches W-2 Capsule with AFRL Payloads for Hypersonic Reentry Tests
Varda Space Industries, Inc. announced the successful launch of its second orbital processing and reentry capsule, W-2, which lifted off aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The W-2 capsule carries payloads from Varda partners, including a spectrometer from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and employs a…
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BAE Systems Secures $347 Million NGA’s NERVE Contract to Modernize GEOINT Library
In 2024, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded BAE Systems a five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity $347 million contract for NERVE, the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) Enterprise Repository and Virtual Environment program. NERVE will modernize the NSG Consolidated Library (NCL), which includes expanding it from a physical data center to cloud-based data services. The NCL is…
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Teledyne Technologies Finalizes Acquisition of Micropac Industries
Teledyne Technologies (Teledyne), a provider company of advanced digital imaging products and software, and Micropac Industries (Micropac), a high-tech company specializing in optoelectronic components and assemblies, jointly announced the successful completion of the previously announced merger of Micropac with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teledyne. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Micropac stockholders received $20.00…
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Sidus Space Achieves 2024 Milestones and Prepares for Continued Growth in 2025
Sidus Space, an innovative and agile space mission enabler, announced a year of significant achievements in 2024, marking a period of transformative growth and strategic milestones. With key launches, groundbreaking partnerships, and expanding customer relationships, we believe Sidus is well-positioned to continue delivering innovative solutions and scalable data services in 2025. Key Highlights from 2024:…
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EchoStar Mobile Enhances Services with LoRaWAN Satellite Relay and Network Capabilities
EchoStar Mobile, an EchoStar company, announced the availability of the first and only S-band LoRaWAN Satellite Relay (EM-SR) device with associated network functions to help businesses to fill terrestrial coverage gaps. The EM-SR Relay is specifically designed to solve key challenges with traditional LoRaWAN sensors in distribution and monitoring networks such as smart metering, distributed…
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Sidus Space Successfully Launches LizzieSat-2 on SpaceX Bandwagon-2 Mission
Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, announced the successful launch and deployment of LizzieSat-2 into low Earth orbit as part of the Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission with SpaceX, which launched on December 21, 2024, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The successful deployment of LizzieSat-2, less than nine months after the launch of…
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ISS National Laboratory Supports the Launch of 100 Payloads in Low Earth Orbit
International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory, has supported the launch of 110 payloads across seven missions, facilitating science and technology research and development (R&D) that pushes the limits of innovation. Projects sponsored by the ISS National Lab this year enabled advancements in biotechnology, fundamental science, advanced materials, in-space manufacturing, and other areas. Companies, academic institutions,…
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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…