XRISM is an X-ray astronomy spacecraft serving as a replacement for Astro-H (Hitomi), which malfunctioned shortly after its 2016 launch when it spun out of control.
Virgilio Holding S.p.A., Astro Alliance S.r.l., MIRAK Enterprise S.r.l., and Gino Bucciol together own 4,677,690 shares of Officina Stellare, equal to 82.44% of the company’s share capital.
The ASTRO master contract opens acquisition to all federal agencies through FEDSIM for the next 10 years with no maximum dollar ceiling.
RSA has developed technologies in infrared satellites, directed energy, artificial intelligence, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), astro-particle physics, small satellites, cislunar operations, intelligence collection, and autonomous underwater vehicles.
Hexagon US Federal has been selected by the General Services Administration as a prime contractor for ASTRO, a 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an estimated $90,000,000,000 value.
The formal government kick-off for the ASTRO contract is anticipated to take place in November 2021.
Esri partnered with Auterion to enable US organizations to use Site Scan with the Freefly Astro drone, which runs on Auterion's open-source drone autopilot system.
Esri offers a single, end-to-end drone solution that integrates Freefly Astro and is supported by Site Scan, using US Department of Defense-approved Blue sUAS software architecture.
The Astro platform provides fleet management, 0.004 kg LTE connectivity for online workflows, predictive maintenance, geotagging, and the Auterion SDK for enterprise developers.
Astro supports a 0.9072 kg payload capacity and can achieve a 30-minute flight time.
Blink Astro and Lacuna Space launched payloads on NanoAvionics’ M6P nanosatellite buses in April.
NanoRacks is working with Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH of Germany to manufacture the deployers that will be used for the PSLV mission.