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SpaceX Launches Classified USSF-366 From Vandenberg, With Signs Pointing to Starshield
The mission carried a Government/Top Secret designation and targeted low Earth orbit. Analysts observed that the locations of the rocket stage drop zones were an exact match with previous Starlink Group 15 launches, an inference that pointed toward Starshield, SpaceX’s national security satellite product derived from the Starlink hardware bus. The launch was expected to…
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Ukraine Strikes Progress Rocket Space Centre, Hub of Russia’s Satellite Internet Push
The Progress Rocket Space Centre serves as the production hub for Russia’s Soyuz rockets and functions as the industrial backbone of Moscow’s effort to build a satellite internet constellation positioned as a competitor to Western services. The strike targeted a program that Russia has been developing specifically to counter Western dominance in satellite communications. The…
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Vaxon Space Develops VLEO Bus with Air-Breathing Propulsion
Vaxon Space is developing the Vaxon Bus, a purpose-built Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite platform engineered to operate in the 180–250 km altitude band, where conventional spacecraft face severe atmospheric drag and atomic oxygen exposure. The architecture combines air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP), an atomic-oxygen-resistant airframe, a high-efficiency atmospheric inlet, and deployable solar arrays to…
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Firefly Projects $435 Million in 2026 Revenue as Launchers Slip to a Fraction of the Business
The forecast came alongside record quarterly results and a new government contract, even as Firefly trimmed its near-term Alpha launch plans. Despite what the company described as heavy demand, it said it would fly just two more Firefly Alpha rockets this year, down from three previously announced. Firefly reported record revenue of $117.7 million for…
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Optus Completes Key Project Aurora Milestone in Satellite Life Extension
Optus announced the successful completion of the first phase of Project Aurora, its pioneering mission to extend the operational life of the Optus D3 satellite, following the successful undocking of the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) from the satellite. The milestone follows the recent successful launch of Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and the Mission Extension…
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Azista BST Aerospace Advances Earth Observation and Space Missions with Satellite Platforms
Azista BST Aerospace is expanding the satellite portfolio through modular Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite platforms designed to support Earth observation, scientific research, technology demonstration and commercial space applications. Headquartered in Gujarat, India, the company develops satellite buses that combine scalable architectures, secure communications, precision attitude control and electric propulsion to meet a broad range…
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Space Kinetic Secures $50 Million Space Force Contract
Space Kinetic has been awarded a $50 million contract from the United States Space Force for technology development, the largest award in the company’s history. “Our goal is to rethink the foundational assumptions for our most important space missions, and to do that, we’re approaching the hardest problems from totally new first principles. This program…
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CesiumAstro Acquires Semiconductor Company Jariet Technologies
CesiumAstro is to acquire Jariet Technologies in a major acquisition that aims to boosts its ability to deliver communications and sensing systems across commercial, civil and national security customers. Jariet Technologies is a mmWave RF System-on-Chip (RF-SoC) semiconductor company specializing in integrated solutions for SATCOM, electronic warfare (EW), and radar systems using direct RF- and…
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SynMax Integrates EarthDaily’s AI-Ready Imagery into Geospatial Intelligence Platform
SynMax, a multi-domain geospatial intelligence company, announced an agreement with EarthDaily Analytics (EarthDaily) to integrate imagery from the EarthDaily Constellation across the SynMax platform. Under the subscription agreement, SynMax receives access to tens of millions of square kilometers of daily, analysis-ready imagery that feeds its maritime product SynMax Theia. The EarthDaily Constellation is designed to…
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Network Rail and CATALYST Pilot Satellite Risk Insights on Wessex Route
Network Rail, the owner and operator of Britain’s railway infrastructure, and CATALYST (PCI Geomatics), a specialist in Earth Observation analytics, have completed an exploratory Pilot project that used satellite imagery, InSAR analytics and meteorological forecasting to investigate how weather-driven risks to rail infrastructure across the Wessex Route could be identified prior to an event. The…