SkyLabs has signed a new Collaboration Agreement with Deimos Elecnor to provide On-Board Computer (OBC) and Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) equipment for DEIMOS’ standalone AOCS (Attitude and Orbit Control System) product for smallsats. A modular AOCS for small satellites is being developed by Deimos to address the need for the rapid procurement of agile and […]
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MoU Signed Between AICRAFT + Antaris Space To Test AI/ML In Space
Two emerging Australian space startups — AICRAFT and Antaris Space — have signed of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to test new Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) models in space, with the goal of developing and space-qualifying new computational capabilities for satellite-based applications. Under the MoU, the two startups, who are both members of […]
Carnegie Mellon University’s Tartan-Artibeus-1 Smallsat Resident In LEO
The Tartan-Artibeus-1 satellite, developed at Carnegie Mellon University, was aboard SpaceX‘s successful Falcon 9 launch of Transporter-3 to orbit on January 13 and was deployed to LEO as part of the Alba Unicorn constellation. The mission’s goal was to demonstrate the viability of PocketQube-scale nanosatellites that operate reliably without batteries, eliminating the cost and complexity […]
Autonomy Software That Makes Navigation Safer + Less Complex For Space Operators Debuts From SCOUT
SCOUT Inc. has announced their Autonomy Software offerings: computer vision and guidance software to make navigation safer and less complex for space operators. These offerings include software-hardware integration providing: next-generation AI/ML-based autonomy, hybrid data fusion from various sensors, and closed-loop optical navigation control algorithms. SCOUT’s software and hardware together work seamlessly to enable spacecraft to […]
RUAG Space + Stream Analyze Connect Together To Enable AI On Satellites
Swarms of hundreds or thousands of smallsats are increasingly used for bringing data and internet services to Earth. To position, communicate and dispose such large amounts of satellites, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is getting increasingly important. To enable a large-scale use of AI on-orbit, RUAG Space and Stream Analyze are teaming up. They have agreed to […]
RUAG Space Packs Product Into Galileo NavSats That Are Set To Launch This Week
On Thursday, December 2 (CET), another two Galileo navigation satellites will be launched by Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana aboard a Soyuz rocket. This will raise the number of Galileo satellites in orbit from currently 26 to 28. All OHB System-built Galileo satellites use products from RUAG Space. RUAG Space supplied the onboard computer […]
LEOCloud’s Space Edge Cloud Services To Be Offered On Orbital Assembly Space Stations
LEOcloud and Orbital Assembly have established a partnership wherein LEOcloud will enable public cloud edge computing services hosted on Orbital Assembly’s Gravity Ring and Pioneer Stations — this will enable researchers and commercial entities on board Orbital Assembly’s facilities to run their services or application workloads locally in a hybrid cloud environment, such as Red […]
Strategic Partnership Forged Between EDJX + Cubic Corporation To Launch IoMT
EDJX and Cubic Corporation have formed a strategic partnership to launch the world’s first Internet of Military Things™ Edge Platform (IoMT). The Internet of Military Things Edge Platform is a converged infrastructure solution consisting of EDJX EdjOS with Cubic Corporation’s edge compute and networking hardware. Blueforce Development will become the first certified application developer on […]
Israel Space Agency (ISA) Selects Ramon.Space For Computing Payload + New Director General Of The ISA
Ramon.Space has been selected by the Israel Space Agency to provide a space computing payload for a mission scheduled to launch in early 2022. As part of the mission, Ramon.Space digital payload will perform computing on-orbit, including software updates and upgrades, using the company’s programmable, space computing systems. Ramon.Space high performance computing systems are based […]
Quantum Comms Via Satellite Tackled In New NSR Report
Just published is NSR’s Quantum Communications via Satellite (QCvS) Report that finds the potential to deliver unlimited security boosting satellite-based quantum communications to a revenue opportunity of $2.6 billion by 2030 with Banking, Energy, and Gov/ Mil as the primary target markets for services adoption. “Representing a potential all-encompassing solution for security applications, substantial quantum […]