Sidus Space and Lonestar establish commercial agreement for LizzieSat 5 orbital data storage mission
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 07:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
Sidus Space has finalized a mission agreement with Lonestar Data Holdings to deploy Lonestar's high-capacity digital data storage payload with edge processing aboard LizzieSat 5, a low Earth orbit satellite within the Sidus LizzieSat micro-constellation.
The partnership enables Sidus to design, develop, and integrate the Lonestar payload as well as oversee deployment and payload validation
Sidus Space has finalized a mission agreement with Lonestar Data Holdings to deploy Lonestar's high-capacity digital data storage payload with edge processing aboard LizzieSat 5, a low Earth orbit satellite within the Sidus LizzieSat micro-constellation.
The partnership enables Sidus to design, develop, and integrate the Lonestar payload as well as oversee deployment and payload validation Iridium develops compact chip for robust global GPS protection
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 07:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced a miniature, application-specific integrated circuit, the Iridium PNT ASIC, designed to safeguard a wide range of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) devices from jamming, spoofing, and timing disruptions. The ASIC is intended for integration into consumer, industrial, and government equipment, delivering pole-to-pole authenticated positioning, nav
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced a miniature, application-specific integrated circuit, the Iridium PNT ASIC, designed to safeguard a wide range of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) devices from jamming, spoofing, and timing disruptions. The ASIC is intended for integration into consumer, industrial, and government equipment, delivering pole-to-pole authenticated positioning, nav Newly Detected Twisting Magnetic Waves Offer Clues to Corona Heating
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 07:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025
Scientists have reported the first clear evidence of twisting magnetic waves in the Sun's corona, detected with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope operated by the National Solar Observatory. For decades, the cause of the corona's high temperature, millions of degrees above the solar surface, has puzzled researchers. The team, led by Richard Morton of Northumbria University, focused on torsiona
Scientists have reported the first clear evidence of twisting magnetic waves in the Sun's corona, detected with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope operated by the National Solar Observatory. For decades, the cause of the corona's high temperature, millions of degrees above the solar surface, has puzzled researchers. The team, led by Richard Morton of Northumbria University, focused on torsiona AI-driven propulsion design advances spacecraft engineering at Northrop Grumman
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 04:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Luminary Cloud are working together to apply artificial intelligence to spacecraft propulsion, implementing a new physics AI foundation model specifically for thruster nozzle design. The collaboration leverages Northrop Grumman's expertise in propulsion physics and Luminary Cloud's AI platform with NVIDIA's support to enable rapid hardware development for spacecr
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Luminary Cloud are working together to apply artificial intelligence to spacecraft propulsion, implementing a new physics AI foundation model specifically for thruster nozzle design. The collaboration leverages Northrop Grumman's expertise in propulsion physics and Luminary Cloud's AI platform with NVIDIA's support to enable rapid hardware development for spacecr ESA expands Tokyo office to strengthen partnership with Japan
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 04:56
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
The European Space Agency has announced its first Asian office in Tokyo, appointing a staff member at X-NIHONBASHI to deepen ESA's cooperation with Japan's space sector and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
ESA Director of Strategy, Legal and External Matters, Eric Morel de Westgaver, presented the announcement during Nihonbashi Space Week and emphasized the decades-long partn
The European Space Agency has announced its first Asian office in Tokyo, appointing a staff member at X-NIHONBASHI to deepen ESA's cooperation with Japan's space sector and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
ESA Director of Strategy, Legal and External Matters, Eric Morel de Westgaver, presented the announcement during Nihonbashi Space Week and emphasized the decades-long partn High-performance board delivers robust radiation-tolerant computing for space payloads
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 04:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Frontgrade Technologies has introduced the SBC-2A72 VPX Single Board Computer, engineered for high-reliability computing in advanced space missions. The board is built around the VA7230 Dual ARM Cortex-A72 processor with integrated GPU, delivering 10.4 GFLOPs and supporting OpenGL and OpenCL standards for payload processing, imaging, and graphics. The SBC-2A72 weighs under 0.65 kilograms and con
Frontgrade Technologies has introduced the SBC-2A72 VPX Single Board Computer, engineered for high-reliability computing in advanced space missions. The board is built around the VA7230 Dual ARM Cortex-A72 processor with integrated GPU, delivering 10.4 GFLOPs and supporting OpenGL and OpenCL standards for payload processing, imaging, and graphics. The SBC-2A72 weighs under 0.65 kilograms and con Neutrino experiments combine for precision insight into cosmic origins
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 04:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
A Michigan State University researcher participated in coordinating a joint analysis of two significant neutrino experiments, T2K in Japan and NOvA in the United States, advancing understanding of the evolution of the universe.
