Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) is boosting its U.S. investments to expand semiconductor manufacturing capacity and provide supply chain security for space-grade solar cells and electro-optical sensors for national security […]
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Japan creating battery that can run for 100 years in outer space
Japan has embarked on a mission to create a battery system that can continuously generate electricity for a century under the extreme conditions of outer space. Long-operational, maintenance-free batteries are […]
Rocket Lab receives up to $23.9 million for the CHIPS Act funding in preliminary agreement for semiconductor production for spacecraft and satellites in Albuquerque
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, welcomed government and community leaders at its space-grade solar cells […]
Insight — FAQ: What we know about Russia’s alleged nuclear anti-satellite weapon
Updated June 11, 2024,* to reflect new information about the satellite in question and recent UN Security Council Resolutions What is Russia reported to be working on? Russia is reported […]
Rocket Lab is in the chip$ as Preliminary Terms of up to $23.9M under CHIPS Act expands production of semiconductors for spacecraft and satellites
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), provider of launch services and space systems, announces the signing of a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the Department of Commerce that […]
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, […]
Boeing’s Spectrolab to power JPL’s Earth Surface Survey Mission
More than 3,000 solar cells will power the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, as the internationally led mission conducts the first global survey of water on the Earth’s […]
Airbus + UNSW Sydney collaborate on research for high efficiency solar cells for use in space
Airbus Defence and Space has selected the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, to conduct a 3-1/2 year research project for the development of high efficiency solar […]
Rocket Lab to supply solar power for the USSF’s new missile warning satellites
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced that the company’s high-efficiency, radiation-hardened, Coverglass Interconnected solar Cell (CIC) assemblies will power the three Lockheed Martin Next Gen OPIR GEO (NGG) […]
Rocket Lab selected by Ball Aerospace for solar empowerment of NASA’s GLIDE spacecraft
Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has been selected by Ball Aerospace to manufacture the Solar Array Panel (SAP) to power NASA’s Global Lyman-Alpha Imager of Dynamic […]