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Venturi Space Raises Toulouse Facility Investment to €250 Million
Venturi Space has increased its planned investment in a new manufacturing and technology facility in Toulouse, France, to €250 million, up from the €100 million originally announced earlier this year. The Monaco-based space technology company said the expanded investment will support the development and production of technologies for lunar and Martian mobility systems, including rover…
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PLD Space Invests €35 Million in Launch Complex at Guiana Space Centre
PLD Space has announced plans to invest €35 million ($40.8 million) in the development of its launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana. The investment will be carried out between 2025 and 2026 and is intended to support the company’s upcoming Miura 5 launch vehicle program. First Private Operator at…
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NGA Awards Planet $22M Luno B Option for Maritime Domain Awareness
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Planet Labs a $22 million option on a contract begun last year to provide unclassified artificial intelligence-enabled data analytics for U.S. Combatant Commands. The original contract under NGA’s Luno B program was for $13 million. The Advanced Analytics for Maritime Operations and Reconnaissance contract covers the “automated detection of strategic…
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SpaceX Targets $75 Billion Raise in Planned Nasdaq IPO at $135 Per Share
SpaceX has set a fixed price of $135 per share for its planned initial public offering, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company plans to sell 555.6 million shares, which would raise approximately $75 billion. Underwriters have the option to purchase an additional 83.33 million shares, potentially increasing the…
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Infinite Orbits and Open Cosmos Plan ‘Tom & Jerry’ Space Rendezvous Mission
Infinite Orbits has tapped Open Cosmos to build two satellites named “Tom & Jerry” to conduct a maneuvering and inspection mission in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). In the mission named after the classic cartoon, the larger satellite, “Tom,” will approach, inspect, and capture close-range imagery of the smaller satellite, “Jerry.” The companies are on a rapid…
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Muon Space Unveils Condor-Ultra Satellite Platform for Orbital Data Center Applications
Muon Space has introduced Condor-Ultra, a new high-power satellite platform designed to support emerging orbital computing, networking and space infrastructure applications. The platform expands the company’s Condor family of spacecraft, which already includes the Condor-M and Condor-XL satellite platforms. Designed for High-Power Space Missions Condor-Ultra is designed to deliver significantly more power than Muon Space’s…
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PLD Space Advances MIURA 5 as a Reusable Orbital Launcher for Small Satellite Missions
PLD Space, a Spanish space transportation company headquartered in Elche, is developing MIURA 5, a reusable orbital launch vehicle designed to provide dedicated and rideshare launch services for small satellites. As the company’s flagship orbital launcher, MIURA 5 is engineered to offer reliable, customized and high-frequency access to space while supporting a wide range of…
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France Signs Two-Mission Deal with Vast for ISS and Haven-1
At the Choose France Summit, created by the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, Vast announced its commitment to establish its European headquarters in Paris and an agreement with the Government of France, for two missions involving two French astronauts: the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station and the Haven-1 test flight,…
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Muon Space Announces Starship-Class Spacecraft Platform Built for Scale
Muon Space, the Mission Foundry for high-performance satellite constellations, unveiled Condor-Ultra, its newest spacecraft platform developed for high-power, networked constellations of hundreds to thousands of satellites. Optimized for stackable mass-deployment from SpaceX’s Starship, Condor-Ultra anchors communications, sensing and data-center class compute missions with the most demanding power, aperture and data requirements at unprecedented scale and…
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Blue Origin to Expand Florida Rocket Campus With $600 Million Investment
Blue Origin will invest $600 million to expand its Rocket Park campus at Cape Canaveral Spaceport, a project expected to create 500 aerospace jobs on Florida’s Space Coast, according to an announcement by Ron DeSantis. The expansion includes plans for an approximately 830,000-square-foot upper-stage manufacturing facility intended to increase the company’s rocket production and orbital…