Archive for August 2023
CAPSTONE Mission: 30 August 2023 Update
Serving as an orbital pathfinder for the Gateway, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE™) spacecraft has operated successfully for almost 300 days. During that time, the CubeSat has demonstrated its key functions, entering and maintaining its unique orbit — a near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) — and operating a peer-to-peer…
Read MoreAdvanced Space-led Team Applying Machine Learning to Detect Orbital Debris for IARPA
Westminster, CO – Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company, is pleased to announce that an Advanced Space-led team has been chosen to apply Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to detect, track and characterize space debris for the IARPA Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) program. Space debris—items due to human activity in space—presents a major hazard…
Read MorePlotting Orbits: Using Math and Lessons Learned to Plan Orbits for the Lunar Gateway
For several years now, Advanced Space has analyzed orbital dynamics for the Lunar Gateway. Supporting the Gateway’s Mission Design and Navigation (MDNAV) team, located primarily at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, these analyses have helped inform station requirements; develop concepts of operations; plan for contingencies; and assist with other planning activities. Our experience with operating the CAPSTONE™ mission in…
Read MorePILOTing Through the Magnetosphere: Using Mission Design to Advance Science
Not so long ago (2022), Advanced Space collaborated with a team of science and engineering organizations to help design a science mission to study the effects of the biggest space weather maker in the solar system: the Sun. The mission concept, called Plasma Imaging, LOcal measurement, and Tomographic experiment (PILOT), is designed to measure the…
Read MoreAdvanced Space Selected for Two NASA SBIR Phase I Awards
Westminster, CO – Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company, is pleased to announce that NASA has selected two of our new Phase I concepts under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Flight Dynamics and Navigation Technologies The first project, won under the Flight Dynamics and Navigation Technologies subtopic, will support NASA’s future…
Read MoreWelcoming New Team Members – August 2023
As we prepare for further growth in the future, Advanced Space has added more new members to our team. These professionals will help us develop and improve the administrative capabilities needed to meet the increasing demands of our programs and projects. Michelle Gunderson became part of the Advanced Space team in March as Government Accounting…
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