Photo Source: MBRSC, https://mediaoffice.ae/en In January, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced the development of the PHI-Demo mission under the Payload Hosting Initiative. The Initiative aims at providing an effective satellite platform that can host payloads for multiple purposes. The project includes a 12U modular satellite platform that is going to be designed...
Virgin Orbit announced the changes in the “Above the Clouds” mission where SteamJet Space Systems take part. According to Virgin Orbit, the Spire CubeSat will be joined to the smallsats of the Space Test Program and SatRevolution on the next LauncherOne mission, which is going to be its fourth flight since the first launch in...
Photo Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211214006222/en/SatRevolution-Secures-Series-B-Funding-from-Virgin-Orbit The World Satellite Business Week is the annual event held for leaders from the global satellite connectivity and information business. This year it took place on December 13-16, 2021. And one of the main results of this year was a statement made by SatRevolution S.A. and Virgin Orbit. According to this statement,...
SteamJet planned to perform the first in-orbit demonstration of a reliable, compact, and affordable water-based propulsion system launched from a Soyuz. Nevertheless, this launch has been delayed and is now canceled. This is the reason why our second test in-orbit demonstration in cooperation with Space X becomes the first one. Herewith, SpaceX and Momentus have...
SteamJet announced a launch service agreement with Momentus (www.momentus.space), provider of in-space transportation services for satellites. It is our first technology demonstration mission for a reliable, compact, and available water-based propulsion system that will be launched from a Soyuz to SSO. SteamJet and Momentus have a common goal of broadening the current mission capabilities of...
On November 19-21, 2019 the SteamJet team visited the Space Tech Expo Europe 2019 in Bremen, Germany. The international conference Space Tech Expo is a specialized exhibition dedicated to the design, production, and testing of space technology, including spacecraft for various purposes, satellites, propulsion systems, and ground infrastructure, etc. The conference participants, consisting of representatives...
The SmallSat Conference put together companies – manufacturers of small satellites who were looking for innovative ways to increase the chances of mission success by using various design techniques, autonomy techniques, and streamlined processes that help detect and mitigate potential challenges. Conference participants had the opportunity to examine new technologies, design methods, processes that could...
SteamJet recently attended the SmallSat conference in Logan, Utah. SmallSat is an internationally recognized conference on small satellites held annually on the campus of Utah State University. The conference is focused on providing a forum for the best minds in the small satellite community to explore new trends and directions, review recent successes, and introduce...
