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Planet Labs Demonstrates AI-Powered Onboard Object Detection on Pelican-4 Satellite
Following the announcement of a strategic initiative with NVIDIA, Planet Labs PBC announced a landmark technical achievement: the successful deployment and execution of AI-driven object detection directly onboard its Pelican-4 satellite, paving the way toward on-orbit compute for rapid insights, a capability Planet calls Planetary Intelligence. On March 25th, 500km over Alice Springs, Australia, Planet’s Pelican-4 captured…
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European Investment Bank Provides €30 M Loan to PLD Space for MIURA 5 Rocket Development
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €30 million venture debt loan with PLD Space, an international space transportation company headquartered in Elche, Spain, to support the final development stage of MIURA 5, the company’s rocket designed to deploy small satellites into orbit. The operation represents the EIB’s first direct investment in small launchers for…
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Royal Canadian Navy Selects ALL.SPACE Hydra 4 Mobility Terminal for Maritime SATCOM
ALL.SPACE, a leader in multi-orbit, multi-link SATCOM solutions, announced that the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has acquired a Hydra 4 multi-band, multi-orbit mobility terminal for shore-based testing and evaluation at Maritime Forces Pacific facilities in Victoria, BC. This supports the Navy’s next-generation SATCOM terminal program for current and future operations. Hydra 4 is a quad-link,…
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Astroscale and Exotrail Advances France-Japan Cooperation on Space Sustainability
Astroscale France, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings, the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, and Exotrail, a French company specialising in the design, manufacturing and operation of multi-orbit and multi-mission satellites, have signed a contract to develop a satellite deorbiting mission, marking a major advancement in France-Japan cooperation on…
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Keysight and Sateliot Secures European Space Agency and GSMA Foundry Innovation Challenge
Keysight Technologies, together with Sateliot, has been named a winner of the fifth annual European Space Agency (ESA) and GSMA Foundry Innovation Challenge for its joint project, “Blockchain-enabled anomaly detection end-to-end solution for 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks.” The award, presented at Mobile World Congress 2026, Barcelona, recognizes early-stage 6G innovation, supporting 6G development and non-terrestrial network…
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It’s Unanimous: Space Already Functions as Critical Infrastructure
Space may not officially be the United States’ 17th critical infrastructure sector. But in practice, experts across government, academia, and industry say it already functions as one — deeply embedded in the systems that power modern life. From GPS-enabled financial transactions to airline navigation, precision agriculture, emergency response, electric grid synchronization, and military operations, space-based…
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Starfish Space raises $110M to scale up its satellite servicing missions
An artist’s conception shows Starfish Space’s Otter satellite servicing vehicle in geostationary Earth orbit. (Starfish Space Illustration) Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space says it has raised about $110 million in a funding round that will help the company execute its first satellite servicing missions and scale up operations for more business. The Series B round was…
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Planet Details AI-Driven Object Detection Onboard Pelican-4 Satellite
Planet recently performed AI-driven object detection directly onboard a Pelican-4 satellite, using the satellite’s onboard Nvidia Jetson Orin module. Planet shared details on Tuesday of the recent tech milestone. On March 25, Planet’s Pelican-4 satellite captured an image of the airport in Alice Springs, Australia, and used the Nvidia Jetson Orin module to run an…
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Finally, Artemis delivers some exceptional, high-quality photos of the Moon
NASA’s Artemis II mission, carrying four astronauts on an out-of-this-world journey, flew around the Moon on Monday. The crew members took turns describing the stunning landscape below and captured images of Earth rising behind the Moon, in communications with Mission Control in Houston. What they did not send back in real time, due to a…
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NASA’s Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?
As we have been reporting on Ars, NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission has been going rather well so far. Of course, Orion’s big test is yet to come with the fiery reentry through Earth’s atmosphere on Friday. But so far, it’s looking like the rocket and spaceship needed for a lunar landing are getting there…