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Technology DemonstrationLEOCOSPAR 2024-149GLaunched 8/16/2024
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Transporter-11
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5
Launch Date
8/16/2024
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
515 km
Inclination
97.45 deg
Dry Mass
1.83 kg
Total Mass
1.83 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Technology Demonstration
Payload Category
TECH
Payload Class
B
Organizations
Operator
Array Labs
Manufacturer
Array Labs
Registry
COSPAR ID
2024-149G
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1227
Track
Mentions
81
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Colonel Denny Davies, commander of the 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock, supports the TRASC platform as enabling global command and control and providing improved situational awareness for crews.

CapabilityGovernanceValue 3.0Apr 17, 2024U.S.A.F. confirms Satcom Direct RO/RO Ku-band TRASC C-130 capability
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Key technical challenges for Tianwen-3 include obtaining rock samples, taking off from the surface of Mars, performing a rendezvous and docking in Mars orbit, and transferring samples to a reentry module, all requiring a high degree of autonomy.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Mar 8, 2024China targets 2030 for Mars sample return mission, potential landing areas revealed

Volvo Autonomous Solutions will deliver an Autonomous Transport Solution that will transport rock fill from an on-site quarry to be used to secure long-term storage capacity at Garpenberg’s tailings facility.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 15, 2023Volvo Collaborates with Metals Company for Autonomous Transports

Each rock abrasion tool for NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers contains an aluminum cuff made from metal recovered from the World Trade Center.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 11, 2023NASA Remembers September 11 from space

The test scenarios included potential landing angles that could cause the lander to hit a rock at an angle.

CapabilityValue 2.0Aug 15, 2023NASA's Team of Engineers Conduct Rigorous Testing for the Landing System of Mars Lander

NASA's Perseverance rover continues to collect tubes filled with rock core samples for the Mars Sample Return campaign.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.0Aug 15, 2023NASA's Team of Engineers Conduct Rigorous Testing for the Landing System of Mars Lander

The ANA Avatar XPrize course tasks included moving a lever, traversing a 25-meter course lined with boulders, weighing and manipulating canisters, using a battery-powered drill, and selecting a rock based on its texture.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Nov 5, 2022German team wins $5 million ANA Avatar XPrize in space-themed competition

An aluminum cuff from the rock abrasion tools on NASA's Mars rovers was made from aluminum recovered from the destroyed World Trade Center.

GeneralValue 4.0Sep 11, 2022NASA Remembers September 11, with views from the ISS

Lt. Col. Walter 'Rock' McMillan leads SpaceWERX, a Space Force organization created to work with the emerging commercial space industry.

GovernanceGeneralValue 3.5Dec 14, 2021U.S. military looking to build lasting relationships with commercial space industry

Since 2017, MEASAT has provided distribution services to Rock Entertainment Holdings for the ROCK Entertainment, ROCK Extreme, ZooMoo, and Smithsonian HD channels.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 1, 2021MEASAT’s HD Video Neighborhood Adds Global Trekker

An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital has completed an acquisition of SAM Companies.

RelationshipsValue 3.8Sep 30, 2021Peak Rock Capital completes acquisition Of SAM Companies

Jordan Campbell is the Managing Director of Peak Rock.

GovernanceValue 1.8Sep 30, 2021Peak Rock Capital completes acquisition Of SAM Companies

Peak Rock identifies SAM Companies as an opportunity to invest in a growing infrastructure services platform focusing on advanced geospatial technologies.

RelationshipsGrowthValue 2.5Sep 30, 2021Peak Rock Capital completes acquisition Of SAM Companies

Peak Rock aims to drive transformational growth through organic initiatives and add-on acquisitions in high growth industrial and technology-enabled services businesses.

GrowthValue 1.4Sep 30, 2021Peak Rock Capital completes acquisition Of SAM Companies

Anthony DiSimone is the Chief Executive Officer of Peak Rock.

GovernanceValue 3.0Sep 30, 2021Peak Rock Capital completes acquisition Of SAM Companies

The SatRecon® service assists in identifying potential unmapped hazards such as shipwrecks and rock outcrops.

CapabilityValue 3.0Aug 3, 2021Fugro helps NOAA update nautical charts in Alaska for improved maritime safety and commerce

The aerial survey aims to identify specific vulnerable locations in the Castle Rock-Kulem Ghat section, which is susceptible to landslides.

GeneralValue 2.0Jul 30, 2021Indian Railways use drones to map at-risk areas in state of Karnataka

Lt. Col. Rock McMillan will lead SpaceWERX.

GovernanceValue 3.0Dec 8, 2020US Air Force launches SpaceWERX technology accelerator in Los Angeles

During lunar excursions on Artemis 3, astronauts will collect lunar rock and regolith samples and use cameras and other instruments, including both handheld instruments operated by astronauts and instruments deployed on the surface potentially operable after the astronauts depart.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 23, 2020NASA seeks input on Artemis science goals

NS-12 carried two student art projects selected in a competition run by Blue Origin and rock band OK Go.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.5Dec 11, 2019New Shepard sets reusability mark on latest suborbital spaceflight