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MDA Space Buys Blue Canyon Technologies for $620 Million in U.S. Defense Push
MDA Space announced the acquisition June 19. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year, pending regulatory approvals that include a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS. Blue Canyon Technologies, founded in 2008, builds smallsats and smallsat components. Raytheon acquired it in 2020. The…
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Detailed explanation of the Long March-2D carrier rocket just launched at noon
At 12:11 noon on March 15, 2025, the Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying the 4D Gaojing-302 satellite was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Subsequently, the satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. The following is the relevant research and analysis content of the Long March-2D launch…
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Analysis of my country’s Satellite Internet Constellation Networking Capabilities in 2026
In 2025, my country’s satellite Internet constellation networking progress will usher in a relatively large development. Entering 2026, where will my country’s satellite Internet constellation networking progress go? In fact, we can also simply analyze and analyze through the launch data in 2025. The core factor that determines the progress of satellite Internet constellation networking…
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Special research on launch vehicle recovery
1. The importance of developing reusable rockets Traditional launch vehicles are one-time use. After each launch, they either fall back to the ground or burn up in the atmosphere, making the cost of humans entering space always high. In the 1960s, Academician Qian Xuesen, the founder of my country’s aerospace industry, proposed the idea of…
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Top 10 New Tracks for Commercial Aerospace in 2025—Space Computing
The computing power competition is “rolling” to the sky, why should the computing power center be moved to space? What are the challenges of building a “data center” in radiation-filled space? What major moves have China and the United States planned? Which technologies will become the focus of industry development in the future? Today we…
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Overview of core research and development capabilities of my country’s satellite propulsion system
In summary, the core research and development strength of China’s satellite propulsion system mainly includes the national team with decades of accumulation, as well as universities and commercial enterprises with technological innovation and flexible market mechanisms. The three work together to support the vigorous development of China’s satellite propulsion system industry. The first is the…
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Understand commercial aerospace in 3 minutes | Weekly updates (first week of May 2025)
China commercial aerospace 1. Chang 5B launches satellite Internet low orbit 03 satellites At 4:10 on April 29, 2025, Beijing time, my country used the Long March 5B carrier rocket/Yuanzheng 2 upper stage at the Wenchang Space Launch Site to successfully launch 10 satellites of the satellite Internet low orbit 03 group. Hello space: The…
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Top 10 International Satellite Manufacturing Companies
As the core link of the aerospace industry chain, satellite manufacturing is not only the forefront of technological innovation, but also an important foundation for the satellite application industry to expand the market. Looking internationally, which satellite manufacturing companies are leading the development of the industry? Today let’s talk about: Top 10 international satellite manufacturing…
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In addition to building entire satellites, what else do these satellite companies build?
1. Galaxy Aerospace Q/V band feed antenna (biaxial mechanically movable broadband dual circularly polarized ring focus antenna), V/S transceiver components, QV antenna closed-loop drive controller (servo product specially designed for the spaceborne QV antenna rotation mechanism), Ka-band multi-beam phased array antenna (the array is arranged in a non-periodic spiral), X-band data transmission load, satellite integrated…
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In 2025, there were 323 launches worldwide and 4,508 spacecraft were launched into orbit | Commercial Aerospace December Monthly Report
summary 1. Rocket launches: Throughout 2025, a total of 323 space launches were carried out around the world, with 4,508 spacecrafts put into orbit, including 92 from China and 377 spacecrafts into orbit, and 193 from the United States and 4,024 spacecrafts into orbit. In December 2025, a total of 40 space launches were carried…