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NorthStar Earth & Space SPAC Deal Values SDA Company at $300M
Why is NorthStar Earth & Space going public at a $300M valuation? Canadian space domain awareness company NorthStar Earth & Space announced Friday it will go public through a SPAC merger that values the Montreal-based firm at $300 million, marking the latest attempt by an orbital debris tracking company to access public capital markets. The…
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Pentagon Drone Tests Hit by Starlink Outage Shows DoD SpaceX Risk
Pentagon Drone Operations Face Critical Risk from SpaceX Dependency A recent Starlink service disruption directly impacted Pentagon drone testing operations, underscoring the Department of Defense’s deepening reliance on SpaceX’s commercial satellite network for critical military communications. The outage affected unmanned aerial vehicle trials that depend on Starlink’s satellite constellation for beyond-line-of-sight command and control links.…
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Rocket Report: Starship V3 test-fired; ESA’s tentative step toward crew launch
Welcome to Edition 8.37 of the Rocket Report! NASA is still climbing down from the high of the Artemis II mission, the first flight by humans to the Moon since 1972. What a mission it was! Now, attention turns to completing development of a lander to get astronauts down to the Moon’s surface. Among other…
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ESA Taps Kepler to Lead Next Stage of HydRON Optical Program
The European Space Agency has selected Toronto-based Kepler Communications as prime contractor for HydRON Element 3, the third part of a sovereign optical communications constellation, the company announced this week during Space Symposium. HydRON, short for High-throughput Optical Network, is a sovereign European data transport layer. Kepler was tapped to lead the first stage of…
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After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars
NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. So why is NASA deciding which rocket will launch a flagship European Mars mission? It’s a long story involving the search for extraterrestrial life,…
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As they got close to the Moon, Artemis II astronauts were eager to land
NASA is apparently pretty serious about building a base on the Moon, and the astronauts who just flew there say it is “absolutely doable.” Within two days of landing on Earth, the Artemis II astronauts were already back in spacesuits, working as if they had just landed in a gravity well and had ventured outside…
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IFC News Roundup from AIX
Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) was another opportunity for satellite companies to make the case for in-flight connectivity (IFC) to airlines. Via Satellite rounds up some of the significant announcements involving satellite companies from AIX. SES won a contract with Japan Airlines (JAL) to deliver new multi-orbit IFC for JAL’s Airbus and Boeing long-haul fleet. JAL…
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SATNUS Completes Fourth NGWS/FCAS Test Campaign at INTA-CEDEA
SATNUS successfully completed the fourth flight demonstration campaign under Pillar 3 of the Next Generation Weapon System/ Future Combat Air System (NGWS/FCAS) program at the INTA-CEDEA facilities. The campaign consisted of nine flights aimed at verifying the Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUT) software led by SATNUS and developed in collaboration with the international partners Airbus and MBDA, integrated into…
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NorthStar Earth & Space to Go Public in SPAC Deal at $300M Valuation
Canadian space domain awareness (SDA) company NorthStar Earth & Space plans to go public through a SPAC deal announced Friday that values the company at $300 million. NorthStar integrates ground-based and space-based data to monitor activity and detect threats in orbit. The company is headquartered in Montreal with operations in Luxembourg and New York. The…
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China launches high-precision greenhouse gas detection satellite
China on Friday launched a Long March-4C carrier rocket to send a satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas detection into the preset orbit. The rocket blasted off at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. It was the 638th flight mission of the Long March series rockets.