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Spire Global Signs Weather Intelligence Deal With AiDash For Grid Risk Management
Spire Global has secured a new contract in the energy and utilities sector, supplying advanced weather intelligence to AiDash to support grid resilience and risk management, the companies said on Jan. 22. Under the agreement, Spire Global will provide high-resolution weather forecasts derived from its fully deployed satellite constellation to AiDash. The data has been…
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AFRL Selects Aalyria Software For Space Data Network Experiment
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has selected Aalyria to evaluate its Spacetime network orchestration software as part of a broader effort to develop a future “network of networks” for military space communications, the organizations said on Thursday. The selection was made under the Space Data Network Experimentation (SDNX) program run by the Air Force…
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Launch Roundup: GPS, Starlink, Electron launches scheduled for last week of January
The last week of January has a busy slate of orbital launches, with flights from Florida, California, New Zealand, and possibly China on the schedule. SpaceX plans to close out the month with the GPS III SV09 mission, along with up to three Starlink launches, while Rocket Lab’s “Bridging the Swarm” mission is being prepared…
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Former astronaut on lunar spacesuits: “I don’t think they’re great right now”
Crew members traveling to the lunar surface on NASA’s Artemis missions should be gearing up for a grind. They will wear heavier spacesuits than those worn by the Apollo astronauts, and NASA will ask them to do more than the first Moonwalkers did more than 50 years ago. The Moonwalking experience will amount to an…
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Riyadh Air Taps Neo Space Group for IFC
Riyadh Air has signed a partnership deal with Neo Space Group (NSG) to equip Riyadh Air’s Airbus A321 fleet with NSG Skywaves – the company’s in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution. NSG announced the partnership deal, Jan. 26. Riyadh Air plans to introduce high-speed passenger connectivity, as a result of this deal. The NSG Skywaves service will…
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The Infrastructure Revolution Behind Data Centers in Space With Ramon.Space CEO Avi Shabtai
Data centers in space have been a hot topic in the last few months as a potential future solution to the limitations of running massive data centers on Earth. Ramon.Space, which builds edge computing and onboard processing systems has been preparing for this future for years. In this episode, Ramon.Space CEO Avi Shabtai shares the…
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Rocket Factory Augsburg Wins Two ESA-EU Launch Contracts Under Flight Ticket Initiative
German rocket manufacturer Rocket Factory Augsburg has been awarded launch service contracts for two missions under Europe’s Flight Ticket Initiative, strengthening its position in the continent’s emerging small-launch market, the European Space Agency said. The contracts, announced on Jan. 22, cover two missions comprising a total of three satellites and were awarded through the Flight…