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Aliena deploys compact and fuel-efficient satellite engine into space
Jan 14, 2022 (SPX)
The satellite's engine, a Hall effect thruster, a type of ion thruster in which ions from the propellant are accelerated by an electric field, was developed by ...
CPUT launches 3rd Satellite mission this week
Jan 13, 2022 (SPX)
The MDASat (Marine Domain Awareness) constellation has two main priorities namely ocean economy and healthcare and has been mandated by the Department of Scienc...
SatRevolution Secures Series B Funding from Virgin Orbit
Dec 15, 2021 (SPX)
The Transaction, signed at World Satellite Business Week, follows a strategic partnership established by SatRev and Virgin Orbit in June this year under which b...
Redwire announces supplier agreement with Terran Orbital to support satellite manufacturing
Dec 10, 2021 (SPX)
Through this agreement, Redwire will deliver a range of advanced components and solutions that will be used in Terran Orbital's industry-leading line of satelli...
Los Alamos National Laboratory awards satellite mission contract to NanoAvionics US
Dec 10, 2021 (SPX)
The goal of MAMBO is to make the best-ever measurement of the cosmic diffuse gamma-ray (CDG) background using its on-board, innovative gamma-ray detector. This ...
Nanoracks to deploy first 0.3U CubeSat from Space Station
Nov 24, 2021 (SPX)
FEES2 (Flexible Experimental Embedded Satellite-2) is a platform for demonstrating and validating CubeSat technology in orbit. The mission will test critical sa...
Rocket Lab signs exclusive deal to use APL space radio technologies
Nov 19, 2021 (SPX)
The Frontier-S by Rocket Lab, based on the APL Frontier Radio that flew on missions like the Van Allen Probes, Parker Solar Probe, and the Emirates Mars Mission...
RadCube reaches out
Nov 12, 2021 (ESA)
The surface of Earth is a rare low-radiation oasis, largely protected from the charged particles riddling space by our planet's magnetic field. RadCube is a mis...
Satellite maker Terran Orbital strikes $1.58 billion SPAC Deal
Oct 29, 2021 (SPX)
The transaction is supported by gross proceeds of $345 million from Tailwind Two's cash-in-trust, $50 million from a PIPE with participation from AE Industrial ...
New small satellite platform debuts
Oct 05, 2021 (XNA)
The DFH-3E satellite platform was designed by the China Academy of Space Technology, a subsidiary of the State-owned space conglomerate, China Aerospace Science...
RockSat-X team witnesses experiment launched into space
Oct 01, 2021 (SPX)
Late in the afternoon of Aug. 19, the Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket successfully launched into space, carrying projects developed by undergraduate s...
Tiny satellites will address sizeable questions in space science
Sep 28, 2021 (SPX)
Both CuPID and CUTE are CubeSats, a class of very small research satellites. CubeSats are relatively inexpensive to build and launch, in part because they can e...
ASU-developed ShadowCam is incorporated into Korean spacecraft
Sep 13, 2021 (SPX)
The KPLO engineering team is now running functional tests on the ShadowCam, a camera that will allow for the precise imaging of shadowed zones on the moon durin...
Oscar the Qube
Sep 01, 2021 (ESA)
Oscar-Qube, short for Optical Sensors based on CARbon materials: QUantum Belgium, is an experiment developed by a group of students from the University of Hasse...
Rogue Space and Firefly Aerospace sign Launch Service Agreement
Aug 31, 2021 (SPX)
In addition to being the anchor customer, Rogue Space will sign, manage, integrate, and deploy multiple customer payloads on the flight with their Fred OTV (Orb...
First light from Sunstorm CubeSat
Aug 27, 2021 (ESA)
CubeSats are miniaturised satellites based on standardised 10 cm boxes. Sunstorm is a '2-unit' CubeSat, hosting an innovative solar X-ray spectrometer called th...
Satellite built by UMass Lowell students headed to the International Space Station
Aug 27, 2021 (SPX)
Funded by a $200,000 grant from the space agency, the satellite was designed, built and managed by more than 100 students from UMass Lowell's Francis College of...
Australian satellite on countdown to launch from Cape Canaveral
Aug 26, 2021 (SPX)
A lead project of the Australian Research Council Training Centre for CubeSats, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles and their Applications (CUAVA), this first mission is o...
Delivery partner sought to inspire the next generation of space enthusiasts
Aug 18, 2021 (SPX)
To this end, we are now inviting potential delivery partners to help create and manage a new competition aimed at primary-age children (aged 4-11 years). This c...
Lockheed Martin LINUSS Small Satellites ready for 2021 launch
Jul 30, 2021 (ESA)
LINUSS is a pair of LM 50 12U CubeSats - each about the size of a four-slice toaster - designed to demonstrate how small satellites can serve an essential role ...
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