Xona Space Systems, the aerospace startup developing a precision navigation and timing (PNT) system in LEO, has announced that their first in-space demonstrator has been delivered to Spaceflight Inc. for final integration after successfully completing testing and is scheduled for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter 5 in May. Xona is building the first ever, independent, high-performance […]
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Acquisition Of L3Harris Space + Navigation Business Completed By EMCORE Corp.
EMCORE Corporation (Nasdaq: EMKR) has completed the acquisition of the L3Harris (NYSE: LHX) Space and Navigation business for approximately $5 million in an all-cash transaction, subject to any net working capital adjustments. The acquisition provides an immediate contribution of additional scale in this market and expands EMCORE’s inertial navigation product portfolio and addressable market with […]
Airbus’ EGNOS V3 Passes Milestone To Provide Enhanced Navigation
These services include precision approach and landing everywhere in Europe, regardless of whether the airports are equipped with expensive instrument landing systems (which is often not the case for smaller ones). Airbus Defence and Space’s EGNOS V3 system, and a panel of space and civil aviation experts have recently passed a major milestone during which […]
INNOSPACE And Brazilian Department of Aerospace Science and Technology Sign A Technological Agreement For Flight Tests
The HANBIT-TLV will carry onboard the payload SISNAV, an inertial navigation system being developed by DCTA and other institutions. INNOSPACE, a South Korean space startup for small launch vehicles, signed an agreement with the Brazilian Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (“DCTA”) to launch SISNAV, an inertial navigation system project supported by Finep and AEB. […]
Satellites Around The Moon—Another Step Closer
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 […]
The EUSPA Market Report Focuses On EU Satellite Navigation And Earth Observation Technologies
The followinng is a description of The EU Space Programme. The EU Space Programme is a business growth enabler that stimulates the economy and pushes the bar of innovation. The EUSPA EO & GNSS Market Report is the ultimate guide to anyone who seeks to make the EU Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation technologies part […]
Three New Directors Named By ESA
The ESA Council has appointed three new ESA directors for Commercialization, Industry and Procurement, for Earth Observation Programs as well as for Navigation. This occurs in a context where boosting commercialization for a green and digital Europe is one of the agency’s highest priorities. Commercial space activities are growing quickly. New Space approaches have led […]
Optical Inter-Satellite Links Now Offered By Bridgecomm To Customers
BridgeComm will now offer customers AstroBridge optical inter-satellite links (OISL) tracking terminals for high data rates for data transmission and resilient performance in navigation. BridgeComm’s AstroBridge OISL will provide robust and secure transmissions using MOCA technology via radio frequency (RF) and optical lasers. The product is designed for LEO, with non-gimballed steering for better control […]
A New Study For More Accurate Satellite Navigation To Be Completed By RUAG Space
The European Global Navigation Satellite System Agency GSA has now commissioned RUAG Space to conduct a study to increase the accuracy of real-time satellite navigation. For climate and environmental research, satellites provide extremely important data every day, such as how high sea levels are rising or what effects global warming is having on glacier ice […]
KVH Issues Their TACNAV 3D TACNAV System
The TACNAV 3D tactical navigation system is now available from KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) — TACNAV 3D comes with the P-1775 inertial measurement unit (IMU) featuring the company’s new photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology. KVH has been developing and testing the PIC technology for more than three years and is continuing to roll the […]