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Europe advances satellite communications with rollout of next-generation phased-array antennas
22 Nov 2025 13:35 GMT
… parabolic antennas that needed to physically move to track satellites … of connecting to multiple satellites simultaneously. During tests … a satellite of the European Galileo system, which orbits … essential in growing satellite constellations like the second …
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Flat 3D-printed sheets transform to satellites after entering space
14 Nov 2025 03:13 GMT
The team used a continuous carbon fiber 3D printer that laid down hair-thin bundles of fiber, with each layer partially cured using ultraviolet light; the structure was then frozen with liquid resin and later activated with heat — requiring no large …
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Engineers 3D-print flat sheets that transform into curved satellite structures in space
13 Nov 2025 09:26 GMT
Launching large, rigid satellite dishes into orbit is an expensive and energy- … .
The innovation could revolutionize how satellites, antennas, and other space structures … , and a parabolic dish—the most practical design for satellite applications.
Inspired …
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Video 00:12:53 Science & Exploration John McFall | Prosthetics, Possibility & Parabolic Flights … 11/11/2025 7 views 0 likes Play
11 Nov 2025 09:45 GMT
Meet John McFall – Paralympian, medical doctor and member of ESA’s Astronaut Reserve. As part of ESA’s groundbreaking FLY initiative, John is helping prove that physical disability is no barrier to space. In this episode, he shares the results of a …
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Rocket Lab launches sixth iQPS satellite
06 Nov 2025 08:38 GMT
… kilometer orbit at an inclination of 42 degrees.
The satellite, also … and later unfurled a parabolic antenna for its synthetic … This was the sixth iQPS satellite launched on Electron, including … last month. Several iQPS satellites have also launched on SpaceX …
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In-orbit assembly startup raises $3 million after successful tests
21 Oct 2025 15:22 GMT
… research, testing and demonstrations – from parabolic flights to Blue Origin’s … proven demonstrations to large-scale orbital platforms, with additional funding announcements … fields, reconfigurable systems for defense, orbital solar farms, and even data …
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Space Force to get NOAA antennas to supplement Satellite Control Network
22 Sep 2025 19:57 GMT
… launches and early satellite operations, track and control satellites, and provide emergency … functions — tracking (determining where a satellite is located), telemetry (collecting information … old-school parabolic dishes that can only talk to one satellite at …
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Space Force Awards AV For BADGER Antennas Systems To Support Satellite Comms
22 Sep 2025 20:01 GMT
… the potential $1.4 billion Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) Other … increase geosynchronous orbit communications’ capacity 10 times over the DoD Satellite Control … Network’s 19 parabolic antennas. The Space …
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Bitcoin Lightning Payment Zaps Across Satellite In Historic First
11 Sep 2025 12:06 GMT
… from block broadcasts to in-orbit signing. In August 2020, … each jurisdiction. The hardware profile—parabolic dish, RF front-end, … resiliency keeps expanding. With satellites broadcasting blocks, APIs that … pushed a little farther into orbit.
At press time, …
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Northrop Grumman and USSF Run First Coherent Multi-Antenna DARC Demo to Track Multiple GEO Satellites
27 Aug 2025 10:40 GMT
… radar and track several satellites in geosynchronous orbit. Program officials described a … multiple satellites
Engineers brought seven of the site’s planned 27 parabolic … supports custody of small, maneuvering satellites that complicate prediction and allows …