Tag: Sensors
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Northrop Grumman Secures Contract for Second DARC Site from the U.S. Space Force
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded its Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 2 contract from the U.S. Space Force. The second site, located in the United Kingdom, continues DARC’s path to become one of the world’s most advanced radars for tracking objects in deep space. This award follows the previous competitive award of DARC…
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Scout Space Partners with Dawn Aerospace for Spaceplane Surveillance Demonstration
Scout Space, a Virginia-based startup specializing in space domain awareness, has signed an agreement with Dawn Aerospace to demonstrate the ability to observe objects in very low Earth orbit (VLEO) from an aircraft operating in suborbital space. Under the deal announced Aug. 22, Scout will install its space domain awareness sensors aboard Dawn Aerospace’s Mk-II…
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MatrixSpace Awarded $1.9M AFWERX Contract to Develop Advanced Mesh Radar for Base Defense
MatrixSpace has been selected for a $1.9M AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) Phase II Sequential contract to develop a distributed dual-mode mesh radar for base defense, based on the MatrixSpace Radar hardware platform. The project runs for 22 months and starts immediately. The project, in support of the Air Force 87th Security Forces Squadron, involves…
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SecureSpace Opens New Self-Storage Facility in New York MSA
SecureSpace Self Storage has announced the grand opening of a new self-storage facility, SecureSpace North Plainfield, located in and serving the township of North Plainfield, New Jersey. The newly-built Class A facility is strategically located at 825 US-22 and offers 88,470 square feet of 100% climate-controlled self-storage space with units ranging from 5’x5′ to 10’x30′. …
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NASA Tests Deployment of Roman Space Telescope’s Visor
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s “visor” (sunshield) has completed several environmental tests simulating the conditions it will experience during launch and in space. Called the Deployable Aperture Cover, this large sunshade is designed to keep unwanted light out of the telescope. This milestone marks the halfway point for the cover’s final sprint of testing,…
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Sidus Space Develops Advanced High-Speed Switch Card for SmallSats
Sidus Space, a provider of end-to-end precision Space Infrastructure solutions that include satellite Data-as-a-Service on its proprietary on-orbit platform, announced that it has designed and developed an advanced high-speed switch card using the Frontgrade protocol independent Crosspoint Switch. The multi-payload switch card is integrated into LizzieSat-2 (LS-2) and is offered as a standalone product to…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Returns to Flight After Mishap Investigation
SpaceX submitted its mishap report to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding Falcon 9’s launch anomaly on July 11, 2024. SpaceX’s investigation team, with oversight from the FAA, was able to identify the most probable cause of the mishap and associated corrective actions to ensure the success of future missions. Post-flight data reviews confirmed Falcon…
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Orbit Fab Secures £1.3 Million UK Space Agency Grant to Develop High-Pressure RAFTI Refueling Port
The UK Space Agency has awarded Orbit Fab a £1.3 million Major Project grant under their National Space Innovation Program. This grant will fund the design of a high-pressure variant of the RAFTI (Rapidly Attachable Fuel Transfer Interface) refuelling port, set to be available in 2025. This new variant will enable refuelling with pressurised fuels…
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iLAuNCH Trailblazer Project Advances Space Tech with Onshore Manufacturing of New Space Camera
The Australian defence and space industry is set to achieve onshore manufacturing of new eye in the sky technology, a space camera that can provide images back to Earth at high speed that will aid in disaster resilience operations, land management, and defence. This multi-sensor camera for Earth observation is now in development with Leonardo,…
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ESA’s New Phsat-2 Satellite to Demonstrate AI’s Impact on Earth Observation
ESA’s new Φsat-2 mission, launching in the coming weeks, will push the boundaries of AI for Earth observation – demonstrating the transformative potential of AI for space technology. Artificial intelligence technologies have achieved remarkable successes and continue to show their value as backbones in scientific research and real-world applications. Earth observation has provided a rich…