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Infinite Orbit Selects Dawn Aerospace’s Propulsion Drive System for its Guard 3 Mission
Dawn Aerospace announces its selection by Infinite Orbits to develop a SatDrive propulsion system for their upcoming Orbit Guard #3 mission. Orbit Guard servicers developed by Infinite Orbits are geostationary surveillance microsatellites. Equipped with the rendezvous solution patented by Infinite Orbits, these agile satellites are capable of performing space-based SSA, such as proximity inspection of…
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ICEYE Launches Scan Wide Mode to Boost its SAR Imaging Capabilities
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, announces the launch of its newest imaging mode, Scan Wide. This latest addition to ICEYE’s suite of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imaging products offers customers the largest scene size available in its portfolio to date: with Scan Wide, customers can now image an area…
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Arianespace’s Ariane 6 Successfully Deploys EUMETSAT’s MetOp-SG A1 Satellite
Arianespace successfully launched EUMETSAT’s MetOp-SG A1 satellite aboard the Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport. This VA264 mission marked Ariane 6’s second commercial flight and its third launch overall. The satellite was placed into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 800 km, with spacecraft separation occurring 1 hour and 4 minutes after liftoff. Shortly…
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KP Labs and Simera Partner to Deliver Integrated AI-Powered Optical Payloads
KP Labs and Simera Sense have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the 39th Annual Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The agreement formalises a growing collaboration between the two companies, whose complementary technologies, optical payloads and onboard data processing can support upcoming Earth observation and planetary exploration missions. The MoU aims…
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Rocket Lab Completes Acquisition of Geost to Expand National Security Capabilities
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed the acquisition of the parent holding company of Geost, LLC, a leading developer of electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems for national security space missions, from Lightridge Solutions, a portfolio company of ATL Partners. The acquisition, first announced on…
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Anywaves Goes from International to Multinational with the Launch of Anywaves US
Anywaves, a provider of space antennas, is moving forward with its global growth by launching Anywaves US, making its transition from an international to a truly multinational organization. To lead this new phase, Nicolas Hine has been appointed General Manager of the American entity. Backed by its two Excellence Supplier Awards from Maxar in 2023…
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AI and a New Era of Geospatial Intelligence with Esri’s Beau Legeer
In this week’s episode, On Orbit interviews Beau Legeer, director of Imagery and Remote Sensing at Esri. While Esri doesn’t operate its own satellites, the company integrates commercial satellite data into its ArcGIS software offering, working to make satellite imagery accessible and user friendly for its customers. Beau talks about how the barrier to entry…
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Video Interview from the Small Satellite Conference: A Conversation With Xiphos
Via Satellite Executive Editor Jeffrey Hill interviews Elizabeth Mathew, who serves as Xiphos Senior Director of Business Development, at the Small Satellite Conference in Utah. Xiphos is a Canadian company based out of Montreal owned by Epiq Solutions that offers payload processing solutions and bus processing solutions. Mathew talks about the just-released Q9 Versal AI-based…
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Launch preview: ULA to launch first national security mission on a Vulcan rocket
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launch of the USSF-106 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now More than four months after it was certified to fly national security payloads for the United States government, United Launch Alliance is on the cusp…
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B1091 “A Heavy Core in Falcon 9 Clothing”
SpaceX’s recent launch involved another successful landing of its Falcon 9 booster, but this time marked a Falcon Heavy center core booster launching and landing as a single-stick Falcon 9 rocket. The booster, designated B1091, powered the KF-02 mission, deploying 24 satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation into low Earth orbit. This event marks…