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Aura

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Orbit: LEOLaunched 7/15/2004
Technical Specifications
Verified technical details
Dry Mass
2978 kg
Total Mass
3112 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Manufacturer

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Launch Mission

Aura Mission

7/15/2004

Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

The Astra 4a Nordic Ku-band beam provides improved performance across all terminals for Aura VSAT customers throughout Europe.

Mentioned as: AuraSourceMar 9, 2021

Emesent launched three new products at INTERGEO: Hovermap ST-X, a Long Range Radio add-on, and the Aura platform.

Mentioned as: AuraSourceOct 19, 2022

Aura operates on the iDirect Velocity platform, which was specifically designed to enable VSAT service providers to deploy managed HTS and multi-spot beam architectures.

Mentioned as: AuraSourceDec 1, 2020