The new wind tunnel at NASA's Langley Research Center is the first major wind tunnel the agency has built in more than 40 years.

PROVIDENCE will be open to French and European academic institutions, start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, industrial partners, and public bodies.

PROVIDENCE is expected to enter service in early 2029.

PROVIDENCE will provide detailed images of satellites in low Earth orbit for the French Air and Space Force.

PROVIDENCE will be capable of identifying and tracking satellites with a resolution of 10 centimetres at a distance of 500 kilometres.

PROVIDENCE will support space surveillance for the French Air and Space Force and civil research, including observations of asteroid Apophis during its close approach to Earth in 2029.

ONERA selected AMOS to design and manufacture PROVIDENCE, a 2.5-metre ground-based telescope.

ONERA selected the Haute-Provence Observatory in southeastern France to host PROVIDENCE in November 2023.

The French Defence Innovation Agency and the Directorate General of Armaments will provide additional funding for PROVIDENCE.

Additional funding for PROVIDENCE will be provided by the French Defence Innovation Agency and the Directorate General of Armaments.

Preliminary studies for PROVIDENCE began in 2020.

ONERA received €8.7 million from the European Regional Development Fund toward €14.5 million in eligible expenditure for PROVIDENCE.

PROVIDENCE will provide detailed images of satellites in low Earth orbit.

ONERA selected Belgium’s AMOS to build PROVIDENCE, a 2.5-metre ground-based telescope for the French Air and Space Force.

Once operational, PROVIDENCE will identify and track satellites with a resolution of 10 centimetres at a distance of 500 kilometres.

Dongpo-14 has the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics as a task partner.

Gravity-1 can carry 6,500 kilograms to low Earth orbit.

Orienspace launched Gravity-1 from a dedicated launch ship in the East China Sea near Shanghai at 10:45 am China Standard Time on July 22.

Lilac-3 is expected to verify thermal, mechanical, attitude control, and drag characteristics of extremely thin spacecraft.

The Dongpo fleet is intended to support frequent imaging of desired sites in any weather at any time for natural resource monitoring, disaster prevention planning, and conservation efforts.

Gravity-1 uses solid propellant across its three 2.65-meter-diameter atmospheric ascent stages and a solid-fueled fourth stage for orbital insertion.

Dongpo-14 carries optical instruments that can image at 0.5-meter resolution and has a mass of 280 kilograms with electric propulsion.

Gravity-1 is a commercial launch vehicle developed and manufactured by Orienspace.

Xiguang-2-01 is expected to be tasked first by the Yunnan Provincial Bureau of Geological and Mineral Exploration and Development as the first satellite in a small constellation.

The six Dongpo satellites were the first satellites produced by a new super factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu province.

Four of the Dongpo satellites are designed around synthetic aperture radar, and two carry optical instruments.

Xiguang-2-01 can capture hyperspectral and full-color optical images and process them with an onboard artificial intelligence solution developed by Zhejiang Lab.

Gravity-1 can carry 4,200 kilograms to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

Tianyi-49 is also known as BUPT-4 through a partnership with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

Gravity-1 is launched from floating sea platforms when prepared for launch.

The July 22 mission was Gravity-1’s third flight.

Gravity-1 uses a 4.2-meter-diameter fairing to house payloads.

SpaceTY built the 50-kilogram Tianyi-49 satellite to perform remote sensing and Earth observation technology verification.

The six Dongpo satellites are part of a wider Dongpo fleet that has grown to 20 satellites.

Xiguang-2-01 is a remote sensing satellite built by Xi’an Zhongke Xiguang Aerospace Technology Co Ltd.

Gravity-1’s first stage uses four solid rocket boosters that each generate 150 tons of thrust for a combined 600 tons.

The Wuxi super factory is planned to produce 150 satellites per year.

Orienspace said the July 22 launch gave it the record for the heaviest mass launched by a commercial space enterprise in China.

Harbin Institute of Technology built Zidingxiang-3, also known as Lilac-3 and Kaiyun-2.

Gravity-1 stands 30 meters tall and weighs 405,000 kilograms when prepared for flight.

Huantian Wisdom Technology Co Ltd, a subsidiary of MinoSpace, supplied six Dongpo Earth monitoring satellites for the launch.

The six Dongpo satellites were Dongpo-13, Dongpo-14, Dongpo-17, Dongpo-18, Dongpo-19, and Dongpo-20.

Gravity-1 flew toward a sun-synchronous orbit with customer satellites on its July 22 mission.

Silicon Sensing is a joint venture between Collins Aerospace and Sumitomo Precision Products.

The CRG21 maintains an identical physical pinout and footprint to legacy hardware.

Silicon Sensing’s production has surpassed 30 million delivered MEMS sensors across global markets.

Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd launched its next-generation CRG21 gyroscope on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

Silicon Sensing has expanded its North American distribution infrastructure for tactical-grade inertial components.

The CRG21 is a direct form, fit, and function replacement for Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd’s previous-generation CRG20 gyro.

The CRG21 integrates single-chip electronics within a micro-scale footprint.