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GITAI Expands Space Robotics Services for On-Orbit Operations and Lunar Infrastructure
GITAI, a US-based space robotics company focused on autonomous robotic systems for space applications, is developing a portfolio of robotic service technologies designed to support on-orbit servicing, satellite maintenance, lunar infrastructure construction and future industrial operations in space. Through its integrated robotics and spacecraft technologies, the company aims to reduce the cost of labor in…
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ICEYE Supplies MikroSAR System to Polish Armed Forces in Under a Year
ICEYE, the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, has officially handed over MikroSAR, Poland’s sovereign radar satellite reconnaissance system, to the Polish Armed Forces less than 12 months after contract signing. According to publicly available data, this marks the fastest deployment of an operational satellite program in the world and among the fastest-implemented procurement…
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Astrolab Announces NASA Payloads for Upcoming Lunar Mission
Astrolab, an aerospace company building planetary rovers,announced NASA payload customers for its first lunar mission aboard the company’s FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) rover. FLIP will fly aboard Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lander, part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Griffin-1 will deliver payloads to the Moon’s south pole, advancing the Artemis campaign to return…
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Planet Lab’s Pelican First-light Images Features Sweden’s Sovereign Satellite Imagery
Planet Labs, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, released first light images from its latest Pelican launch, including the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF)’s first ever sovereign satellite. Planet launched these three Pelican spacecraft to orbit aboard the CAS500-2 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California…
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Skynopy to Support U-Space Missions With Ground Station Services
Skynopy has won a new contract from U-Space, a Toulouse-based next-generation small satellite manufacturer. Skynopy will be U-Space’s ground station service provider for the operation of its two satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), SOAP and PANDORE. The two companies announced the deal, May 18. SOAP is dedicated to space surveillance aiming to demonstrate the added…
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Did Artemis II break through? Registrations at Space Camp double afterward.
When he was 12 years old, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman attended the weeklong “Aviation Challenge” program at Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. “For the first time, I got behind the controls of an airplane when I attended Aviation Challenge,” Isaacman said on Friday evening during an event at the US Space & Rocket Center. “I…
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Lynk and Anterix Target D2D for Critical Infrastructure In New Testing
Lynk Global is working with private network company Anterix to test direct-to-device communications for critical infrastructure sectors. The collaboration opens the door to private D2D networks to support use cases like electric and gas utilities, logistics companies, transportation providers, pipelines, and military bases. Anterix is the largest holder of licensed 900 MHz band spectrum in…
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US Launch Infrastructure Faces 7,000 Satellite Annual Demand by 2030s
Can US Launch Infrastructure Handle 7,000 Satellites Per Year? The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) projects annual satellite deployments could reach 7,000+ by the mid-2030s, creating a capacity crunch that current US launch infrastructure cannot support. The “SCRUBBED: America’s Launch Capacity Challenge” report, developed with Rational Futures, identifies critical bottlenecks in domestic launch capabilities as mega-constellations…
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iDirectGov Releases WCore Virtualization Tool, Supporting 16 Waveforms
iDirect Government has released a new virtualization tool called WCore that supports 16 waveforms and is designed so that waveforms can be rapidly deployed, scaled, and managed. WCore is a virtualized waveform core that is designed to integrate both iDirectGov-hosted and third-party applications. The company said it eliminates the need for waveforms to interface directly…
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Space Force Awards Northrop Grumman $398 Million For Enhanced PTS-P
The Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $398 million firm-fixed price contract to develop and build an Enhanced Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Prototype (PTS-P) for launch in fiscal 2030 or later, SSC said on Friday. In 2021, Northrop Grumman and Boeing won contracts for the baseline anti-jam PTS-P, but launches,…