Freedom reentered the atmosphere more than 16 hours after undocking, deploying two drogue chutes followed by four main parachutes.
Admiral John C. Aquilino participated in nearly every major military operation following his commissioning, including Operations Deliberate Force, Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and Inherent Resolve.
SpaceNews received a copy of NASA’s response to members of the US Congress who wrote an open letter on September 6 after filing a Freedom of Information Act request.
The Crew-9 mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2024-09-24 on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom.
All states have the freedom to explore and use outer space if they comply with international law, as stated in the Outer Space Treaty.
The 12 finalist teams for the NGA award included Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Anduril Industries, BlackSky Geospatial Solutions, Freedom Technology Solution Group, HII Mission Technologies, Orbital Insight, NV5 Geospatial, Planet Labs, Royce Geospatial Solutions, Space-Eyes (Channel Logistics), Striveworks, and Ursa Space Systems.
The Freedom software platform enables U.S. government satellite operators to build and control government-only antenna network enclaves while providing rapid access to external commercial ground station networks.
Connections to commercial network providers are enabled for all government users through Freedom software.
Government ground antenna equipment that is 'orphaned' or underutilized can be returned to use or more efficiently utilized when managed by Freedom.
Freedom enables the segregation of government equipment between agencies or federates it across multiple organizations to improve cross-utilization and reduce total government costs.
The ATLAS antenna network management software, Freedom™, empowers US government satellite operators to build and control government-only antenna network enclaves.
Freedom software allows agencies to build and modify 'hybrid' ground architectures across disparate government and commercial networks.
Freedom empowers satellite operators to adapt and respond more rapidly to dynamic conditions in the space domain by providing wider access to ground stations.
Freedom enables satellite operators in the mission control center to execute time-sensitive and ad-hoc network tasking in response to crises or contingencies.
Freedom™ allows for rapid access to external commercial ground station networks for resiliency, redundancy, or reduced data latency.
ATLAS Space Operations completed the successful operational integration of a Department of Defense (DoD) antenna through its Freedom Software Platform.
The user interface of Freedom provides satellite operators with the information to rapidly identify and access available times and locations across the hybrid network of antennas within minutes.
The Space Force's Comprehensive Strategy Report submitted in August 2023 aims to ensure US freedom of access and operation in space.
ATLAS Space Operations provided its global ground station network using its proprietary Freedom Software Platform to automate communications and enable near-real-time troubleshooting capabilities.
Lonestar Data Holdings selected Intuitive Machines as its partner for the Independence Mission and will continue working with Intuitive Machines for the company's upcoming Freedom Mission.