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Firefly Aerospace has partnered with Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin company, to build the lunar rover for an upcoming lunar mission. The Texas-based end-to-end responsive space company said Monday it contracted Honeybee to provide the lunar rover needed to fulfill its $179 million NASA task order involving the delivery and operation of scientific instruments in the Gruithuisen Domes located […] More
BlueHalo has demonstrated its long-haul laser communication system, proving the system’s ability to transfer high-bandwidth data efficiently in space. Prototype Demonstration During testing, two laser communication optical terminals established a space-to-space satellite link, overcoming simulated challenges like jitter, extreme temperatures and vacuum conditions, the company said Thursday. Mary Clum, president of the product and space systems […] More
Albedo, a portfolio company of Booz Allen Hamilton’s Booz Allen Ventures, has launched the first commercial satellite to operate in very low Earth orbit, or VLEO. Advancing Commercial Space Technology The McLean, Virginia-based company said Wednesday the deployment of the Clarity-1 satellite in VLEO, occurring just over a year after Booz Allen Venture’s investment in Albedo, signifies […] More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has scheduled a virtual industry day on March 27 for parties interested in securing an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the agency’s space weather environmental observations project. According to NOAA’s draft request for proposal on the potential contract posted on SAM.gov Friday, the contractor overall will provide a multi-mission operations service […] More
Amentum and German company Rivada Space Networks are partnering to enhance U.S. government communications through Outernet, a highly secure low Earth orbit network. Commenting on the partnership, Dave Marlowe, vice president of intelligence and cyber at Amentum, said in a statement Tuesday, “Rivada is building a uniquely capable LEO constellation focused on zero-trust networking. By establishing a […] More
Voyager Technologies and Palantir have announced an expanded collaboration aimed at developing artificial intelligence-powered systems to strengthen space domain awareness and address risks of collisions and other potential threats. Enhancing Space Domain Awareness The defense technology and space services provider said Monday the open-architecture system is designed to detect, identify, classify and track space-based objects by utilizing […] More
Nokia has delivered the first cellular network to the moon’s south pole region as part of the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission. During the mission, Nokia Bell Labs’ Lunar Surface Communications System, or LSCS, reached the moon aboard the Athena lander, successfully powered up and sent back data to Earth, the company said Monday. The technology […] More
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is requesting information on small businesses capable of providing engineering and technical support for its Launch Services Program, or LSP. The potential contractor is expected to deliver end-to-end launch services for the space agency’s mission under a planned Evolving Launch Vehicle Integrated Support, or ELVIS, 4 contract, according to a Tuesday […] More
Red Hat has partnered with Axiom Space, a company specializing in in-space infrastructure, to launch and optimize the latter’s Data Center Unit-1 to the International Space Station this spring. The open source services provider said Thursday the collaboration aims to support the development and deployment of commercial orbital data centers. The data processing prototype, powered by […] More
Technology provider Arcfield has launched the Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager, or RROCI, an advanced sensor that supplies weather data to enhance government agencies’ warfighting capabilities. Designed to deliver real-time cloud scanning and terrestrial weather data, RROCI is envisioned to establish a new standard in space-based weather sensing capabilities, Arcfield said Tuesday. It was deployed […] More
Draper has completed flight and payload testing to gather data and validate algorithms for its vision-based navigation and hazard detection technology, the Draper Multi-Environment Navigator, designed for precise and safe lunar landings. Testing efforts In the first test, conducted in fall 2024, DMEN was deployed on Astrobotic’s Xodiac rocket lander to validate a hazard detection system software […] More
Amazon Web Services executive Clint Crosier spoke at a recent Booz Allen Hamilton event where he tackled the role artificial intelligence plays in space missions, GeekWire reported. Overcoming Human Limits Crosier, who serves as director of aerospace and satellite solutions at AWS, described AI as having become “table stakes” for on-orbit systems and capabilities, because […] More
