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NEC and Skyloom to Pioneer 100 Gbps Space Optical Communications, Transforming Global Internet Connectivity

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Mittwoch, März 20, 2024
Constellation, NEC, Communication, Partnership, Artificial intelligence, Orbit, History, Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, OCT, Radio, Data-rate units, Communications satellite

"This marks a monumental milestone in global internet and space communications," said Eric Moltzau, Chief Commercial Officer of Skyloom.

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  • "This marks a monumental milestone in global internet and space communications," said Eric Moltzau, Chief Commercial Officer of Skyloom.
  • "In partnership with NEC, we are committed to the joint development, testing, and manufacturing of the groundbreaking 100 Gbps WARP Optical Communications Terminal (OCT), slated for completion by the end of 2025.
  • In anticipation of this demand growth, NEC and Skyloom are at the forefront of developing technology to achieve optical communication speeds of 100 Gbps and higher.
  • "We expect that our collaboration with Skyloom on space optical communication will contribute to expanding space utilization in the era of networked satellite constellations."

Flourish RIA Fintech Hits $5 Billion AUC Milestone

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Donnerstag, Mai 9, 2024
Investment, RIAS, IRAS, Insurance, Orbit, RIA, Tax, FDIC, AUC, Growth, Financial adviser

The launch of Flourish Annuities , the first end-to-end annuities solution built explicitly for RIAs and their clients, generated remarkable demand.

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  • The launch of Flourish Annuities , the first end-to-end annuities solution built explicitly for RIAs and their clients, generated remarkable demand.
  • Within weeks of its release, over 200 RIA firms initiated the sign-up process, with dozens now active on the platform.
  • Flourish Annuities joins the flagship product, Flourish Cash, in bringing RIAs access to products and services that drive growth and client engagement.
  • Flourish Cash has also introduced several product enhancements and expanded integrations that improve the user experience for both RIAs and their clients.

DoubleTree by Hilton Chocolate Chip Cookie – First Food Ever Baked in Space – Touches Down in New Display at the Smithsonian

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Mittwoch, Mai 8, 2024
Family, Consumer, Other Travel, Other Science, Lodging, Science, Travel, Atmosphere of Earth, ISS, Dulles International Airport, International Space Station, Space station, Astronaut, Research, Orbit, Space, DoubleTree, Moon, Multimedia, Space Race, Home

Today, the famous chocolate chip cookie baked aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has landed at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

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  • Today, the famous chocolate chip cookie baked aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has landed at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.
  • After several days of experimentation, the DoubleTree chocolate chip cookie earned its distinctive place in space history, sending its signature fresh-baked aroma wafting throughout the Space Station.
  • “We are thrilled to display DoubleTree by Hilton’s chocolate chip cookie as the first-ever food baked in space by astronauts,” said Dr. Jennifer K. Levasseur, museum curator, Department of Space History, National Air and Space Museum.
  • Travelers can sample an original, warm DoubleTree chocolate chip cookie or a DoubleTree allergy-friendly chocolate chip cookie at all U.S. DoubleTree by Hilton locations, including when staying at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Sterling – Dulles Airport , less than 15 minutes from the museum.

Rocket Lab Selects Subcontractors to Support SDA Satellite Constellation Development

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Montag, Mai 6, 2024
Technology, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Satellite, Neutron, NOVA, SDR, SDA, Electron, Lab, Moon, Radio, PWSA, Annual report, NASA, Vireo, Software, Security (finance), Orbit, History, Mynaric, Rocket Lab, App Store (iOS/iPadOS), AESA, RF, Redwire, Transport, Atmosphere, Engineering, Collins Aerospace, Parsons Corporation, Communications satellite

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the selection of subcontractors to provide payloads and ground systems for the 18 satellites the Company is developing for SDA (Space Development Agency).

Key Points: 
  • Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the selection of subcontractors to provide payloads and ground systems for the 18 satellites the Company is developing for SDA (Space Development Agency).
  • As prime contractor, Rocket Lab also leads the procurement and integration of the payloads and other subsystems and has selected the following companies as subcontractors to support the program.
  • We’re excited to continue this heritage by delivering a reliable satellite constellation to SDA in support of PWSA,” said Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Peter Beck.
  • Rocket Lab spacecraft have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus.

New Proposals to Help NASA Advance Knowledge of Our Changing Climate

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Dienstag, Mai 7, 2024
University, National academy, Earth science, Ice, Weather, Climate, Ethane, NASA, Carbon cycle, Ozone, Orbit, Medicine, Wind, NASA Headquarters, Environment, Human, Science Mission Directorate, ICESat-2, Greenhouse, Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation, Multimedia, Temperature, Communications satellite

"The proposals represent another example of NASA's holistic approach to studying our home planet," said Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

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  • "The proposals represent another example of NASA's holistic approach to studying our home planet," said Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
  • "As we continue to confront our changing climate, and its impacts on humans and our environment, the need for data and scientific research could not be greater.
  • These proposals will help us better prepare for the challenges we face today, and tomorrow."
  • After the study period, NASA will choose two proposals to go forward to launch with readiness dates expected in 2030 and 2032.

