Tag: Tracking
Over 30 ESA Business Incubation Centres (ESA BICs) across Europe have supported hundreds of start-ups for the past two decades. Next to start-ups active in the space sector, some founders have discovered applications for space technologies in various other sectors.
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DiGOS GmbH, a German company specialising in optical technologies, has received the European Space Agency’s 21 Rising Stars award for its significant contributions to satellite and space debris laser ranging. The award recognises the company’s development of advanced laser...
From 20 to 22 March 2024, ESA’s Future Space Transportation preparation programme (Future Launchers Preparatory Programme – FLPP) hosted the ESA Space Transportation Pitch Week: a series of virtual events exploring new technological concepts for space transportation.
In line with...
A consortium led by Celestia TTI has been awarded a €9.9 million contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of a Tracking Radar for LEO Space Debris Tracking in Greece.
Celestia TTI will act as prime contractor...
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has awarded a £1.2 million ($1.46 million) grant to Horizon Technologies for the Amber Phoenix Mission, a project aimed at enhancing the UK Government's maritime intelligence capabilities. As part of the mission, an Amber...
BlackSky Technology has secured a competitive contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop an automated target recognition service capable of tracking vehicles in real-time from space.
The contract, funded by the Space Development Agency and awarded through...
BlueHalo recently hosted U.S. Space Force officials to showcase its cutting-edge Badger satellite terminal. The demonstration highlighted the successful target tracking and signal processing capabilities of the multi-band software defined antenna tiles used in the Badger product.
The software-defined tile...
On 27 November 2023, the ESA Commercialisation Days: Transportation event will take place. Key actors from the transportation and space sectors will come together to develop new synergies. Read the story below from Rail-Flow one of the start-ups that...
Santa Fe NM (SPX) Sep 11, 2023
Solstar Space reports it will continue development of its Critical Data Relay Spacecraft Operational Status (CritDR-SOS), also known as the Deke Space Communicator (Deke), under a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Contract valued at $1,249,269.
Solstar's small form-factor Deke integrates with a spacecraft's Telemetry, Tracking and Commanding (TT&C) system to provide bi-dir

Maxar Technologies has announced that its new satellite bus, the Maxar 300 series, has successfully completed its first critical design review (CDR). The company is developing this satellite bus to support L3Harris on its contract for the Space Development...