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Lockheed Martin's First Smart Satellites are Tiny with Big Missions
Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)
That's changing with new architecture that will let users add capability and assign new missions with a software push, just like adding an app on a smartphone. ...
Arizona: Student-Led CatSat Mission Selected for Flight by NASA
Mar 19, 2019 (SPX)
The selections are part of the 10th round of NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative. CubeSats are a type of spacecraft called nanosatellites, often measuring about fo...
Ready for Launch, NASA: UVA Space Satellite is A-OK
Mar 04, 2019 (SPX)
NanoRocks will integrate the CubeSats into a deployer aboard a rocket set for launch next month to the International Space Station. The satellites are part of t...
Interactive space simulation for nanosatellites
Feb 20, 2019 (ESA)
Through an innovative combination of a plug-and-play test platform and software, the UK Harwell-based SME is slashing the time it takes for space missions to be...
NanoRacks completes sixth cubesat deployment from Cygnus spacecraft
Feb 15, 2019 (SPX)
Cygnus maneuvered to a higher-than-Space Station altitude (445 kilometers) where the NanoRacks External Cygnus Deployment mission released two of the three Cube...
Tiny satellites reveal water dynamics in thousands of northern lakes
Feb 15, 2019 (SPX)
The study used images taken by a network of more than 150 CubeSats - small satellites about the size of shoeboxes - which made nearly daily observations of more...
Launch of rocket from high-altitude balloon makes space more accessible to microsats
Feb 13, 2019 (SPX)
Leo Aerospace LLC, a Purdue University-affiliated startup based in Los Angeles, launched its first "rockoon," a high-power rocket from a reusable balloon platfo...
Arianespace to launch satellite deployment solution from Open Cosmos
Feb 13, 2019 (ESA)
Launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana using a Soyuz rocket, the CubeSat deployment platform is a key to the commercial offering from Open Cosmo...
New technology helps address big problems for small satellites
Feb 07, 2019 (SPX)
Now, Purdue University researchers have developed a technology to address one of those key problems - the uncertainty of the ignition system that initiates the ...
Hypergiant Galactic Systems launches to advance the space industry with AI-driven technologies
Feb 06, 2019 (SPX)
In its first step towards realizing this vision, Hypergiant Galactic Systems has acquired Satellite and Extraterrestrial Operations and Procedures (S.E.O.P.s), ...
The Arch Mission Foundation and SpaceChain Create Orbital Library
Feb 04, 2019 (SPX)
The archive, called the Orbital Library, initially contains a copy of Wikipedia and was launched as part of SpaceChain's payload sent by a CZ-4B Y34 rocket from...
NanoRacks Completes 15th CubeSat Mission on International Space Station
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
The CubeSats deployed were launched to the Space Station on the 16th contracted resupply mission for SpaceX from the Kennedy Space Center in December 2018. Nano...
Avionics from Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation Key to Successful SSO-A Mission
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
Conceived in 2015 by Spaceflight (Seattle, Washington), SSO-A was the first fully dedicated rideshare mission, where 64 small satellites were integrated onto a ...
India launches pint-sized satellite designed by students
Jan 25, 2019 (AFP)
The 10-centimetre (four-inch) cube satellite, named Kalamsat V2, weighs just 1.2 kilograms (2.6 pounds), according to students from the private Space Kidz India...
Kleos Space satellites move into Integration Phase after Critical Design
Jan 22, 2019 (SPX)
The satellites are being built by nanosatellite specialist GomSpace A/S, a subsidiary of GomSpace AB, a European-based Nasdaq-listed global aerospace constructi...
Japan launches Epsilon-4 rocket carrying private-sector satellites
Jan 21, 2019 (XNA)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that the biggest of the seven satellites aboard the rocket was successfully put into orbit around 50 min...
Maxar's SSL selected to define small satellite requirements for Environmental Defense Fund
Jan 15, 2019 (SPX)
The satellite, named MethaneSAT, will enable Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to change the way we detect and analyze methane emissions and understand and comba...
D-Orbit awarded with ESA GSTP contract for the development of a precise in-orbit CubeSat deployer
Jan 15, 2019 (SPX)
The GSTP is an optional ESA program to enable the European space industry to develop leading edge space technology. Under the GSTP, ESA partner organizations - ...
World-first chameleon satellite leaving native British shores
Jan 10, 2019 (ESA)
The final piece of equipment is part of the new SSTL platform; the chassis that provides a payload with structure, power and the ability to propel itself throug...
CubeSats joining Hera mission to asteroid system
Jan 08, 2019 (ESA)
CubeSats are nanosatellites based on standardised 10 cm-sized units. Hera has room to deliver two 'six-unit' CubeSat missions to the Didymos asteroid system - a...
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