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AAC Clyde Space Partners With Scotland on Earth Observation Constellation
AAC Clyde Space signed an agreement with the Scottish government to offer Earth observation data through the planned Cyclops satellite constellation. This is AAC Clyde Space’s first customer for the planned four-satellite constellation. The deal announced Tuesday is a pre-commercial agreement worth 612,000 pounds ($783,000). AAC Clyde Space developed the solution in response to CivTech,…
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NASA to Provide Coverage for Northrop Grumman’s 20th Commercial Resupply Mission
Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on July 12, five and a half months after delivering more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA and its international partners. This mission was the company’s 20th commercial resupply…
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Boeing and NASA to Provide Next Update on International Space Station Crew Flight Test
Leadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media briefing at 12:30 p.m. EDT, July 10, to discuss the agency’s Crew Flight Test at the International Space Station. Participants include: Steve Stich, manager, of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing Media interested in participating must…
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AE Industrial Partners Closes Third Private Equity Fund With $1.28B
Defense tech private equity firm AE Industrial Partners has closed its third flagship private equity firm with $1.28 billion in capital commitments. AE Industrial Partners announced the fund, Fund III, on Tuesday. AEI has already deployed more than a quarter of Fund III into five platforms and three add-on investments including smallsat manufacturer York Space…
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Europe’s long-delayed flagship rocket is about to launch for the first time
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket is finally ready to fly, four years late but vital as ever for European governments backing the more than $4 billion project. Set for liftoff from French Guiana, the new rocket will be Europe’s flagship launcher for the next decade, providing rides to space for European science probes, navigation satellites, and…
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Caleb Henry Sets Out to Catalog the Story of OneWeb
OneWeb is one of the most compelling stories of the New Space era. From its start as one of the first constellation ventures, and early success, to its fall in bankruptcy and rebirth under new ownership, the company has captured the space industry’s attention for years. Caleb Henry is working to catalog that story, writing…
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Space Force Adds Blue Origin and Stoke Space to OSP-4 Launch Contract
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded the second on-ramp to its Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 contract to Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies on July 3. This brings the number of launch providers to 12 that are eligible to compete for task orders under the potential $986 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. So far, the Space…
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Iceye Limits Satellite Imaging Over Ukraine in Deal with Ukrainian MoD
Iceye will work more closely with the Ukraine Ministry of Defense amid Russia’s war in the country, signing a memorandum of cooperation to ensure the company’s imagery captured over Ukraine will not be shared with hostile countries or entities. Iceye, based in Finland, operates a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation. The company said that…
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Ovzon 3 Satellite Enters Commercial Service, Providing Support to GIGN
Ovzon’s proprietary satellite Ovzon 3 has reached its orbital position in the geostationary arc. After a few weeks of final in-orbit testing, the satellite is now ready for commercial service. The first delivery of SATCOM-as-a-Service from Ovzon 3 will be to the French government organization GIGN (Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale) who will use…