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Reference flat mirrors for satellite telescope performance verification

June 22, 2022

Optical Surfaces Ltd. reports how its high precision reference flat mirrors are enabling testing and precise alignment of Earth Observation (EO) satellite telescopes. Today, satellite images play a major role in gathering information about the Earth’s ecosphere — this data, obtained by satellite-based optical telescopes, provides valuable information about geological features, urban development, weather phenomena, […]

Filed Under: Earth Observation (EO), Optics, Reference Flat Mirrors, Satellite Telescopes

Focus Corrected SWIR Lenses Intro’d By Resolve Optics

May 11, 2022

Resolve Optics has developed SWIR lenses that benefit from a novel design that maintains maximum performance throughout the Short Wavelength Infrared spectral range (900 – 1700nm) without the need for refocusing. Traditionally most lenses available for SWIR applications have been lenses designed for the visible but have AR coating for the 900 -1700nm region. However, using […]

Filed Under: Imagery, Imaging, Optics, SWIR lenses

VIPR Inspect System Determines Cause Of ISS Robot Arm Discoloration

March 9, 2022

A case study from Resolve Optics describes how a radiation resistant zoom lens on the space-based inspection tool – the Visual Inspection Poseable Invertebrate Robot (VIPIR) — enabled NASA to examine an unexplained discoloration on their Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). Micrometeoroid and orbital debris are a constant threat for orbiting satellites. These tiny […]

Filed Under: ISS, Lenses, NASA, Optics

Resolve Optics Experiences Solid Growth In Delivering Optics For Space Projects

February 22, 2022

Resolve Optics has reported on growth in the demand experienced for designing and supplying robust optical systems for a range of different space projects during the last 24 months. Many different types of optical imaging and sensing systems are used to observe and measure the Earth and the universe at large. However, designing optical systems […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Lenses, Optics, Radiation Tolerant, Surveillance

GeoOptics Award of NOAA Data Order

February 17, 2022

GeoOptics announced it has received the inaugural order to provide commercial radio occultation data for NOAA’s operational numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. GeoOptics will begin near-real-time data deliveries in March, with 1300 occultations per day meeting NOAA’s stringent data quality, latency and reliability requirements. “With strong support from Congress, NOAA has developed pioneering programs to […]

Filed Under: Climate, NOAA, Optics

USSF Presents Space Micro With An Air-To-Space Lasercom Development Contract

January 26, 2022

Space Micro, powered by Voyager Space, has been selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) AFWERX program for an award to develop an air-to-space laser communications system. Under this contract, Space Micro will address some of the most challenging air-to-space laser communications problems, which are primarily caused by the regular instability of Earth’s atmosphere. […]

Filed Under: Air-to-Space, Business Moves, Comms, Contracts, Laser, Optical, Optics, U.S. Space Force

Wyvern Captures Million$ In Seed Round Action + Is Also Accepted Into The Y Combinator Accelerator

January 17, 2022

Wyvern, a space data company engaged in accessible and affordable hyperspectral imagery, has been accepted into the Y Combinator accelerator after closing an oversubscribed $2.25 million seed round led by MaC Venture Capital, with an additional $2.25 million raised through earlier, pre-seed funding and support from the Government of Canada. Soma Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Funding, Hyperspectral, Optics, SmallSat, Space Telescope, Venture Capital

Ultra-Low Noise Lasers Being Produced By Avo Photonics For NASA + ESA’s LISA Mission

July 26, 2021

In support of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and ESA’s Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission to measure gravitational waves in space, Avo Photonics is producing more than 20, next generation, laser seed sources to demonstrate the company’s design efficacy, manufacturing processes and, most-importantly, laser system ruggedness. This development comes after Avo’s previous successful delivery […]

Filed Under: Laser, Optics

Multi-Spectral Optical Payload To Be Supplied By Officina Stellare To ISI For The Defense + Intelligence Sector

July 21, 2021

Officina Stellare has signed a new contract for a total of approximately 1 million euros with ISI – ImageSat International for an innovative, multi-spectral, optical payload intended for very high resolution imaging of the Earth’s surface from LEO. The company will supply a very high resolution, multi-spectral, optical payload, that will operate in the visible […]

Filed Under: Commercial, Government, Optical, Optics, SmallSat

UPDATE: Arianespace’s 1st Vega Mission Of The Year Launches Pléiades Neo 3 + Five Additional Smallsat Payloads

April 28, 2021

On Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at 10:50 pm local time (01:50 UTC on Thursday, April 29), a Vega launch vehicle operated by Arianespace lifted off successfully from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana (South America) –this mission marked Vega’s return to flight and was also the second successful launch by Arianespace’s teams […]

Filed Under: Launch, Optics, Satellites, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

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