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Teledyne Technologies’ Infrared Detectors Aboard The James Webb Space Telescope

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. […]

Webb Space Telescope Scientific Instruments To Start Functional Testing In Kourou

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 […]

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

 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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

Ariel Exoplanet Atmosphere Explorer OK’d By ESA

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 […]

SENER Delivers Mechanical Ground Support Equipment For Biomass Mission

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 […]

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

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 […]