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Higher Orbits

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Higher Orbits is a non-profit organization focused on promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education through spaceflight-related activities. They provide hands-on, project-based learning experiences for high school students, incorporating teamwork, leadership, and communication skills. Higher Orbits partners with astronauts and industry professionals to inspire students and prepare them for future academic and career success, with programs like "Go For Launch!" sending student experiments to space. Key keywords include STEM education, space exploration, youth development, and astronaut mentorship.

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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.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Apr 15, 2026Kepler Leads Team to Test ESA’s ‘Fiber in the Sky’

PAVE Space says its kick-stage engine architecture can reduce the cost of reaching higher orbits by 40%.

CapabilityFinancialValue 4.0Mar 25, 2026PAVE Space Raises $40M for In-Space Propulsion Tech

The Higher Orbits Go For Launch! program conducted student experiments from Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia on the International Space Station.

GeneralValue 2.6Mar 4, 2026CRS-33 Returns ISS National Lab-Sponsored Payloads to Earth

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.

GeneralCapabilityValue 2.5Feb 12, 2026The Hybrid Architecture Is No Longer Theoretical

Viridian Space aims to create a satellite system using ABEP in VLEO that is more capable than chemical propulsion systems operating in higher orbits.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0Feb 4, 2026Exclusive: Viridian Space Signs CRADA Agreement with US Air Force

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.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2Sep 5, 2025New Test Satellite Launched From Xichang [Long March 3C/E/YZ-1]

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.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Sep 5, 2025New Test Satellite Launched From Xichang [Long March 3C/E/YZ-1]

By the late 1960s, the NRO began launching several new classes of larger signals intelligence satellites into higher orbits.

PlanValue 3.0Mar 10, 2025Stars in the sky: The top secret URSALA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH satellites from the 1970s to the 21st century

Xona Space Systems’ satellites are designed to provide a more robust and powerful solution than current systems operating in higher orbits.

CapabilityValue 1.8May 8, 2024Xona raises $19 million Series A funds for satellite navigation service

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.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.8Mar 20, 2024ESA awards three contracts for satellite navigation missions

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.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Jan 24, 2024Blue Origin gets U.S. Space Force funding for New Glenn ‘integration studies’

Exotrail’s spacedrop™ service provides satellite operators with the capability to transfer satellites to their operational orbits in low, medium, geostationary, or higher orbits.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 12, 2022French institutions award Exotrail in-orbit logistics missions worth several million euros

Impulse Space is developing two larger orbital transfer vehicles capable of moving spacecraft into higher orbits such as geostationary orbit or cislunar space.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 17, 2022Impulse Space raises an additional $10 million for orbital transfer vehicles

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.

PlanGeneralValue 2.5Feb 16, 2022Space Force wants to create a more welcoming environment for private industry

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.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 3.0Jan 30, 2022CACI ramping up production of optical terminals for low Earth orbit satellites

A two-stage variant of Long March 9 would launch to Low Earth orbit while a three-stage variant would serve higher orbits.

PlanGeneralValue 2.6Jun 28, 2021China’s super heavy rocket to construct space-based solar power station

Electric propulsion allows a spacecraft to continuously accelerate to higher orbits.

CapabilityGeneralValue 1.8Jun 7, 2021Astra & Apollo: Reaching New Orbits Together

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.

LegalPlanValue 5.0May 25, 2021Viasat asks FCC to halt Starlink launches while it seeks court ruling

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.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Apr 27, 2021FCC approves Starlink license modification

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.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 29, 2020Long March 5B rolled out for crewed spacecraft, space station test launch
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