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Space Micro Celebrates Over 750,000 Hours of Space Flight Heritage

MSA Components 6. December 2018

Space Micro’s cumulative space flight heritage has now exceeded 750,000 failure-free hours in various orbits: LEO, GEO, and lunar. This data has been calculated by tracking the number of operational…

EXXELIA: Proud to be on Mars!

MSA Components 26. November 2018

The NASA InSight spacecraft landed on Mars on November 26, 2018 with two Exxelia film capacitors onboard. [...]

3D PLUS HIGH TOLERANT MODULES ON-BOARD NASA’S INSIGHT LANDER

MSA Components 26. November 2018

Launched in May 2018, the InSight lander (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) has performed a perfect landing on Mars on November 26th. [...]

Space Micro Awarded NASA SBIR to Develop Radiation-Tolerant CubeSat Star Tracker

MSA Components 24. October 2018

Space Micro has been awarded a new Phase I SBIR contract by NASA. This research and development will design a miniaturized dual-head star tracker in CubeSat form factor that can…

3D PLUS SUPPLIED SEVERAL ELECTRONIC MODULES FOR BEPICOLOMBO; EUROPE’S FIRST MISSION TO MERCURY

MSA Components 23. October 2018

On October 20th, BepiColombo, the joint mission of the Japanese and the European space agencies (JAXA and ESA), has been successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana. [...]

Space Micro Delivers Space Cameras for LEO Program

MSA Components 18. October 2018

Space Micro delivered multiple space cameras to an undisclosed customer for a LEO spacecraft programSpace Micro’s 5MP camera is a state-of-the-art optical system leveraging an advanced visible imager chip. Following…

Space Micro Expands Manufacturing and Test Capability for Satellite Constellations

MSA Components 7. March 2018

Space Micro has recently invested in and installed additional capital equipment to expand our manufacturing capacity.This new environmental test equipment enables support of higher volume satellite constellation [...]

Space Micro Introduces 5MP Space Camera

MSA Components 7. March 2018

Space Micro Inc. announced it is introducing the 5MP Space Camera as part of its Guidance and Navigation product line.The 5MP Space Camera builds on the legacy µSTAR Tracker Camera…