There may not be an agreement on where airspace ends and space begins, but experts say other questions floated during the balloon saga have down-to-earth answers.
Tag: Satellites
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New micro propulsion technologies in Microsatellite and Nanosatellite constellations enable autonomous civil and military missions
Traditionally the launched satellites were Large ( Mass >1000 Kgs) and Medium satellites (500 to 1000 Kgs) which were high-performance, multifunctional with long lives which required larger rockets with greater thrust and expensive to launch, and took long development times. Only large commercial players and government organizations could afford to commit >$100M USD to develop, manufacture, …
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Reaper UAV tests new SATCOM capability
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GS-ASI) has successfully flight-tested a low-Earth-orbit SATCOM capability on board an MQ-9A aircraft.
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TAU establishes the first satellite observatory for quantum optical communication
Tel-Aviv, Israel (SPX) Feb 03, 2023
The Center for Quantum Science and Technology at Tel Aviv University has built the first ground station in Israel – and among the most advanced in the world – for tracking, sensing, hyperspectral imaging, and optical and quantum communication with satellites in orbit around the Earth. The station includes a satellite observatory dome with a diameter of 4.25 meters, a tracking system, a primary h
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Spacemind launches three Italian Nanosatellites into orbit
Bologna, Italy (SPX) Feb 03, 2023
Spacemind, the space division of Italian company NPC, has achieved great success with a series of space launches. The three Italian nanosatellites, DanteSat, Futura-SM1, and Futura-SM3, have been successfully launched into orbit. This has also validated the operation of the new SMPod cubesat deployer, on-board equipments, and a larger version of the Artica deorbiting sail.
Nicolo Benini, M
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NASA-ISRO Satellite Gets ‘Auspicious’ Send-Off Before Moving To India
California: NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar or NISAR, an Earth science satellite being jointly built by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), got a send-off ceremony in California before it ships out to its last stop — India.ISRO Chairman S Somanath, JPL Director Laurie Leshin, and dignitaries from NASA headquarters
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SAR-satellite startup Capella Space creates ‘federal’ unit for US government sales
“There is significant value in unclassified, shareable SAR imagery. And we’ve seen that in Ukraine. And so I think that has changed people’s minds quite a bit which has given a lot of momentum to … how government thinks about future procurements,” Capella CEO Payam Banazadeh told Breaking Defense.
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Enter the Hunter Satellites Preparing for Space War
True Anomaly, a startup backed by US senator JD Vance’s VC firm, plans to launch prototype pursuit satellites on a SpaceX flight later this year.
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Lockheed Martin satellite with military potential rolls out for 2023 maiden launch
The low-cost LM 400 satellite bus is customisable for multiple applications and supports the Pentagon’s Modular Open Systems Architecture for defence missions.