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HTX and ST Engineering Partner on New Space Tech Programme for Public Safety Operations
HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency) and ST Engineering announced a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at MTX (Milipol TechX Summit) 2026 to establish a new space technology programme, and co-develop space-based science and technology capabilities to strengthen Singapore’s public safety operations. Space-based developments like satellites can enhance the Home Team’s observational and early-warning…
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UNIVITY Secures €27 Million to Build Space Internet for Telecoms
UNIVITY, the global operator of space-based connectivity services, announces the closing of a €27 million funding round with Blast, Expansion, and the Deeptech 2030 fund managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance as part of France 2030, alongside two family offices. This funding will enable the company to: Complete execution of its uniShape…
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Reliable Robotics Enhances Safety-Critical Datalinks for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
Reliable Robotics, the leader in autonomous aircraft systems, announced its efforts to advance the certifiability of its safety-critical uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) datalinks capabilities, known as the C2 Link System through industry collaboration, standards development efforts and flight testing. The company’s efforts enable the ability of remotely piloted aircraft to integrate into the National Airspace…
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Viasat Confirms Successful Launch and Initial Signal Acquisition of ViaSat-3 F3
Viasat, global leader in satellite communications, announced the successful launch and initial signal acquisition of the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 (F3) satellite. The satellite successfully separated from the launch vehicle’s upper stage just under five hours after liftoff, with initial signals acquired minutes later, confirming the satellite is healthy in orbit and ready for the next…
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Global Invacom to Market Prodelin Range of VSAT Antennas
Global Invacom Group, through its wholly-owned UK subsidiary, Global Invacom, has, on 13th April entered into an agreement with Premix-Hadlock (a GMR Company), for primary representation of the Prodelin (formerly CPI range) of VSAT Sheet Moulding Composite or SMC antennas. The agreement makes Global Invacom the worldwide exclusive market distributor for these professional-grade, operator-approved SMC…
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Orbcomm Completes $460M Refinancing to Fund Growth
Orbcomm has closed a $460 million refinancing that the company says will support growth initiatives and large-scale customer deployments and expand its platform. As part of the package announced Wednesday, Orbcomm refinanced its existing debt facilities and secured committed capital with a term loan and revolving credit facility. Carlyle, Bain Credit’s Private Credit Group, and…
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A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the Moon this summer at seven times the speed of sound
Astronomers say the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched in early 2025 will strike the Moon later this summer, likely on the near side of the Moon. Bill Gray, who writes the widely used Project Pluto software to track near-Earth objects, has published a comprehensive report on the impact expected to occur…
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SpaceX Launches Final ViaSat-3 Satellite, Completing Trio of GEO Satellites
SpaceX launched the final ViaSat-3 satellite on Wednesday morning to complete Viasat’s trio of high-capacity Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites. The heavy-lift mission launched on a Falcon Heavy from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 10:13 a.m. ET. The satellite was deployed 4 hours and 57 minutes into the mission. Viasat confirmed after…
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Department of Air Force Plans Initiative to Hire AI Talent
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) in the U.S. has unveiled plans to tap into top AI talent. This has direct implications to the government’s space strategy as the Space Force comes under the organizational umbrella of DAF. The DAF approved a comprehensive strategy this month, announcing plans on April 28 to aims to…
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Canada Cancels WildFireSat Constellation Contract With Spire
Canada has canceled its contract with Spire Global to build a constellation of wildfire-monitoring satellites called WildFireSat. Yet the government remains committed to the space-based wildfire monitoring program, and looks to move the project forward, a spokesperson for Canadian Space Agency told Via Satellite. Spire revealed the cancellation in an April 27 filing to the…