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Transforming Battlespace Communications
The Russian invasion in Ukraine has certainly raised the security stakes and intensified the need for simultaneous communications streams over a single platform.

NASA Spinoff Manufacturing & Prototyping
Robust Bus Systems for CubeSats
NASA resources helped mature technologies to make CubeSats more capable, so everyone can use them.

Briefs Defense
Modeling Space-Based Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) in Combat Simulations
During the 2021 Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Gap Forum, space intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) modeling was identified...

Application Briefs Test & Measurement
Eliminating Vibration Emissions Aboard Satellites
How CSEM and its partners are using magnetic levitation to counter unwanted vibrations from components aboard satellites.

Briefs Electronics & Computers
Ignition Technology for Electric Propulsion Devices
This system would extend the life of CubeSat satellites.

NASA Spinoff Manned Systems
Answering the Call of Distress
Software created with NASA expertise improves satellite-based search and rescue system.

Briefs Photonics/Optics
Getting NASA Data to the Ground With Lasers
The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will usher in a new era of laser communications.

NASA Spinoff Propulsion
NASA Software Helps Weather Forecasting Around the Globe
Satellite scheduling software helps consolidate data acquisition and improve weather forecasting.

Application Briefs Propulsion
Small UAV Satcom System
Honeywell’s Small UAV SATCOM system weighs just only 1 kilogram.

Application Briefs Transportation
Ultraviolet Detector
Teledyne e2v has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to enhance its previously supplied CCD69 detector.

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Solar-Powered Satellite Hardware in Orbit
The Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module is the first orbital experiment designed to convert sunlight for microwave power transmission for solar power satellites.

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Satellite Paves the Way for Improved Storm Tracking
Microwave radiometers on current satellites are about the size of a washing machine. On TROPICS’ small satellites, the radiometers are about the size of a coffee mug.

Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Impact of Satellite Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance on Modern Naval Operations
Army research is determining if afloat availability of satellite ISR has fundamentally changed naval operations.

Articles Weapons Systems
Radar Recording Proves Next-Level System Performance
As radar and electronic warfare systems contend with an increasingly crowded environment, recording tests, interactions, and conflicts provide valuable insight.

Briefs Propulsion
Service Valve for In-Orbit Cooperative Satellite Fueling
The valve enables telerobotic resupplying of media such as propellant and pressurant.

Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Satellite Antennas
ThinKom Solutions, Inc., has been selected to supply phased-array satellite terminals for "communications on-the-move."

Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Conformal, Lightweight, Aerogel-Based Antenna
The flexible antenna was designed for active aeronautical satellite communications.

Articles Aerospace
Communicating Via Long-Distance Lasers
There’s a better way to use light to communicate over long distances: lasers.

Articles Electronics & Computers
Space-Qualified Crystal Oscillators
Learn the performance parameters that must be considered when choosing the optimum quartz crystal oscillator for a space application.

Briefs Motion Control
GPS-Enhanced Onboard Navigation System (GEONS)
The open-architecture flight software package provides solutions for onboard orbit determination.

Application Briefs Defense
Navigation Unit
This contract paves the way for the mass production of navigation units for subsequent launches of VEGA-C and other space missions.

Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
High-Power Microwaves for Launching Space-Bound Rockets
Using microwaves reduces the cost of launching rockets.

Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Satellite Ground Control Interface
Abaco Systems will support the Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satellite (PTS) Communication Program (SATCOM).

Briefs Photonics/Optics
Imaging Space Debris in High Resolution
A team has introduced a new method for taking high-res images of fast-moving and rotating objects in space, such as satellites or debris in low-Earth orbit.

Articles Materials
Evaluating Low-and Ultra-Low-Outgassing Silicones for Space Applications
Highly purified, low-outgassing silicones prevent material degradation in satellites and space vehicles.

Articles Semiconductors & ICs
Improving Transmit/Receive Module Test Accuracy and Throughput
A vector network analyzer (VNA) extension unit can support a wide range of measurements in a compact, individually configurable design.

Briefs Imaging
Manufacturing Ultra-Thin Camera Lenses
Ultra-thin and flexible metalenses could replace traditional camera lenses.

Briefs Test & Measurement
Kodiak 3D LiDAR
This system provides low-cost, reliable 3D LiDAR images in nearly any lighting condition.

NASA Spinoff Manufacturing & Prototyping
Water-Powered Engines Offer Satellite Mobility
The technology could allow deep-space exploration without running out of propellant.

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