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Rhea Space Activity

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Rhea Space Activity’s JAM modules will be flown in conjunction with ispace-U.S.’s contribution to the Draper-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to deliver Artemis science investigations to the far side of the Moon in 2026.

Mentioned as: rhea space activityTechnical ProductMar 8, 2024ispace-US and Rhea Space Activity Sign Payload Services Agreement Aimed at Expanding Deep Space Technological Capabilities

ispace technologies U.S., inc. (ispace-U.S.) signed a payload services agreement with Rhea Space Activity to deliver autonomous guidance and navigation technology to lunar orbit aboard ispace-U.S.’s Mission 3 scheduled for 2026.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityOrg RelationshipMar 8, 2024ispace-US and Rhea Space Activity Sign Payload Services Agreement Aimed at Expanding Deep Space Technological Capabilities

Rhea Space Activity won a $750,000 NASA grant through the agency’s TechFlights solicitation on 2024-03-06.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2024Rhea Space Activity to fly navigation payloads on lunar lander mission

Rhea Space Activity will fly two Jervis Autonomy Module (JAM) units on a Draper-led lunar lander mission scheduled to launch in 2026.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityNarrative PlanMar 6, 2024Rhea Space Activity to fly navigation payloads on lunar lander mission

Rhea Space Activity secured investment from SpaceFund in 2021 to support JAM development.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityNarrative GeneralMar 6, 2024Rhea Space Activity to fly navigation payloads on lunar lander mission

Rhea Space Activity received Small Business Innovation Research awards from the U.S. Air Force to develop a "lunar intelligence dashboard" for monitoring spacecraft activities in cislunar space.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2024Rhea Space Activity to fly navigation payloads on lunar lander mission

Phase II will integrate RocketStar’s fusion-powered propulsion core with Rhea Space Activity’s Jervis Autonomy Module (JAM) to enable U.S. Space Force customers to operate beyond geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityTechnical ProductNov 3, 2022Beep…BEEP… RocketStar’s aneutronic fusion space propulsion engine earns AFWERX award to continue development efforts

Eden Grow Systems and Rhea Space Activity won a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 contract on 2022-03-16 to study applications of aeroponic technology for growing produce at inhospitable locations where some Space Force units are deployed.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityOrg RelationshipMar 16, 2022NASA’s plant-growing technology could be used to produce food at military bases

Rhea Space Activity develops adaptive optics systems to support U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Intelligence Community reconnaissance activities.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityNarrative GeneralJan 26, 2022USSF Presents Space Micro With An Air-To-Space Lasercom Development Contract

Space Micro partnered with Rhea Space Activity to develop an adaptive optics solution that uses deformable mirrors to transmit a laser signal through atmospheric turbulence.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityOrg RelationshipJan 26, 2022USSF Presents Space Micro With An Air-To-Space Lasercom Development Contract

Rhea Space Activity plans to offer JAM as a commercial product and intends to deploy JAM on its own cislunar surveillance satellite called JERVIS-1.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityOrg RelationshipNov 3, 2021SpaceFund to invest in navigation system for cislunar space

Rhea Space Activity won a U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research contract to design a software tool for monitoring the trajectory of satellites in cislunar space.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityTechnical ProductNov 3, 2021SpaceFund to invest in navigation system for cislunar space

Rhea Space Activity and Purdue University researchers identified a resonant retrograde orbit where satellites could be deployed to track objects in both cislunar space and the geostationary belt.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityTechnical ProductNov 3, 2021SpaceFund to invest in navigation system for cislunar space

Rhea Space Activity is developing a navigation system called Jervis Autonomous Module, or JAM, that is designed to work without GPS or two-way ranging with ground stations.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityTechnical ProductNov 3, 2021SpaceFund to invest in navigation system for cislunar space

On 2021-10-20, the U.S. Air Force extended a research contract with Rhea Space Activity to develop a software tool to monitor and predict satellite trajectories in cislunar space.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityOrg RelationshipOct 20, 2021Rhea Space Activity to develop cislunar space ‘dashboard’ for U.S. Air Force

Rhea Space Activity received a $697,000 SBIR Phase 2 award to continue the lunar intelligence dashboard project, and the project is also funded by private investors.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityOrg RelationshipOct 20, 2021Rhea Space Activity to develop cislunar space ‘dashboard’ for U.S. Air Force

Rhea Space Activity is designing a satellite that could be deployed into the retrograde orbit for cislunar and geostationary orbit surveillance.

Mentioned as: rhea space activityTechnical ProductOct 20, 2021Rhea Space Activity to develop cislunar space ‘dashboard’ for U.S. Air Force

Rhea Space Activity won a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 study contract funded by the U.S. Space Force to design a spacecraft with a solar-thermal propulsion system.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityOrg RelationshipJul 30, 2021Space Force eyes solar-powered vehicles for operations near the moon

Rhea Space Activity will pitch the Scorpius concept to U.S. Air Force and Space Force officials on 2021-08-19 at a Space Pitch Day event hosted by the Space and Missile Systems Center.

Mentioned as: Rhea Space ActivityNarrative GeneralJul 30, 2021Space Force eyes solar-powered vehicles for operations near the moon

Rhea Space Activity’s SBIR Phase 1 contract provides $50,000 for the initial study.

Mentioned as: rhea space activityOrg RelationshipJul 30, 2021Space Force eyes solar-powered vehicles for operations near the moon
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