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Interoperability is Critical to the Future of Space
We are entering an industrial era in which space is becoming an important driver of technological advancement, global sustainability and geopolitical competition; one in which investing in interoperability is more critical than ever. Prioritizing interoperability and decentralization is now required to ensure that space exploration brings more benefit than harm to humanity. Throughout history, the…
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Planet Signs Seven-Figure Pilot Program With International MoD Customer
Planet Labs has signed a new seven-figure pilot program with an international ministry of defense (MoD) customer for PlanetScope data enhanced with SynMax artificial intelligence. Planet announced the deal with the unnamed customer on July 15. Planet and SynMax are providing a maritime domain awareness solution for vessel detection and monitoring. The customer also expanded…
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Planet Signs Seven-Figure Pilot Program With International MoD Customer
Planet Labs has signed a new seven-figure pilot program with an international ministry of defense (MoD) customer for PlanetScope data enhanced with SynMax artificial intelligence. Planet announced the deal with the unnamed customer on July 15. Planet and SynMax are providing a maritime domain awareness solution for vessel detection and monitoring. The customer also expanded…
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Booster 12 static fires at Pad A and Pad B tower stacking underway
After Hurricane Beryl passed the Brownsville area without seriously damaging Starbase, preparations for Starship Flight 5 have been advanced to a new level with the rollout of Booster 12 to the Orbital Launch Site and subsequent static fire on Monday, July 15. While Booster 12 is being tested, stacking is also now underway for Starbase’s…
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Thales Alenia Space and Exotrail Sign MoU to Develop Software Solutions for Satellite Operations
Thales Alenia Space and Exotrail have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop an innovative surveillance, command and control (SCC) solution designed to meet the needs of constellations of small satellites, based on NewSpace concepts and technologies. This partnership combines the proven satellite systems expertise of Thales Alenia Space with Exotrail’s disruptive space mobility…
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Astronomers use Hubble to discover rare intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri
Using the joint NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope in low-Earth orbit, an international team of astronomers has discovered a rare black hole within Omega Centauri — the largest and brightest known globular cluster in the Milky Way. Globular clusters are large collections of stars and other cosmic material that can span…
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NASA’s flagship mission to Europa has a problem: Vulnerability to radiation
The launch date for the Europa Clipper mission to study the intriguing moon orbiting Jupiter, which ranks alongside the Cassini spacecraft to Saturn as NASA’s most expensive and ambitious planetary science mission, is now in doubt. The $4.25 billion spacecraft had been due to launch in October on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space…
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NATO allies pledge $1 billion to promote sharing of space-based intel
During their summit in Washington, DC, this week, NATO member states committed more than $1 billion to improve the sharing of intelligence from national and commercial reconnaissance satellites. The agreement is a further step toward integrating space assets into NATO military commands. It follows the bloc’s adoption of an official space policy in 2019, which…
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Tyvak International’s Milani Satellite Successfully Completes Qualification and Acceptance Review
Tyvak International SRL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terran Orbital Corporation and a European nano and microsatellite manufacturer based in Turin, Italy, announced the successful achievement of Milani’s Qualification and Acceptance Review. Delivered in March of 2024 to the European Space Agency, the vehicle successfully completed its system level testing with the Hera mothercraft at the…