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The FreeFall Aerospace Inflatable Antenna System is Ready for Launch

Ready for lift-off, the novel inflatable antenna system developed by FreeFall Aerospace is validated and ready for space! In partnership with the University of Arizona (UA), FreeFall successfully conducted extensive pre-flight tests, the last step before flying in space. These tests validate operation and performance in a simulated space environment from launch through the entire mission lifetime. [...]

CatSat is Coming Together!

This morning FreeFall Aerospace staff visited the University of Arizona to see the progress on CatSat, one of eight research satellites to be launched aboard a NASA mission in June 2022. The satellites selected under NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative will perform technology demonstrations, conduct scientific investigations, and provide educational benefits. CatSat is a partnership of the University [...]

FreeFall Aerospace Inflation Control System Validated for Spaceflight

FreeFall Aerospace Inflation Control System Validated for Spaceflight Ready for lift-off, the novel inflatable antenna system developed by FreeFall Aerospace is validated and ready for space! In partnership with the University of Arizona (UA) and Northrop Grumman, on July 1, 2021, FreeFall successfully conducted thermal vacuum tests of the inflation control [...]

FreeFall Aerospace Uses Ansys HFSS to Design Innovative Antenna System

FreeFall Aerospace Uses Ansys HFSS to Design Innovative Antenna System Watch this video to learn how Ansys HFSS enabled Freefall Aerospace to expedite the development process and create a more valuable product. FreeFall Aerospace is committed to developing better ways to move the data that connect people, places, and things. Ansys [...]

FreeFall Aerospace’s Antenna Slated for NASA Spaceflight

FreeFall’s Antenna to Launch Aboard NASA's CubeSat Initiative March 19, 2021: Update on NASA's Cubesat Launch Initiative A novel inflatable antenna system developed by Tucson technology company FreeFall Aerospace, in conjunction with the University of Arizona, is a critical component of CatSat, one of 8 research satellites now slated for launch [...]

FreeFall Aerospace’s Phased Array: An Antenna Like No Other

FreeFall Aerospace’s Phased Array: An Antenna Like No Other Gottleib's Satellite Mobility World | Feb 2021 The quest to develop a low-cost electronically steerable antenna (ESA) has been an elusive one. Despite hundreds of millions of dollars invested by over a dozen companies, a viable, low-cost antenna has yet to emerge. For years, satellite industry engineers [...]

FreeFall Disrupting the RF Antenna Industry – ANSYS Podcast

Using Simulation to Disrupt the RF Antenna Industry August 26, 2019 Podcast host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by Stefan O'Dougherty of FreeFall to discuss the use of ANSYS simulation tools to drive the design of their unique RF antenna concept. Hear more about FreeFall's RF Antenna Concept Below: [...]

By |2019-09-04T19:40:29+00:00September 4th, 2019|Categories: Media Coverage, News, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Interview with Doug Stetson, President of FreeFall

An Interview with Doug Stetson, President of FreeFall Aerospace: Where did you grow up? "My Dad was in the Air Force so we moved around a bit, but mostly I grew up in Southern California. We spent a few years at Edwards Air Force Base when I was little so I got to [...]

By |2018-12-13T22:06:04+00:00December 13th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Doug Stetson, President of FreeFall Aerospace at Startup Coffee

StartUp Tucson Coffee's guest speaker is Doug Stetson, president of FreeFall Aerospace. Doug will describe FreeFall's disruptive antenna technology to show how innovation can arise in unexpected ways and lead to new products and perspectives. Let's talk startups over coffee! Parking across the street at Depot Plaza Garage, 45 N. Fifth Ave. FreeFall is developing revolutionary new [...]

Space tech startup Freefall touts successful test with NASA

November 14 2018, Nick Esquer of Arizona Chamber News As a nation, we’ve been through spells of obsession with the idea of heading into space and exploring the final frontier. And with movies like First Man and genius/Bond villains like Elon Musk planning to shoot themselves into space for whatever reason, space is cool again. But one [...]

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