Sierra Space has been awarded a contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)to deliver key components for spacecraft docking on the International Space Station (ISS). This includes a Passive Common Berthing […]
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan creating battery that can run for 100 years in outer space
Japan has embarked on a mission to create a battery system that can continuously generate electricity for a century under the extreme conditions of outer space. Long-operational, maintenance-free batteries are […]
Meet NASA’s Crew-10 crew members
NOTE: Statement from NASA released Wednesday, March 12.Tonight’s mission to the International Space Station will be a first for some of the members of Crew-10. Born in Spokane, Washington, this […]
JAXA + NEC’s successful transmission of a huge volume of mission data using 1.5 μm optical inter-satellite communication
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NEC Corporation (NEC), the prime contractor of the laser-communication terminals for the Laser Utilizing Communication System (LUCAS), performed the world’s fastest optical communication (wavelength […]
PASCO to provide data for Japan’s newest radar satellite
PASCO has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to spearhead data services for the Advanced Land Observing Satellite ‘Daichi 4’ (ALOS-4). As the exclusive provider of satellite […]
JAXA launches the Kirameki 3 X-band milcomms satellite via the H3
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched their X-band defense communication satellite-3 aboard the 4th H3 Launch Vehicle at 15:48:00(JST) on November 4, 2024, from the Tanegashima Space Center. The Launch […]
Fourth Mercury flyby on September 4th initiates BepiColombo’s new trajectory
Teams from across the European Space Agency (ESA) and industry have worked continuously over the past four months to overcome a glitch that prevented BepiColombo’s thrusters from operating at full […]
Teledyne Space Imaging instrumentation onboard EarthCARE satellite when launched
Teledyne Space Imaging has provided the key imaging and sensor instrumentation for the EarthCARE (Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) satellite, an advanced Earth climate monitoring project scheduled to be […]
Interstellar Technologies signs agreement with JAXA as the priority launch provider
Interstellar Technologies Inc. has established a basic agreement, signed on March, 2024, with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), regarding the procurement of launch transport services. This agreement is designed […]
EarthCARE goes west for launch as ESA’s most complex Earth Explorer mission
The Airbus-built EarthCARE (Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer) spacecraft has left Munich, Germany, and is now on its way aboard an aircraft to its launch site in Vandenberg, California. […]