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Teledyne Technologies’ Infrared Detectors Aboard The James Webb Space Telescope

January 2, 2022

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) provided 15, extremely sensitive, H2RG infrared detectors that are used in three of the four science instruments of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) and the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec). Ten Teledyne detectors in NIRCam will study the structure and morphology of the universe. […]

Filed Under: Detection, Infrared, Instruments, Launch, Satellites

The First Light Images From Landsat 9 Are Released By NASA

November 7, 2021

Landsat 9, a joint mission from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, was launched on September 27, 2021, and has now collected its first images of Earth. These images, all acquired on October 31, 2021, provide a preview of how the mission will help people manage vital natural resources and track the impacts of climate […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Imagery, Instruments, News, Satellites

Webb Space Telescope Scientific Instruments To Start Functional Testing In Kourou

October 18, 2021

The Webb Space Telescope (WST) has arrived at the European space port in Kourou, French Guiana. The spacecraft will now be prepared for its launch, scheduled for December 18, on an Ariane 5 launcher. One of the four instruments in the scientific suitcase is the Near InfraRed Spectrograph (NIRSpec) built by Airbus in Germany. Prior […]

Filed Under: Instruments, Launch Facilities, Satellites, Space, Spectrograph, Telescopes Tagged With: Featured

Viasat’s to Deliver Enhanced Military-Grade Encryption on the First-Ever Link 16-Capable Low Earth Orbit Spacecraft

June 1, 2021

 Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) will integrate its In-line Network Encryptor (INE) into the world’s first Link 16-capable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite that Viasat is developing for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program. Viasat’s INE will be the first crypto deployment on a Link 16-capable LEO satellite, and will provide communications security […]

Filed Under: Instruments, SmallSat

U.S. DoD Weather Satellite Will Fly With Navigation Receiver From RUAG Space

March 4, 2021

RUAG Space has been awarded a contract from Ball Aerospace to provide a navigation receiver for Weather System Follow-on — Microwave (WSF-M), a next-generation Department of Defense (DoD) operational environmental satellite system. Ball is the prime contractor for WSF-M, which will address critical space-based environmental monitoring (SBEM) requirements. This contract comprises the production, test, and […]

Filed Under: Contracts, GNSS, Instruments, Satellites, SMC, U.S. Space Force

L3Harris To Develop Ground System Command + Control for NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On Observatory

February 28, 2021

In February of 2021, L3Harris was selected to develop and deploy the ground system command and control (C2) for NOAA’s environmental satellite program, Space Weather Follow On (SWFO). The SWFO program is comprised of two projects: CCOR on the GOES U spacecraft and the Space Weather Follow-On L1 mission (SWFO-L1). Artistic rendition of the GOES-R […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Instruments, Manufacturing, Space

Ariel Exoplanet Atmosphere Explorer OK’d By ESA

November 29, 2020

A short while ago, the European Space Agency issued the green light to the world’s first space telescope — Ariel — that is dedicated to studying how exoplanet atmospheres form and evolve. The telescope’s mission is to understand the links between a planet’s chemistry and its environment by charting approximately 1,000 known planets outside Earth’s […]

Filed Under: Instruments, Satellites

SENER Delivers Mechanical Ground Support Equipment For Biomass Mission

October 21, 2020

SENER, commissioned by OHB Italia and as part of the mission of the European Space Agency, has designed, manufactured and tested the Mechanical Ground Support Equipment to support the installation of a satellite that is 12 meters wide and 20 meters long. The MGSE kit includes equipment for mounting and dismounting the satellite panels as […]

Filed Under: Instruments, Satellites

Integrasys’ Satmotion Pocket Now Available For Apple’s iPhone 12 Product Family

October 21, 2020

The Satmotion Pocket SAT Auto-Commissioning tool, developed by Integrasys, has been updated and is now available for Apple’s new iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12, iPhone Mini — after days of simulations and tests, the company has confirmed that Satmotion Pocket’s newest release works on the new Apple product range. Satmotion Pocket […]

Filed Under: Instruments, VSAT

Ball Aerospace’s Completes Small Instruments Airborne Tests For Landsat Missions

August 20, 2020

In partnership with NASA, Ball Aerospace is demonstrating the operational Landsat program’s next generation technology, having successfully completed the final airborne science flights of two compact, well-calibrated NASA Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) instruments – the Reduced Envelope Multispectral Imager – Airborne (REMI-AB) and the Compact Hyperspectral Prism Spectrometer – Airborne (CHPS-AB). Designed to demonstrate improved […]

Filed Under: Instruments, Satellites

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