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Muon Space Establishes Communications, Confirms Health of Weather Satellite

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Muon Space, an end-to-end Space Systems Provider revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, proudly announces the successful deployment and operational status of its second ESPA-class satellite, MuSat2. Launched aboard SpaceX's Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 4, MuSat2 is equipped with advanced software-defined radio frequency instrumentation to gather new insights for DoD weather programs.

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  • MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Muon Space , an end-to-end Space Systems Provider revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, proudly announces the successful deployment and operational status of its second ESPA-class satellite, MuSat2.
  • "Muon Space's investment in cutting-edge, software-defined technologies, as demonstrated in MuSat2's RF payload, underscores our commitment to enabling rapid deployment of new space sensing capabilities for our customers," said Pascal Stang, CTO of Muon Space.
  • "Muon Space is leading a revolution in applying the power of LEO satellite constellations to the most urgent problems facing the planet."
  • AFLCMC's Weather Systems Branch then awarded Muon Space an option to their contract in July 2023.

Spire Expands Contract with NASA for Earth Observation Data

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (Spire or the Company), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, announced today the continuation of its participation in NASAs Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program with a new contract extension.

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  • Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (Spire or the Company), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, announced today the continuation of its participation in NASAs Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program with a new contract extension.
  • As part of the mission, Spire performed a custom collection of ultra high frequency (UHF) and P-band data for the SNOOPI team.
  • NASA also noted that Spire data has shown positive benefit to its GEOS Atmospheric Data Assimilation System, which uses space-based data to analyze the Earths atmosphere by assimilating the data into its Earth modeling and analysis system.
  • Spire uses one of the worlds largest multipurpose satellite constellations to source hard to acquire, valuable data and enriches it with predictive solutions.

Blue Canyon Technologies Announces Reaction Wheel Milestone on NASA's CYGNSS Mission

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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
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Small-satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies LLC ("BCT" or "Blue Canyon"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, announced the five-year on-orbit milestone of its reaction wheels and star trackers on NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission.

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  • Small-satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies LLC ("BCT" or "Blue Canyon"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, announced the five-year on-orbit milestone of its reaction wheels and star trackers on NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211215005197/en/
    BCT Nano Star Tracker (Photo: Business Wire)
    "Our reaction wheel and tracker performance are key components to the mission's attitude controls, said Matt Pallas, Blue Canyon executive director of components.
  • The CYGNSS mission was extended three years to 2023, with plans to revisit and possibly extend through 2026.
  • At its manufacturing facility in Boulder, Colorado, Blue Canyon produces more than 30 reaction wheels weekly and has delivered over 1000 flight reaction wheels, of which 500 have successfully flown.