Starfish Space executes rendezvous between Otter Pup and D-Orbit's ION

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Dienstag, Mai 7, 2024
Rotation, ION, GNC, Orbit, D-Orbit, Redwire, Burns, Engineering, Communications satellite

SEATTLE, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Starfish Space, in collaboration with D-Orbit, a leading space logistics company, announced today a successful on orbit rendezvous between Starfish's Otter Pup and D-Orbit's ION SCV006 satellite. The Starfish team calculated and directed precise maneuvers for ION that culminated in this successful rendezvous, with Otter Pup capturing images of the ION spacecraft as it maneuvered in close proximity. This mission represents a significant engineering achievement for Starfish and D-Orbit, and a further step towards making affordable, available satellite servicing a reality.

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  • The successful rendezvous is Starfish Space's first, and a finale for the Otter Pup mission
    SEATTLE, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Starfish Space, in collaboration with D-Orbit, a leading space logistics company, announced today a successful on orbit rendezvous between Starfish's Otter Pup and D-Orbit's ION SCV006 satellite.
  • The Starfish team calculated and directed precise maneuvers for ION that culminated in this successful rendezvous, with Otter Pup capturing images of the ION spacecraft as it maneuvered in close proximity.
  • In January, Starfish and D-Orbit agreed to attempt a rendezvous mission in which Starfish would direct D-Orbit to execute maneuvers placing ION within close proximity of Otter Pup.
  • On Friday, April 19th, Otter Pup pointed its cameras and captured images of ION, marking the successful rendezvous.

Sierra Space Continues to Lead the Industry in the Development of the First Business-Ready Commercial Space Station

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Donnerstag, Mai 2, 2024
Research, Technology, Other Defense, Engineering, Satellite, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Hardware, Science, Defense, ISS, CLD, LEO, International Space Station, Orbital, Commercial, Next Step, NASA, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Dream Chaser, Partnership, Orbit, Freedom, Collaboration, Multimedia, Blue Origin, UBP, Architecture, UPB

Sierra Space is the only space company that has advanced to full-scale structural testing of commercial space station technology.

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  • Sierra Space is the only space company that has advanced to full-scale structural testing of commercial space station technology.
  • The test article, currently in assembly, is equivalent to one third the volume of the entire International Space Station (ISS).
  • “Sierra Space’s expandable space station technology, based on the LIFE habitat product line, leverage a discriminating technology that has no equal.
  • Sierra Space is also continuing its LIFE10 development and testing campaign with two additional tests planned for 2024.

RTX's new generation of commercial satellite imagers launches with Maxar's WorldView Legion

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Freitag, Mai 3, 2024
Orbit, Telecommunications, Raytheon Technologies, Research, Electronics, Commercial, Communications satellite

ARLINGTON, Va., May 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Two next-generation imaging instruments designed by Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, launched yesterday as part of Maxar's WorldView Legion satellites. These are the first two of six planned WorldView Legion satellites, which will provide a significant leap forward in Earth observation capabilities, offering improved surveillance and monitoring for a wide range of applications.

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  • ARLINGTON, Va., May 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Two next-generation imaging instruments designed by Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, launched yesterday as part of Maxar's WorldView Legion satellites.
  • These are the first two of six planned WorldView Legion satellites, which will provide a significant leap forward in Earth observation capabilities, offering improved surveillance and monitoring for a wide range of applications.
  • These WorldView Legion satellites will support applications across multiple sectors, including national security, military and commercial mapping, maritime monitoring, telecommunications network planning, change detection and feature identification.
  • The satellite imagery collected by WorldView Legion will aid in assessing humanitarian needs, providing aid to natural disasters and businesses with transformational capabilities including mapping and logistical planning, insights to world events and supporting national defense.

Umbra Advances to Phase II of the DARPA DRIFT Program

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Mittwoch, Mai 1, 2024
DARPA, Algorithm, Government, Unitary state, Orbit, Umbra, penumbra and antumbra

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to progress to Phase II of the Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) program.

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  • WASHINGTON, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to progress to Phase II of the Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) program.
  • Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, advances to Phase II of the DARPA DRIFT Program
    The DRIFT program leverages data from multiple Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites flown in formation, paving the way for the development of groundbreaking processing algorithms.
  • Phase II entails a comprehensive multi-month collection campaign, during which Umbra's SAR satellites will generate bistatic and multistatic datasets for further analysis by DARPA and its partner contractors in the DRIFT program.
  • At the culmination of Phase II, Umbra will conduct an on-orbit demonstration showcasing the multistatic capabilities it has developed.

Millennium Space Systems Awarded $414M Space Development Agency Contract

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Dienstag, April 30, 2024
Space Development Agency, Intellectual property, Boeing, Orbit, Unidentified flying object, Unitary state, Unidentified, Research, Foo fighter, Government, FOO, Arms industry

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Space Development Agency awarded Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing [NYSE: BA] company an award with a total potential value of $414 million to deliver the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter, also known as FOO Fighter, or F2. As the end-to-end operational prime, Millennium Space Systems will deliver a constellation of eight satellites with a ground system and perform mission operations.

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  • EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Space Development Agency awarded Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing [NYSE: BA] company an award with a total potential value of $414 million to deliver the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter, also known as FOO Fighter, or F2.
  • As the end-to-end operational prime, Millennium Space Systems will deliver a constellation of eight satellites with a ground system and perform mission operations.
  • "FOO Fighter may be the World War II term for Unidentified Flying Objects, but this is a no kidding, critical mission that will help protect our country and allies against advanced threats," said Jason Kim, CEO of Millennium Space Systems.
  • F2 accelerates the U.S. government's ability to provide fire-control in support of global detection, warning and precision tracking of advanced threats, including hypersonic missile systems.