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Emerson Launches Innovative Software-Driven Method for High-Fidelity Aerospace RF Testing
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (666+ words) NI CHESS is a high-fidelity RF channel emulation platform that works with NI PXI Vector Signal Transceiver (VST) hardware to recreate realistic, dynamic RF environments in real time. Purpose-built for aerospace, satellite and defense communication systems, the platform allows engineers…...
New Wireless Access Point, Camera, and Remote Interface Unit Join NASA Human Rated Class 1 Layer 3 Ethernet Switch Family
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (159+ words) Space Wireless Access Point Space Wireless Remote Interface Unit (RIU) Together, the Space Wireless Access Point, Wireless Camera, and Wireless RIU integrate seamlessly with Ecliptic's existing Ethernet switches, routers, payload controllers, and modular avionics units. Mission designers can now source…...
The future of GPS satellites with Fang Qian of Lockheed Martin
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (137+ words) In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with Fang Qian to discuss the future of GPS satellites. They chat about the need for jam-resistant signals, what comes next for the constellation and thinking about GPS for the…...
Golden Dome and the velocity race: Why ground-based optics are the key to mission persistence
3+ week, 3+ day ago (372+ words) For a program as critical as Golden Dome this kind of persistence is the decisive factor that turns a warning into a solution. Golden Dome's sensor layer will be contested from day one. Electronic attacks, cyber intrusions and kinetic threats…...
Vantor to expand imaging satellite fleet, adding smallsats to increase revisit rates
1+ week, 2+ day ago (692+ words) WASHINGTON " Vantor, the Earth-observation satellite operator formerly known as Maxar, is planning its first major overhaul of its space architecture in nearly a decade, aiming to combine its hallmark high-resolution imagery with the rapid revisit rates offered by small-satellite constellations....
Lockheed Martin wins $105 million contract for GPS ground control system as OCX winds down
1+ week, 2+ day ago (257+ words) WASHINGTON " The U. S. Space Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $105 million contract to support ground control operations for the next generation of GPS satellites, as the Pentagon moves to wind down a long-delayed replacement program led by RTX. The April 8 award covers…...
Tracking the next SDA challenge
1+ week, 3+ day ago (622+ words) A flurry of commercial innovation has left the U. S. government with no shortage of sensors and AI-driven insights to monitor the increasingly packed and contested space environment. The challenge is turning this abundance of data into an operational space domain awareness…...
Moog Highlights Growing Satellite Bus Capabilities with Full'Scale METEOR Reveal at Space Symposium
1+ week, 5+ day ago (684+ words) East Aurora, NY " Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG. A and MOG. B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems will highlight its satellite bus product line and unveil a full-scale model of…...
Aspect Aerospace secures early funding to advance swarm-deployable VLEO satellites
2+ week, 3+ day ago (752+ words) TAMPA, Fla. " Aspect Aerospace, a University of South Alabama spin-off, has secured $2. 4 million to develop circuit-board-sized spacecraft that could be deployed from space into very low Earth orbit (VLEO) in swarms to monitor the space environment. The funding includes a…...
ESA launches first Celeste satellites to test complementary LEO navigation layer
2+ week, 5+ day ago (506+ words) Industry-shifting news is happening every day. Our reporting allows you to track every major development and what it means for your work. Give yourself a head start " save 25% on a new subscription with code'STAYAHEAD through April 3. MILAN " The European Space…...