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York Space Systems begins production of larger LX-CLASS platform
York Space Systems has begun producing its new LX-CLASS spacecraft, a larger and more powerful platform scheduled for delivery in 2022 for a commercial constellation customer. The LX-CLASS leverages over 90 percent reuse of York's flight proven S-CLASS hardware and software design currently in use across ISR, global communications, remote proximity operations, commercial earth observation, and w FCC approves SpaceX's satellite modification despite competitor objections
The Federal Communications Commission approved Tuesday SpaceX's satellite modification plan despite objections from competitors, who complained it would disrupt networks.
SpaceX made the proposal a year ago, asking to modify its plan for Starlink satellites designed to deliver high-speed Internet to consumers across the globe.
The Starlink license modification plan was to change Spacepath Communications to power new satellite teleport services
SpacePath Communications has been awarded a contract for its high-power Ka-band amplifiers to power a new teleport in the Middle East. As part of the contract, SpacePath will supply amplifiers and sub-systems for a major new teleport in the Middle East. Each amplifier system will provide an L- band input, with coverage across the entire Ka-band (27.5-30.00GHz).
Using the latest 650W high-p Microchip expands its range of radiation-hardened arm microcontrollers for space systems
Deep space initiatives including planetary exploration, orbiter missions and space research require innovative spacecraft system technology providing connectivity and processing. To enable system designers better integration and higher performance while reducing development costs and time to market, COTS technologies and scalable solutions are increasingly used in space applications. Microchip T Fibertek to develop satellite-based charge management system for LISA Gravitational Wave Observatory
Fibertek was awarded a four-year contract with the University of Florida to support NASA's Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Charge Management Device (CMD) program. Under this contract Fibertek will continue our partnership with the University of Florida in designing and testing CMD spaceflight Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL-6) and engineering development units.
LISA is an inter Smart shirt takes a trip to space for science
A technology-packed tank top offers a simple, effective way to track astronauts' vital signs and physiological changes during spaceflight, according to research being presented at the American Physiological Society annual meeting during the Experimental Biology (EB) 2021 meeting, held virtually April 27-30.
By monitoring key health markers over long periods of time with one non-intrusive d Scientists hope Interstellar Probe will reveal secrets of the heliosphere
After almost four years of what NASA calls a "pragmatic concept study," scientists are ready to publicly present the agency's plan for a return to the edge of the solar system.
In recent years, NASA has launched a number of missions aiming at studying the sun and its many mysterious phenomena.
With a new proposed new mission, Scientists hope Interstellar Probe will reveal secrets of Long March-6 launches nine commercial satellites
China launched its Long March-6 rocket on Tuesday, sending nine commercial satellites into space.
The rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 11:20 a.m. (Beijing Time).
This was the 366th flight mission of the Long March rocket series.
The satellites, including Qilu-1 and Qilu-4, have entered their planned orbits and will Hot and cold space radio testing
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Hot and cold space radio testing NASA's scientific balloons return to flight with Spring 2021 campaign
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program is kicking off an ambitious schedule of 18 flights in 2021 with their spring campaign from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, the program's first major flight campaign since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
For this first campaign of 2021, the team is supporting a multitude of science and technology demonstration missions with six balloon flights scheduled from the end of April through mid-June.
"We have a packed scheduled for 2021 as we work to launch science and technology missions postponed due to the pandemic along with other planned missions," said Debbie Fairbrother, Scientific Balloon Program chief at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. "Our team has worked very hard to train and prepare for this surge in flight operations, and we're all excited to return to flight."
One of the missions, scheduled for flight in June, is the second demonstration flight of the Balloon-Borne Cryogenic Telescope Testbed, or BOBCAT. This mission will test technologies to fly a cold observatory telescope on a balloon to near-space altitudes. The technical challenge the mission is trying to address is cooling the telescope's mirrors using cryogen inside a dewar, a large vessel that can hold liquids at low temperatures.