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Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Plays Vital Role in NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Psyche spacecraft, part of NASA's ambitious deep space exploration, completes its crucial 100-day checkout phase, Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, a leader in high-reliability circuit card assembly and contract manufacturing, announces its significant role in this milestone. Launched on October 13, 2023, aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, the Psyche mission has successfully deployed its solar arrays and entered the operational phase, thanks in part to Spectrum's high-precision circuit boards.

Key Points: 
  • "Spectrum's circuit boards are at the heart of the Psyche spacecraft's communication systems," says Jeff Gilbert, Chief Operating Officer of Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies.
  • This advancement is critical for the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment , designed to drastically improve long-distance space communication.
  • Spectrum's contributions are integral to the success of this mission, highlighting the company's leading role in developing technologies critical for the future of space exploration.
  • Spectrum has a rich history in aerospace, including projects like the James Webb Space Telescope and the Roman Space Telescope.

Fibertek's Uplink Laser Assembly (ULA) communicates with NASA Psyche Mission Deep Space Optical Communication (DSOC) payload from 16 million kilometers away

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Monday, December 11, 2023

HERNDON, Va., Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NASA's Psyche mission Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) payload has achieved a milestone in space communication. Utilizing Fibertek's Uplink Laser Assembly (ULA), the mission successfully uplinked data from Earth to the Psyche spacecraft on route to the Psyche asteroid, an achievement first reported on November 16, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Utilizing Fibertek's Uplink Laser Assembly (ULA), NASA's Psyche mission Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) payload has achieved a milestone in space communication.
  • HERNDON, Va., Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NASA's Psyche mission Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) payload has achieved a milestone in space communication.
  • Utilizing Fibertek's Uplink Laser Assembly (ULA), the mission successfully uplinked data from Earth to the Psyche spacecraft on route to the Psyche asteroid, an achievement first reported on November 16, 2023.
  • Fibertek's High Power laser used in NASA JPL's successful "first light" communication success from 16 million kilometers away.

Innovator Announces New Upside Caps for October and Quarterly Defined Outcome ETFs™

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Friday, October 1, 2021

CHICAGO, Oct. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innovator Capital Management, LLC (Innovator) today announced the new upside caps and return profiles for the October series of the sponsor’s Defined Outcome ETFs™, as well as the firm’s four ETFs with quarterly outcome periods that also rebalanced at the end of the month. The resetting ETFs span Innovator’s Defined Outcome ETF™ lineup, including Buffer ETFs™, Accelerated ETFs™, Stacker ETFs™ and Defined Outcome Bond ETFs™.

Key Points: 
  • The Stacker ETFs provide defined returns over the entire Outcome Period, not on a daily basis.
  • The shorter outcome period of the Quarterly outcome period Accelerated ETFs (XDSQ, XDQQ) means they will follow the reference asset (SPY or QQQ) more closely, but have lower starting caps than Accelerated ETFs with an annual outcome period.
  • Innovators category-creating Defined Outcome ETF familyincludes Buffer ETFs, Accelerated ETFs, Stacker ETFs and Floor ETFs.
  • Innovators category-creating Defined Outcome ETF family includes Buffer ETFs, Floor ETFs, Stacker ETFs and the Accelerated ETFs.

Innovator Announces New Upside Cap Ranges for Reset of October and Quarterly Defined Outcome ETFs™

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Friday, September 24, 2021

CHICAGO, Sept. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innovator Capital Management, LLC (Innovator) today announced the anticipated upside cap ranges and return profiles for the October series of the sponsor’s Defined Outcome ETFs™, as well as the firm’s four quarterly resetting ETFs that will also rebalance at the end of the month. The resetting ETFs span Innovator’s Defined Outcome ETF™ lineup, including Buffer ETFs™, Accelerated ETFs™, Stacker ETFs™ and Defined Outcome Bond ETFs™. 

Key Points: 
  • Instead, the Accelerated ETFs seek to provide asymmetrical returns over either a typically annual or quarterly outcome period that are magnified on the upside only, to a cap.
  • Defined Outcome ETFs are the worlds first ETFs that seek to provide investors with known ranges of future investment outcomes prior to investing.
  • Innovators category-creating Defined Outcome ETF familyincludes Buffer ETFs, Accelerated ETFs, Stacker ETFs and Floor ETFs.
  • Innovators category-creating Defined Outcome ETF family includes Buffer ETFs, Floor ETFs, Stacker ETFs and the Accelerated ETFs.