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Terran Orbital Unveils Advanced Enterprise Satellite Buses for Next-Gen Space Missions
Nov 10, 2023 (SPX)
The Enterprise-class bus has been designed with the specific needs of large satellite constellations in mind, featuring a flat deck that can accommodate up to 2...
Ireland's first satellite on its way to launch
Nov 08, 2023 (ESA)
EIRSAT-1 was built by students from University College Dublin under the framework of ESA Academy's Fly Your Satellite! programme (FYS) - a fully hands-on initia...
New nanosatellite to test novel AI technologies on board
Nov 08, 2023 (SPX)
JMU has been developing small satellite missions for around 20 years. SONATE-2 now marks another high point. The satellite will test novel artificial intelligen...
AI-enhanced LizzieSat satellite by Sidus Space clears crucial environmental tests
Nov 01, 2023 (SPX)
Lindsey Waitt, the Program Manager for LizzieSat, expressed the importance of this latest development. "This test is a critical step in validating that LizzieSa...
USound and Physical Synthesis to send the tiniest speaker to space
Oct 31, 2023 (SPX)
"Finding a speaker technology suitable for the unique environment of space was a critical challenge for our project," said Spencer Topel, Founder of Physical Sy...
Terran Orbital receives $7M addition to Tranche 1 contract
Oct 27, 2023 (SPX)
Last year, Terran Orbital delivered 10 satellite buses to Lockheed Martin in support of their Tranche 0 Transport Layer contract with SDA. Terran Orbital is cur...
Momentus to conduct in-space delivery for Polish nanosatellite maker SatRev
Oct 18, 2023 (SPX)
Founded in 2016, SatRev has carved out a niche in the burgeoning small satellite sector by focusing on the production of small and lightweight nanosatellites. T...
Momentus to provide delivery service for RIDE! Space
Oct 13, 2023 (SPX)
RIDE! Space will be flying its Gaindesat and Djibouti payloads on a single mission. "We are thrilled to mark this historic moment for the space sector of Africa...
Momentus customer satellites integrated and shipped to SpaceX launch site
Oct 11, 2023 (SPX)
Momentus will use a deployer to place five satellites into Low-Earth Orbit for four different customers: The AMAN-1 Earth Observation satellite will be deployed...
Surrey Satellite joins forces with the Air and Space Institute
Oct 10, 2023 (SPX)
By joining forces with ASI, SSTL aims to further expand its educational outreach, providing students with unprecedented access to the world of space technology ...
Shoebox-sized space labs being launched by Vega
Oct 09, 2023 (ESA)
The seven test payloads aboard the European Commission-supported CubeSat Carrier (CSC) satellites, Eyndeo-1, and Eyndeo-2, include an innovative plasma jet pack...
35 Candles and over 50 Space Missions for SPACEBEL
Oct 09, 2023 (SPX)
Launched into orbit in 1988 to support the ambitions of Europe, and Belgium in particular, in Space, SPACEBEL quickly established a solid reputation in the Spac...
Vega's ESTCube-2 tether to the future
Oct 04, 2023 (ESA)
If successful, ESTCube-2's plasma braking would mark the first use of electric sail, or E-sail, technology, devised by Pekka Janhunen of the Finnish Meterologic...
Vega's fuel-free CubeSats to keep formation with wings
Sep 28, 2023 (ESA)
ANSER - Advanced Nanosatellite Systems for Earth-observation Research - is a cluster of three CubeSats which will work together in close vicinity as if they are...
Momentus to provide delivery service for Aarhus University payload
Sep 20, 2023 (SPX)
"DISCO-2 will be the most ambitious student CubeSat mission in Denmark to date and students from three universities will be highly involved in all aspects of th...
COSPAR new program seeks to build SmallSat capacity in Developing Countries
Sep 15, 2023 (SPX)
The program is expected to include a one-week workshop at a relevant centre leading or having a relevant position within a Small Sats project to which a selecte...
RTX provides Blue Canyon Satellites for NASA Swarm test launch
Aug 15, 2023 (SPX)
BCT provided four 6U CubeSats to NASA's Small Spacecraft Technology program which is managed by NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley for t...
RTX and Blue Canyon unveil new high-capacity XB16 CubeSat
Aug 11, 2023 (SPX)
The XB16 CubeSat is a testament to the technological strides the industry is making. It provides a substantial 14U payload volume. Furthermore, it comes with an...
Communications achieved for NASA's 4 Starling CubeSats
Aug 11, 2023 (SPX)
The Starling spacecraft - which project team members nicknamed Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde - are part of an ambitious test to develop self-coordinating robot...
ICEYE US receives first NASA commercial smallsat data task order
Aug 11, 2023 (SPX)
The Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program of NASA, initiated in 2020, has a clear agenda: to pinpoint, assess, and then acquire data from commerci...
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