The Space Development Agency has awarded spots to six companies on a $1.9 million contract to conduct studies in support of commercial disposal services for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The SDA said Thursday the
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NASA has concluded the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery demonstration setting new world records for the fastest satellite downlink from space. The agency said Wednesday the TBIRD, onboard the Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-3 spacecraft, used laser communications
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The Office of Space Commerce has named the commercial partners that accepted orders for space situational awareness services as part of the Traffic Coordination System for Space, or TraCSS, pathfinder project. The OSC
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According to Barbara Golf, strategic adviser for space domain awareness at the Space Systems Command, the Joint Commercial Operations cell, which she also leads, will take on tactical surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking,
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NASA has released two new communication plans to reduce the barriers hindering small and minority business enterprises from working with the agency and improve how NASA engages with all businesses before, during
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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Viasat a $33.6 million contract to advance military satellite communication for tactical aircraft. Under the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet—or DEUCSI—program, Viasat will leverage
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The Space Development Agency is soliciting proposals to study, model and simulate a network orchestrating system capable of supporting data transport. The desired solution would facilitate information exchange among the government-owned Proliferated
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NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy announced the establishment of a new space sustainability division that will consolidate the agency’s orbital debris-related activities, SpaceNews reported Saturday. At a conference held Thursday, the previous
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Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, the deputy commander of Fleet Cyber Command, recently underscored the need to provide credible counterspace capabilities as a deterrence to China and Russia, which are developing counterspace technologies
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Boston, Massachusetts-based Tomorrow.io and Orbital Micro Systems of Boulder, Colorado, have secured contracts valued at $4.3 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide Microwave Sounder—or MWS—data for new Commercial Weather Data
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