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NASA‘s ACS3 satellite, built by NanoAvionics, successfully deploys solar sail

The solar sail aboard NASA‘s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) satellite, using a spacecraft bus built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), has successfully deployed — the deployment, a primary objective […]

Airbus selected by MDA Space to deliver more than 200 Sparkwing solar arrays

Airbus has been selected by MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA) to supply solar arrays for MDA AURORA™, the software-defined satellite product line enabling constellations to extend communication networks to every corner of the […]

Umbra boosts SAR with 2 satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-11 rideshare mission

Umbra has successfully launched a new pair of SAR satellites — Umbra-09 and Umbra-10 — aboard the Transporter-11 Rideshare mission with SpaceX on August 16, 2024. Umbra launched their first […]

SmallSat Europe to debut in May of 2025

SmallSat Europe is far more than just another conference – SmallSat Europe is the launchpad for all of your small satellite ambitions. Here’s what awaits you: Continue to prepare for […]

Revolv Space secures million€ to boost smallsat performance

Revolv Space, a space tech startup based in Italy and the Netherlands, has raised an investment of €2.6 million to revolutionize small satellite capabilities through high-performance mechanisms and power systems. […]

Ascent Solar Technologies to fly space solar modules on NASA’s upcoming LISA-T mission

Ascent Solar Technologies (Nasdaq: ASTI) has announced that the Company’s solar module products will fly on NASA’s upcoming Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and AnTenna (LISA-T) mission, scheduled for launch this […]

Amazon confirms 100% success rate for Project Kuiper Protoflight mission

Amazon’s Project Kuiper has validated all systems and subsystems on board its prototype satellites and has also demo’d the first, two-way video call over Amazon’s end-to-end communications network. Within 30 […]