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    NASA’s INCUS Mission on Road to Launch, Study Storms From Space

    A complex spacecraft partially wrapped in gold-colored foil and featuring a large rectangular solar panel stands on a metallic support structure against a solid blue background.

    Teams working on NASA’s INCUS (Investigation of Convective Updrafts) mission, the first space-based survey of the dynamics of tropical convective storms, have completed assembly and tested two of the mission’s small satellites, or SmallSats. Testing continues on the third SmallSat and is scheduled for completion no earlier than September in advance of a 2027 launch. […]

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    NASA Wideband Demo Completes Primary Mission, Extends Operations  

    This rendering shows a large spacecraft dish antenna in deep space points upward, illuminated by a bright blue beam of light that appears to transmit or receive a signal. The metallic structure and support arms of the dish are visible in the foreground, with a dark star‑filled background behind it.

    NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT), designed to enable interoperability between satellite relay networks, has completed its planned technology demonstration. Given the primary mission’s success and the flexibility of the technology, NASA has extended operations to pursue new partnership opportunities and additional capability demonstrations. The terminal launched July 23, 2025, aboard York Space Systems’ BARD spacecraft […]

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