Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
On April 14, under the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Lula, Zhang Kejian, director of China National Space Administration, signed the "People's Republic of China Supplementary Protocol between the Government and the Federative Republic of Brazil on Cooperative Development of Earth Resources Satellite 06 and the 2023-2032 China National Space Administration and Br

Minneapolis MN (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
Pure Capital Solutions' Nova Space subsidiary is providing Amazon Web Services (AWS) employees with space education, an exclusive digital learning platform, and digital credentials. Nova Space will provide access to its Space Professional Development Program, an award winning virtual space education workforce development program, integrated with proprietary training technology in a seamles

Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit launched Guardian, the 10 th commercial mission of their proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) ION Satellite Carrier (ION). The OTV lifted off on April 14th, 2023, at 23:48 p.m. PDT (April 15th, 2023 at 06:48 UTC) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Californi

Washington DC (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
DARPA is soliciting disruptive ideas from small businesses and nontraditional defense contractors for novel antenna designs, materials, manufacturing, or processing as the first topic issued under the agency's Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems (BRIDGES) initiative. The topic area aims to explore new designs that would offer significantly increased performance

College Park MD (SPX) Apr 13, 2023
Robots are machines that can sense the environment and use that information to perform an action. You can find them nearly everywhere in industrialized societies today. There are household robots that vacuum floors and warehouse robots that pack and ship goods. Lab robots test hundreds of clinical samples a day. Education robots support teachers by acting as one-on-one tutors, assistants and dis

Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
PickNik Robotics, a leader in advanced robot arm software solutions, and Motiv Space Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of space-rated robotic systems, motor controllers, and mechanisms, has announced a partnership to develop advanced robotics for space applications. The partnership aims to advance In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities through the integrat

Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
Bigger. And even better. That's the trajectory of Space Systems Operations - aka the "space factory" - since its 2002 opening outside Tucson, Arizona. Run by Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a business of Raytheon Technologies, the space factory covers over 49,000 square feet. Inside are dozens of clean rooms housing space simulating technologies to support production and testing of complex

Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
SatixFy has announced a strategic partnership with Presto Engineering, a recognized expert in ASIC design and semiconductor engineering and production services. This partnership supports SatixFy's growth of the Satellites constellation-based communication market by developing high-quality, space-grade and radhard (radiation hardened) ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits). ASICs

New York NY (SPX) Apr 13, 2023
SpaceChain has been accepted into the Google for Startups program. The Google program is designed for early-stage companies such as SpaceChain to help build a sustainable, successful business over the long-term by providing the support, services and technology to do so. Under the Google for Startups program, SpaceChain will be able to strengthen its position in leading data and transaction

Cannes, France (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and its partners are pleased to announce that the VERTIGO project has concluded with the successful demonstration of a high-power optical data transmission system at the Thales laboratory in Palaiseau, France. This is a key success for the development of future geostationary communication satellites using optic