A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is seen at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Psyche mission, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy […]
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Journey to a Metal-Rich World: NASA’s Psyche Is Ready to Launch
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is seen at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Psyche mission, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy […]
Germany’s DCUBED to be the first “disruptive enabling technology” demonstrating in-space manufacturing
DCUBED, the German NewSpace hardware manufacturer, announced it will demonstrate in-space manufacturing as part of a demonstration mission expected in Q1 2024. This will be the first time ever that […]
Maxar’s Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 satellite built for Intelsat is performing well
Maxar Technologies, provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, has announced that the Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 satellite built for Intelsat is performing as expected after launch. The spacecraft […]
Maxar’s largest ever satellite, Hughes JUPITER 3, performs well after launch
Maxar Technologies announced that the largest commercial communications satellite ever built, the JUPITER™ 3 satellite for Hughes, an EchoStar company, is performing as expected after launch yesterday. The spacecraft was […]
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. intros space hardware development kits for solar applications
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTI) has introduced a new line of easy to integrate Space Hardware Development Kits (HDKs) during the Space Foundation Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, […]
Techno Planet providing power to the Momentus Vigoride-5 OSV
Techno Planet Inc. (TPI) has has worked with partner Momentus Inc. to design and build Solar Array Drive Assemblies (SADA’s) for the Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV). The Vigoride-5 OSV […]
Maxar-built Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36 Intelsat Satellites initiate commissioning activities
Maxar Technologies has confirmed that the Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36 satellites, built for Intelsat, are performing as expected after launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Arianespace’s launch base […]
Keysight delivers new Solar Array Simulator solution for satellite power systems
Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced the new MP4300A Series Modular Solar Array Simulator (SAS) to emulate the behavior of photovoltaic (PV) segments. The SAS solution simulates all conditions a craft or […]
MMA Design’s HaWK solar arrays to empower NASA’s SunRISE Mission
The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) unveiled the first of a fleet of smallsats in Logan, Utah, earlier this year in support of NASA’s Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) mission […]