Archive for the ‘satellites’ category: Page 162
Jul 13, 2018
Satellite startups turn to reinventing broadband, mapping and other industries
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: computing, mapping, mobile phones, satellites
Smartphones have disrupted transportation, payments and communication. But the underlying technology has tangentially changed a completely different sector: satellites.
The advances made in miniaturizing technologies that put a computer in your pocket — cameras, batteries, processors, radio antennas — have also made it easier and cheaper for entrepreneurs to launch matter into space. And investors are taking notice.
The chart below shows worldwide venture and PE investment in satellite technology companies.
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Jul 13, 2018
Giant Satellite Fuel Tank Sets New Record for 3D Printed Space Parts
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, energy, satellites
DENVER, July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has embraced a 3D printed titanium dome for satellite fuel tanks so big you can’t even put your arms around it. The 46-inch- (1.16-meter-) diameter vessel completed final rounds of quality testing this month, ending a multi-year development program to create giant, high-pressure tanks that carry fuel on board satellites.
The titanium tank consists of three parts welded together: two 3D printed domes that serve as caps, plus a variable-length, traditionally-manufactured titanium cylinder that forms the body.
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Jun 29, 2018
While some NW space companies show progress, asteroid miner Planetary Resources is in rocky shape
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: economics, satellites
Jun 28, 2018
Earth Views from the Space Station
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: habitats, satellites
Behold, the Earth! See live views of Earth from the coming to you by NASA’s High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment.
Behold, the Earth! See live views of Earth from the International Space Station coming to you by NASA’s High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment.
While the experiment is operational, views will typically sequence through the different cameras. If you are seeing a black image, the Space Station is on the night side of the Earth. If you are seeing an image with text displayed, the communications are switching between satellites and camera feeds are temporarily unavailable. Between camera switches, a black & gray slate will also briefly appear.
Jun 27, 2018
The rockets that are pushing the boundaries of space travel
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: satellites
Friday morning at 5:24 am (0924 GMT), a rocket owned by the US company SpaceX will blast off from Florida carrying two and a half tons of gear from NASA, only to dock three days later and 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth at the International Space Station.
The rocket itself is not new. It launched a NASA satellite into orbit two months ago, then landed back on Earth—upright—on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral.
Even the Dragon capsule, carrying the cargo and affixed to the top of the rocket was used before, having flown a mission to the ISS in 2016.
Jun 23, 2018
This floating robotic factory will build satellites and spaceships in orbit
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, robotics/AI, satellites
Jun 21, 2018
Air Force certifies Falcon Heavy, orders satellite launch for 2020
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: satellites
Jun 18, 2018
Aevum’s New Rocket-Drone Airplane Duo Could Launch Satellites Every 3 Hours
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: drones, robotics/AI, satellites
A space launch every 3 hours may soon be possible using rockets carried on a fully autonomous unmanned airplane, a new startup company suggests.
Alabama-based startup Aevum aims to per mission, using an air-launch system called Ravn.
“Ravn is designed to launch every 180 minutes,” Jay Skylus, Aevum’s CEO and chief launch architect, told Space.com. “Other launch vehicles fly only a handful of times a year with an average of 18 months of lead time.” [Rocket Launches: The Latest Liftoffs, Photos & Videos].
