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Astranis Unveils Perceptor Space Domain Awareness GEO Satellite
Astranis is bringing to market a new space domain awareness and maneuverability satellite for GEO orbit, called “Perceptor,” the company announced Thursday. Adding the satellite is Astranis’ latest effort to position itself more as a full-stack, multi-mission space infrastructure provider. Perceptor brings an range of new capabilities to the mix. It has an onboard sensor…
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CesiumAstro Acquires Jariet Technologies to Advance Vertically Integrated Communications and ISR
CesiumAstro, a global leader in advanced space communications and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, announced the acquisition of Jariet Technologies, a leading mmWave RF System-on-Chip (RF-SoC) semiconductor company specializing in leading integrated solutions for SATCOM, electronic warfare (EW) and radar systems using direct RF- and IF-sampling in combination with advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP)…
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Gravitilab Enters Liquidation Owing More Than £700,000 as Missing £25 Million Investment Bites
Documents filed with Companies House on 5 August, but not available for review until 12 August, show that Gravitilab’s shareholders approved a voluntary winding-up at a general meeting held via Microsoft Teams on 20 July. The filings confirm the company is undergoing a voluntary liquidation, with liquidators Price Bailey appointed by its creditors. A statement…
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Astranis Introduces GEO Space Domain Awareness and Maneuverability Platform
Space is now a contested domain. Geosynchronous orbit and other high orbits have immense strategic value, and countries like China are building spacecraft capable of approaching, inspecting and interfering with other nations’ satellites. The infrastructure that connects, informs, and protects the world sits in an environment prone to conflict. Astranis has announced Perceptor, a new…
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Space Force Pays Five Companies $60 Million to Connect to SpaceX-Built Data Network
The Space Data Network, or SDN, is a planned mesh communications architecture in low Earth orbit designed to move large volumes of data among satellites and between space and the ground. SpaceX won a $2.29 billion contract in May to build the Space Data Network Backbone, or SDN-B, a proliferated constellation using optical crosslinks to…
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Intuitive Machines Books $600 Million Order for Three GEO Communications Satellites
Intuitive Machines entered the GEO satellite manufacturing business through its acquisition late last year of Lanteris Space Systems, formerly Maxar Space Systems. It produces GEO satellites using its 1300-series bus, now called IM 1300. Chief executive Steve Altemus said the company continues to see strong demand for the platform, describing it as flight-proven. Altemus provided…
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Space Force Awards Space Data Network Contracts to Five Satellite Manufacturers
The U.S Space Force has awarded a series of contracts to five companies as it looks to reap the benefits of a a more diverse multi-vendor architecture approach related to its Space Data Network (SDN). The five companies selected were Amazon LEO for Government, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and York Space Systems. The…
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Northrop Grumman Redirects Paused Gateway Hardware Toward Lunar South Pole Survival Testing
The work follows NASA’s decision in March 2026 to pause Gateway in its current form and concentrate on infrastructure supporting sustained surface operations. Northrop Grumman built the Habitation and Logistics Outpost, known as HALO, along with associated ground hardware and test infrastructure for a station once intended for assembly in lunar orbit. NASA now wants…
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Stoke Space Raising $1 Billion to Fund Fully Reusable Nova Rocket
The round reflects investor confidence in a company that has pursued full reusability from the start rather than the partial reuse seen on other vehicles. Stoke has positioned itself as one of the most technically ambitious newcomers in the launch sector, with Nova designed to recover both stages. The raise totals $1 billion and was…
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Intuitive Machines Posts Record $206 Million Quarter as Backlog Swells to $1.8 Billion
The quarter capped a stretch of aggressive expansion across commercial, civil, and national security markets. Backlog rose $1.5 billion from year-end 2025, driven by what the company described as record levels of diverse awards. In August, the company closed its acquisition of Goonhilly Earth Station and COMSAT to expand its space-to-ground data services network configured…