NASA’s Nodes… Small Satellites To Demonstrate Swarm Communications + Autonom
A first for small satellites, Nodes will demonstrate the ability to receive and distribute commands in space from the ground...
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NASA’s Challenge To 54 Lucky Students…Design, Construct, Test, Launch + Recover Reusable Rocket + Its Payload
The MAV challenge requires teams to develop an autonomous system to insert a sample container into their rocket, launch and safely recover both the sample and the rocket.
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ORS Cuts + Slashes Cost + Time To Launch
This has allowed ORS to reduce spacecraft by more than 60 percent.
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A New System To Manage Low Altitude Drones Is Being Tackled By NASA
“NASA wants to create a system that would keep track of and deliver important information to operators of UAS."—Parimal Kopardekar, Manage, NASA’s Safe Autonomous Systems Operations project.
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Kratos’s EPOCH Adventure w/Japanese Micros… A “Hetero Constellation” Experiment
The EPOCH T&C Server and the EPOCH Client modules provide command and control for the satellites.
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Russia Cancels Resupply Cargo Craft That’s Out Of Control…Unable To Deliver Goods… Spins 360 Degrees Every 5 Seconds
The scheduled rendezvous with the ISS was canceled as Russian officials try to regain control of the craft.
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Extension to Air Force Research Laboratory’s APS Project Afforded To Orbit Logic
“We are developing a scalable and flexible software architecture that will make autonomous planning accessible for any mission."—Ella Herz, COO, Orbit Logic.
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Massive Protected MILSATCOM Test Successfully Conducted By U.S. Air Force
The test also had to ensure the satellites' unique capability of operating autonomously during its transition period from IOE operations into the mobile units.
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Boeing’s CDR For Ground Segment Completed As Well As Baseline Design For NASA’s CST-100
“This is an important step towards achieving human-rated certification."—Boeing Commercial Crew Program Manager John Mulholland.
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Sierra Nevada Corporation—Making It Past Milestone 9 (Spacecraft Testing)
[SatNews] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has successfully passed Milestone 9, the Risk Reduction and Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Advancement Testing milestone, for several critical...
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