Space and Defense

Maritime and airborne SATCOM terminals provider Orbit Communication Systems has secured a USD3 million contract with a prominent European integrator to supply its advanced OceanTRx 4MIL satellite communication systems for a NATO navy. The systems will be installed on military maritime platforms during 2025. They will provide the navy with continuous satellite connectivity across four bands. “This order contributes to the ongoing growth of Orbit’s backlog since the beginning of the year, and we are proud of another order from a leading integrator in Europe for our systems to be delivered to a NATO navy,” said Orbit CEO Dany Eshchar... Read more: https://lnkd.in/gd2nRjgX #Satellite #Contract #NATO_Navy #Maritime #airborne #SATCOM

Earth observation brand CATALYST says its Normalised Radar Backscatter (NRB) product has met the required standards and that the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) has officially recognised it as compliant. The company says this underscores its collaboration with major space agencies, including JAXA and NASA, in advancing analysis-ready data (ARD), aligning with CEOS’ efforts in biodiversity monitoring. CATALYST says it has also initiated the peer review process to gain CEOS compliance for its surface reflectance product family specification. Read comments from PCI’s Product VP Kevin R Jones, EMBA and UK Space Agency CEO Paul Bate: https://lnkd.in/ggRSwRYA #CATALYST #PCIGeomatics #Earthobservation #Satellites #CEOS #collaboration #space_agencies #bigdata #AI NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

NASA has awarded space data and analytics company Spire Global a concept study contract to develop space-based capabilities for a bushfire early detection warning and active monitoring system. Spire will partner with space-based thermal intelligence business OroraTech to design a solution. Under the contract, Spire and OroraTech will develop a low-cost orbital solution for monitoring bushfire-prone areas in the US. Spire will leverage its experience developing and operating space and ground systems alongside OroraTech’s expertise in thermal infrared sensing. “Bushfires are an escalating threat with far-reaching impacts on our environment and communities,” said Spire Global CEO Peter Platzer. OroraTech Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Thomas Grübler also commented... Read more: https://lnkd.in/gmPchxqP #Space #Bushfire_Monitoring NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration #orbitalnetwork #Satellite

NASA will relocate SpaceX’s Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft to a different docking port on the International Space Station (ISS). The relocation, which will occur on November 3 (AEDST), is to facilitate the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, will undock the spacecraft from the forward-facing port of the station’s Harmony module at 9.35 p.m. (AEDST) and redock to the module’s space-facing port at 10:18 p.m... Read more: https://lnkd.in/g6iupHyG NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration #Crew9 #Dragon_Spacecraft SpaceX #astronauts #cosmonaut

NASA has released an updated set of nine potential landing regions near the lunar South Pole for its Artemis III mission. The agency’s Cross Agency Site Selection Analysis team, working closely with science and industry partners, added and excluded potential landing regions, which were assessed for their science value and mission availability. “Artemis III will be the first time that astronauts will land in the south polar region of the Moon,” said NASA’s Jacob Bleacher... Read more: https://lnkd.in/gyPqcbA7 NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration #Artemis_III #Space #Moon #science #Reconnaissance #research #SLSrocket #Orionspacecraft #StarshipHLS

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission successfully splashed down at 6.29 pm (AEDST) Friday, October 25, off Florida, concluding a nearly eight-month science mission and the agency’s eighth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station. After launching on March 3 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, spent 232 days aboard the space station... Read more: https://lnkd.in/g8bjUkFU NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration SpaceX #Crew8 #Mission #science #InternationalSpaceStation #Falcon9_rocket #astronauts #cosmonaut

NASA has shut down one of the science instruments on its Voyager 2 spacecraft after 47 years of operation. The spacecraft is currently around 20.9 billion kilometres from Earth. NASA sent the signal to shut down the Plasma Science experiment on September 26 to save energy and keep the spacecraft operational into the 2030s. The plasma science experiment observed and measured solar winds. “Mission engineers have taken steps to avoid turning off a science instrument for as long as possible because the science data collected by the twin Voyager probes is unique,” a NASA statement reads... Read more: https://lnkd.in/g4Vnv-eb NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration #Voyager2 #spacecraft #SolarWind_Detector #Space #science #interstellar

NASA has awarded USD15.6 million in grant funding to 15 projects supporting the maintenance of open-source tools, frameworks, and libraries used by the NASA science community. The agency’s Open-Source Tools, Frameworks, and Libraries awards provide support for the sustainable development of tools freely available to everyone and critical for the goals of the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. “We received almost twice the number of proposals this year than we had in the previous call,” said NASA’s Steve Crawford... Read more: https://lnkd.in/g2e8YWWs NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration #OpenSource #Software #Funding #Award #science #data_infrastructure #machinelearning

NASA’s work, including its Moon to Mars exploration approach, is advancing science and technology for the Artemis Generation while also driving significant economic growth across the United States, the agency announced this week. In its third agency-wide economic impact report, NASA highlighted how its Moon to Mars activities, climate change research and technology development, and other projects generated more than USD75.6 billion in economic output in fiscal year 2023... Read more: https://lnkd.in/gKRd8SAe NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration #US_Economy #Moon_to_Mars #exploration #Space #science #technology #ArtemisGeneration #climatechange #research #innovation

Quadsat has worked with ALL.SPACE to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of its electronically steerable antenna (ESA) for use on low-Earth orbit constellations. Conducted in the UK using Quadsat’s UAV-based solution, the test is the first such comprehensive evaluation of an ESA and has proven the ability of the Quadsat system to conduct complex measurements of this type. ALL.SPACE CTO John-Paul Szczepanik and Quadsat Co-founder Andrian Buchi commented... Read more: https://lnkd.in/eUsDrRHF #evaluation #electronicallysteerableantenna #ESA #lowEarthorbit #LEO #constellations #UAV #technology #satellite