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Astrobotic’s $1.5M From NASA To Provide Mature Satellite Servicing And Hazard Detection Systems For Space

May 12, 2022

Astrobotic’s HazNet system leverages hardware acceleration and machine learning to produce real-time hazard maps of potential celestial landing sites, and LiDAR-based solutions to map planetary bodies, service satellites, and detect hazards in space. Astrobotic has won two NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contracts worth $1.5 million to further advance novel Laser Imaging, […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Launch Contract, LiDAR, Lunar, Lunar Lander, Moon, NASA, Satellite servicing, Simulator, Software, Software-Defined

Satellites Around The Moon—Another Step Closer

March 30, 2022

ESA is going to the Moon – in collaboration with its international partners – and seeks to build a lasting lunar link to enable sustainable space exploration. The agency has now evaluated initial ideas to create a network of lunar telecommunications and navigation satellites. Creating a commercial telecommunications and navigation service for the Moon will […]

Filed Under: Analysis / Reports, Consortium, Constellation, Initiative, Moon, Navigation, Satellites, Telecommunications

Fleet Space Technologies Aims For Moon And Mars Missions With Help From Seven Sisters Consortium

March 10, 2022

Fleet Space Technologies has joined some of Australia, and the world’s major space and non-space organizations, in a bid to further the exploration of the Moon, Mars and the Earth. The ultimate purpose is to enable humanity’s exploration of new worlds. The Seven Sisters initiative represents a truly global collaboration. NASA intends to fly the […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Collaboration, Construction, Funding, Government, Mars, Moon, NASA, Partnerships, SmallSat

LEOcloud and CommStar Space Communications Team to Provide Lunar Cloud Services – The Ultimate Edge

November 20, 2021

LEOcloud and CommStar announced they have executed a Memorandum of Understanding in which they will co-develop advanced cloud computing services for government and commercial customers in Cislunar, as well as around and on the lunar surface. The development of such critical infrastructure requires low latency and high throughput connectivity. Managing future lunar critical infrastructure, e.g., […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Development, Moon, MoU, Satellites

Intuitive Machines’ Moon Missions Will be Supported By Goonhilly

June 30, 2021

Intuitive Machines (IM) has entered a long-term agreement with Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. to support every stage of IM’s missions to the Moon, from launch and early operations, through transit, and including lunar operations — the company will use Goonhilly’s services for its 2022 IM-1 mission to the Moon as well as future missions. Goonhilly […]

Filed Under: Antennas / Terminals, Collaboration, Moon

Intuitive Machines: Set to Deploy + Operate First Lunar Comms Satellite in 2022

June 21, 2021

The communication between Earth and the Moon is a 239,000-mile task, and Intuitive Machines (IM) is developing this cislunar economic opportunity. IM selected a York Space Systems S-Class satellite with a lunar communications payload to launch on the company’s upcoming IM-2 lunar South Pole mission, scheduled for late 2022. The satellite will orbit the Moon […]

Filed Under: Comms, Development, Moon, Satellite

Intuitive Machines’ Moon Mission Will Be Supported By KSAT

June 10, 2021

Intuitive Machines (IM) has entered into a long-term agreement with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), where KSAT will support every stage of IM’s missions to the Moon, from launch and early operations, through transit, including lunar operations — IM will use KSAT services for its 2022 IM-1 mission to the Moon as well as future missions. […]

Filed Under: Ground Stations, Moon, Space

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission To Be Launched By SpaceX

May 20, 2021

Firefly Aerospace Inc. has awarded a contract to SpaceX to launch their Blue Ghost lunar lander in 2023. Blue Ghost will be carrying 10 payloads for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) task order 19D mission, in addition to separately contracted commercial payloads. Firefly was awarded the CLPS 19D task order by NASA in February […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Launch, Moon, Space

AAC Clyde Space’s Computer System Order For Lunar Mission

May 5, 2021

AAC Clyde Space has been selected by UAE’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to deliver a 0.2 MEUR (approx. 2 MSEK) computer system for the Rashid lunar rover. This is the fourth lunar mission in which AAC Clyde Space will take part. The lunar mission announced by MBRSC in September 2020, will place a […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Hardware, Imagery, Moon

Optisys Going To The Moon With Masten Space Systems

April 26, 2021

Optisys has been selected by Masten Space Systems to provide the return link antenna system for Masten’s upcoming mission to the Moon. The Optisys antenna system will fly aboard Masten’s XL-1 lunar lander, which is scheduled to land at the Lunar South Pole as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The XL-1 will […]

Filed Under: Antennas / Terminals, Moon, RF

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