ICEYE expands its business to offer complete satellite missions for customers
Wednesday, 29 June 2022 02:49
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ICEYE, an Earth observation company operating the world's largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, has announced the establishment of a new line of business focused solely on delivering fully operational satellite missions to customers looking for their own orbital SAR capabilities.
Governments and large multinational corporations are able to purchase their own radar Terran Orbital Developed CAPSTONE Heads to the Moon
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Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States and Allied aerospace and defense industries, has announced the successful launch of the CAPSTONE satellite. The Terran Orbital designed and built Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, otherwise known as CAPSTONE, launched this morn MDA provides Global Fishing Watch access to Radarsat-2 archive to help combat illegal fishing
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MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced at the 2022 UN Ocean Conference a major new contribution to international efforts to monitor, track and intercept illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities using satellite technology.
MDA is providing Global Fishing Watch (GFW) - an interna Rocket Lab sees payoff from CAPSTONE launch
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The successful launch of a NASA lunar cubesat mission was the culmination of two and a half years of work at Rocket Lab that, the company’s chief executive says, could enable “ridiculously low cost” planetary missions.
Space Force acquisition chief to meet with ULA and Blue Origin, expects Vulcan to launch in December
Tuesday, 28 June 2022 22:21 Write a comment
Frank Calvelli said he wants to make sure Blue Origin and ULA understand 'the importance of hitting their milestones' for the BE-4 and Vulcan
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Virgin Orbit ready for first night launch
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Virgin Orbit says it’s ready for a nighttime launch for the U.S. Space Force as it attempts to get into a more frequent rhythm of building and launching vehicles.
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Ovzon needs to piggyback another Ariane 5 ride for late 2022 launch
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Arianespace is looking to move Ovzon’s first satellite to another Ariane 5 after Eutelsat switched to a dedicated mission to launch sooner.
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Chinese commercial launch firm Expace raises $237 million
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Chinese launch service provider Expace has secured $237 million in B round funding, following last week's return to flight of its Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket.
Op-ed | NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate is More Important Now Than Ever
Tuesday, 28 June 2022 14:16 Write a comment
Congress should fully fund NASA’s $25.97 billion FY23 budget request, including the full requested amount for STMD, as it drafts and advances the FY23 appropriations bills.
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Launch goes green with Spaceport hydrogen plan
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ESA, the French space agency CNES and a group of industrial and academic partners have set in motion an ambitious plan to slash CO2 emissions associated with orbital launches, by establishing infrastructure to underpin a hydrogen economy supporting Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Rocket Lab launches CAPSTONE microsat on NASA lunar mission
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Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully launched CAPSTONE, a microwave-oven-sized satellite designed to test a new orbit around the Moon for NASA. CAPSTONE was launched at 09:55 UTC, June 28 on an Electron rocket from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. The mission was Rocket Lab's 27th Electron launch.
Designed and built by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, a Terra NASA launches mini satellite in bid to return to the Moon
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NASA blasted a nanosatellite barely bigger than a microwave oven into outer space Tuesday, part of a landmark mission to return humans to the Moon.
A rocket carrying the tiny CAPSTONE module successfully launched from New Zealand's eastern Mahia Peninsula to a deafening blast and a wash of fiery propulsion.
"We have liftoff!" NASA said in a statement shortly after the 09:55 GMT launch, d Electrifying Space
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For six decades, Spectrolab has been building the long-lasting solar cells that power satellites and spaceships. Next up: compact, ultra-powerful new solar arrays for the ISS.
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Spectrolab electrifies space through advanced solar cell technology
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For six decades, Spectrolab has been building the long-lasting solar cells that power satellites and spaceships. Next up: compact, ultra-powerful new solar arrays for the ISS.
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Cygnus departs ISS after reboost test
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A Cygnus cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station June 28, three days after it demonstrated its ability to raise the station’s orbit.
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