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Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) has been awarded a Phase 3
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) contract to develop an additional six satellites for the Blackjack program. The company announced the award on Wednesday. A BCT spokesperson told
Via Satellite this contract is worth $26.5 million.
Blackjack is a DARPA program to leverage commercial Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband technology for a global high-speed network for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that can incorporate short design cycles and frequent technology upgrades.
This latest contract follows after BCT and DARPA completed the bus’s Critical Design Review in late 2020. BCT is currently building the first four satellites to be delivered by the close of 2021, under a $14.1 million contract won in July 2020. That contract came with a potential value of $99.4 million, and this additional $26.5 million contract is part of that award.
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Arizona researcher wins $20M NASA mission grant for compact telescope
04 Feb 2021
From Ford Burkhart in Tucson
Asperaâs mission will feature a space telescope âthe size of a mini fridgeâ.A 30-year-old University of Arizona postdoc researcher has won a $20 million NASA space mission grant by designing a compact, original version of the huge space telescopes, like the Hubble, that began sailing into space in the 1990s.
The Hubble Space Telescope was 14m (45 feet) long. By contrast, Carlos Vargas, of the UAâs Steward Observatory, has proposed a slimmed down device, called the Aspera â with dimensions of only 200 x 350 x 400mm (8 x 14 x 16 in).
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Blue Canyon Technologies Provides Microsats for NASA Pioneers Missions
January 27, 2021 GMT
BOULDER, Colo. (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 27, 2021
Leading small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies, LLC. (“BCT” or “Blue Canyon”) today announced it is providing the microsatellites for NASA’s Pioneers Aspera and Pandora missions – small-scale astrophysics missions.
“We are providing high-performance microsats capable of supporting astrophysics missions at a price point never before possible,” said George Stafford, CEO of Blue Canyon. “The missions will demonstrate our ability to be a mission-enabler in the areas of exoplanet characterization and the intergalactic medium.”