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The satellite collector in the HydRON network will receive data from other satellites and transmit it to ground stations or to higher orbits.
PAVE Space says its kick-stage engine architecture can reduce the cost of reaching higher orbits by 40%.
The Higher Orbits Go For Launch! program conducted student experiments from Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia on the International Space Station.
Impulse Space identifies gaps in U.S. situational awareness in higher orbits, specifically Geostationary Orbit and likely Medium Earth Orbit, due to foreign rendezvous-proximity operations around U.S. assets.
Viridian Space aims to create a satellite system using ABEP in VLEO that is more capable than chemical propulsion systems operating in higher orbits.
Yuanzheng upper stages are optional extra stages used on most Long March launch vehicles to deliver satellites into higher orbits or to deploy multiple satellites into various orbits.
Yuanzheng upper stages are used as an optional extra stage on Long March launch vehicles to deliver satellites into higher orbits or to deploy multiple satellites into various orbits.
By the late 1960s, the NRO began launching several new classes of larger signals intelligence satellites into higher orbits.
Xona Space Systems’ satellites are designed to provide a more robust and powerful solution than current systems operating in higher orbits.
LEO-PNT aims to deploy a set of small satellites in low Earth orbit to test how such spacecraft could augment Galileo and other navigation systems operating in higher orbits.
NSSL Phase 3 is divided into two lanes with Lane 1 for lower-risk missions to lower orbits and Lane 2 for demanding missions to higher orbits requiring certified launch vehicles and full mission assurance.
Exotrail’s spacedrop™ service provides satellite operators with the capability to transfer satellites to their operational orbits in low, medium, geostationary, or higher orbits.
Impulse Space is developing two larger orbital transfer vehicles capable of moving spacecraft into higher orbits such as geostationary orbit or cislunar space.
Space Systems Command has a goal of transforming the military’s space architecture from one dominated by large geostationary satellites to more proliferated networks deployed in lower and higher orbits.
Before acquiring SA Photonics, CACI focused on higher-end laser communications terminals designed for higher orbits and tougher radiation environments and was developing a lower-price-point version aimed at the SDA market.
A two-stage variant of Long March 9 would launch to Low Earth orbit while a three-stage variant would serve higher orbits.
Electric propulsion allows a spacecraft to continuously accelerate to higher orbits.
The FCC approved on 2021-04-27, a SpaceX application to modify its license by moving the satellites planned for higher orbits to 550 km and adjusting the overall constellation size to 4,408 satellites.
The 2,814 satellites moved from higher orbits will operate at inclinations of 53.2, 70, and 97.6 degrees and at altitudes between 540 and 570 km.
Loading nearly 10,000 kg of propellant makes the prototype spacecraft analogous to a 20-ton-plus space station module and enables it to reach higher orbits and test a high-speed reentry.