The collaboration merged data from both experiments to refine measurement of neutrino properties. These elusive subatomic particles travel through the universe with
A Michigan State University researcher participated in coordinating a joint analysis of two significant neutrino experiments, T2K in Japan and NOvA in the United States, advancing understanding of the evolution of the universe.
The collaboration merged data from both experiments to refine measurement of neutrino properties. These elusive subatomic particles travel through the universe with New UCF Center Accelerates Research and Clinical Innovation in Space Medicine
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 04:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
The University of Central Florida is expanding its research, clinical programs, and educational outreach to address the health of space travelers and bring advances in medical technologies to patients on Earth. The College of Medicine is leading this effort by investigating the effects of microgravity, radiation, and isolation on the human body and developing new diagnostics, treatment protocols
The University of Central Florida is expanding its research, clinical programs, and educational outreach to address the health of space travelers and bring advances in medical technologies to patients on Earth. The College of Medicine is leading this effort by investigating the effects of microgravity, radiation, and isolation on the human body and developing new diagnostics, treatment protocols Revealing Exoplanet Atmospheres with 3D Eclipse Mapping
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 04:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
A team of astronomers co-led by Cornell University has produced the first three-dimensional map of an exoplanet's atmosphere, revealing WASP-18b's distinct temperature zones-including one region so hot it breaks down water vapor. WASP-18b, an "ultra-hot Jupiter" located about 400 light years from Earth, served as the test case for a mapping technique called 3D eclipse mapping or spectroscopic ec
A team of astronomers co-led by Cornell University has produced the first three-dimensional map of an exoplanet's atmosphere, revealing WASP-18b's distinct temperature zones-including one region so hot it breaks down water vapor. WASP-18b, an "ultra-hot Jupiter" located about 400 light years from Earth, served as the test case for a mapping technique called 3D eclipse mapping or spectroscopic ec SETI uses NVIDIA IGX Thor for faster real-time signal search
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 04:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
The SETI Institute will deploy the NVIDIA IGX Thor platform at the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) in Northern California to accelerate real-time detection of radio signals from space. This upgrade advances the ATA's technology, equipping its 42 antennas to process and interpret radio signals directly on-site using edge AI processing.
With NVIDIA IGX Thor, scientists can conduct AI inference a
The SETI Institute will deploy the NVIDIA IGX Thor platform at the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) in Northern California to accelerate real-time detection of radio signals from space. This upgrade advances the ATA's technology, equipping its 42 antennas to process and interpret radio signals directly on-site using edge AI processing.
With NVIDIA IGX Thor, scientists can conduct AI inference a Slingshot Aerospace begins UK contract to expand satellite tracking network
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 04:56
London, UK (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Slingshot Aerospace has secured a contract with the UK Space Agency to improve the United Kingdom's capability to track and characterize satellites and orbital debris. The Provision of Optical Delivery Partner contract increases UK sovereign space domain awareness as the number of operational satellites continues to grow, with 12,000 active satellites in orbit today and 100,000 expected by 2030.
Slingshot Aerospace has secured a contract with the UK Space Agency to improve the United Kingdom's capability to track and characterize satellites and orbital debris. The Provision of Optical Delivery Partner contract increases UK sovereign space domain awareness as the number of operational satellites continues to grow, with 12,000 active satellites in orbit today and 100,000 expected by 2030. Rising demand and falling costs clear path for satellite servicing
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 03:30
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Satellite-servicing businesses are finally getting off the ground thanks in part to technological innovation and the example set by prime contractor Northrop Grumman.
Trump nominee: Closer Space Force-NRO integration ‘worth considering’
Tuesday, 28 October 2025 23:29
Berkowitz says one of his priorities as assistant secretary of defense for space policy would be to ‘sustain America’s position as the world’s leader in space activities’
Pentagon nominee: Closer Space Force-NRO integration ‘worth considering’
Tuesday, 28 October 2025 23:29Berkowitz says one of his priorities as assistant secretary of defense for space policy would be to ‘sustain America’s position as the world’s leader in space activities’
Shutdown could soon slow preparations for Artemis 2
Tuesday, 28 October 2025 22:21
Preparations for NASA’s Artemis 2 launch could soon grind to a halt if the nearly month-long government shutdown continues, one industry executive warned.