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MDA Reports Record Revenue in 2023, Previews More Contract Opportunities
Canadian satellite manufacturer MDA reported a strong 2023 financial year driven by the company’s constellation contract, growing revenue 26% year-over-year. MDA reported full year 2023 financial results on Feb. 28. 2023 full year revenue for MDA was 807.6 million Canadian dollars ($595 million), compared to CA$641 million in 2022. MDA has three business divisions —…
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Viasat Wins Contract from Northrop Grumman for DEUSCI Program
Viasat was awarded a contract from Northrop Grumman to support the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) initiative, called the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) also referred to as ‘Global Lightning.’ Northrop Grumman’s four-year contract aims to bring defense contractors and commercial satcom providers together to implement space internet services into existing military…
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South Korean Military Selects Iridium Connectivity for Military Operations
The South Korea Ministry of Defense (MOD) signed a deal with Iridium to integrate Iridium products and services for military operations, including real-time position tracking capabilities for soldiers. Iridium announced the contract on Feb. 28. Iridium service provider Arion Communication and the MoD’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration supported the implementation by providing South Korea’s Army…
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Firefly Aerospace Expands its Briggs, Texas Facilities to Support Medium Launch Vehicle
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, held an official ribbon cutting in celebration of the company’s Rocket Ranch expansion in Briggs, Texas. Firefly more than doubled the size of its manufacturing facilities, added two new test stands, and installed state-of-the-art machinery to support the production of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch…
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NRO Adds Umbra to Next Stage of Commercial RF Sensing Contract
Umbra on Wednesday said the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has selected the company for the second stage of a commercial remote sensing contract the agency uses to obtain radio satellite-based radio frequency (RF) data for intelligence collection. In early 2023, the NRO selected Maxar Technologies, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, and Spire Global for Stage II contract options under the…
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NRO Adds Umbra to Next Stage of Commercial RF Sensing Contract
Umbra on Wednesday said the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has selected the company for the second stage of a commercial remote sensing contract the agency uses to obtain radio satellite-based radio frequency (RF) data for intelligence collection. In early 2023, the NRO selected Maxar Technologies, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, and Spire Global for Stage II contract options under the…
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SpaceX squeezes in rare Leap Day Falcon 9 launch following Crew-8 astronaut delay
In just the fourth Leap Day launch in history, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX made the most of a weather delay to an astronaut launch from Florida’s Space Coast. The company launched a batch of Starlink satellites from pad…
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Antaris Cloud Platform to Power Almagest’s Elevation Demonstration Mission
Antaris, the leading software platform for space missions, announced that it is partnering with US-based Almagest Space Corporation and India’s XDLINX Labs to deliver the software for XDLINX’s XDSAT-NS satellite, which will be integrated with one of the world’s first miniaturized, space-grade E-band communication payload. The payload is being developed by XDLINX as part of…
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NASA and Russian Satellites Have a Close Pass in Orbit
A NASA satellite and a Russian satellite had a close pass in orbit on Wednesday morning, one that LeoLabs called “too close for comfort.” NASA reported that the Department of Defense confirmed the NASA Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics Mission (TIMED) spacecraft and the Russian Cosmos 2221 satellite passed each other safely in orbit…
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HyImpulse SR75 Rocket Shipped to Australia for Germany’s First Private Newspace Launch
The rocket SR75 from HyImpulse has been fully prepared and packaged in time at the HyImpulse headquarters in Neuenstadt, Germany. Both the rocket and its ground support equipment have started the journey by ship through the Atlantic Ocean, around South Africa, and all the way to Southern Australia. The Koonibba test range will be the…