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Spire Rolls Out New Weather Monitoring Platform Designed for Energy, Supply Chain Logistics
Space data and analytics provider Spire Global launched a new weather monitoring and alerting platform on Wednesday that it hopes will “revolutionize global weather awareness for the energy, supply chain and logistics industries.” The platform, “DeepVision,” includes space-driven weather forecast data, proprietary global modeling, shipment monitoring, interactive maps, and machine learning. Spire said that the…
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Redwire Selected by NASA to Develop Technology for Building Critical Infrastructure on Moon
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, has been selected for a $12.9 million NASA Tipping Point award to prototype a first-of-its-kind manufacturing technology intended to build critical infrastructure on the surface of the Moon, including landing pads, roads and foundations for habitats. This technology could enable…
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Hughes to Launch JUPITER 3 Next Generation Ultra High Density Satellite
Hughes, a pioneer in global connectivity, is gearing up for the momentous launch of JUPITER 3 (EchoStar XXIV) on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at 11:04 p.m. ET. This cutting-edge ultra-high density satellite (UHDS) promises to revolutionize communication networks across North and South America. For over fifty years, Hughes has been at the forefront of connecting…
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Airbus Partners with Astrocast to Enhance Satellite IoT Technology
Astrocast, a satellite IoT operator, announced the extension of its partnership with Airbus Defence and Space, a global leader in the aerospace industry. This partnership enhances the capabilities of satellite Internet of Things (SatIoT) technology. It enables Astrocast to further increase its network capacity to provide the most reliable and cost-effective SatIoT solutions to its…
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Iridium Doesn’t Expect Qualcomm Direct-to-Device Activations Until 2024
Iridium Communications is unlikely to see direct-to-device activations this year, expecting the first activations of this new offering with Qualcomm in 2024, CEO Matt Desch said in a call with investors on Tuesday. In January, Iridium and Qualcomm announced a partnership for new Qualcomm satellite-compatible chips that will enable messaging on Android cell phones via…
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SpaceX teases another application for Starship
You’ve probably heard about SpaceX’s plans to use its giant new Starship vehicle to land people on the Moon and Mars, send numerous Starlink satellites or large telescopes into space, or perhaps even serve as a high-speed point-to-point terrestrial transport for equipment or people. There’s another application for SpaceX’s Starship architecture that the company is…
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NASA gives Blue Origin $34.7M to work on technology for making solar cells on moon
The Blue Alchemist project aims to produce solar cells from lunar materials. (Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won $34.7 million in funding from NASA to support the development of a system that could produce solar cells on the moon from materials that are available on site. The Blue Alchemist project…
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Launch roundup: Falcon Heavy launches largest GEO satellite, Rocket Lab’s Electron to complete 40th flight
The week of July 24 through July 30 will end the month with at least four more launches, focused mostly on increasing the number of Earth-imaging satellites sent to space. Firstly, China launched Yaogn satellites atop the Chang Zheng 2D; SpaceX also launched a Starlink mission and Falcon Heavy launched the largest-ever geostationary (GEO) satellite into…
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Maxar Completes Critical Design Review for its Satellite Platform Developed for the SDA
Maxar Technologies, a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, completed the first Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Maxar 300 series bus for L3Harris Technologies in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer (T1TRK) program. The T1TRK program is designed to provide global warning and tracking of conventional…
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Impulse Space Raises $45M in Series A Funding Round
In-space transportation company Impulse Space, founded by SpaceX founding member Tom Mueller, raised $45 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round, the company announced Monday. RTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of RTX, led the round, along with participation from Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Airbus Ventures and Space Capital. The company, founded in 2021,…