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Rocket Lab Schedules Fifth Electron Mission for Constellation Operator iQPS
Rocket Lab, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced the launch window for its next mission for multi-launch customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japan-based Earth imaging company – marking Electron’s 69th mission to date and 11th launch this year. The mission, named ‘The Harvest Goddess Thrives’, is…
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Intuitive Machines Secures $9.8 Million Contract to Advance Orbital Vehicle for Launch
Intuitive Machines, a leading space technology and infrastructure services company, has secured a $9.8 million Phase Two government contract to advance its Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) through Critical Design Review (CDR), the final engineering milestone on a previously disclosed contract, before manufacturing begins. Phase Two of the contract expands the Company’s growing government portfolio and…
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HawkEye 360 Launches Advanced GNSS Interference Detection Capabilities
HawkEye 360, the global leader in signals intelligence data and analytics, announced powerful enhancements to its GNSS Interference (GNSS-I) Detection product suite. These upgrades designed with defense, intelligence, and national security operations in mind offer unprecedented accuracy, coverage, and insight into global GPS jamming and spoofing threats. The update includes a new, wider frequency algorithm…
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PLD Space Advances Rapidly and Reliably in the Development of MIURA 5
In the first half of 2025, PLD Space has made notable advances in the development of MIURA 5, its reusable orbital launcher, as well as the infrastructure required for its launch from the European spaceport CSG, owned by CNES, in French Guiana. The engineering team has worked intensively on iterating the launcher’s design, integrating test…
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EchoStar Selects MDA Space to Build World’s First 3GPP 5G-Compliant LEO D2D Constellation
EchoStar Corporation, a global communications and connectivity provider, has selected MDA Space Ltd., a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, as the prime contractor for EchoStar’s new non-terrestrial network (NTN) low Earth orbit (LEO) direct-to-device (D2D) satellite constellation. With this contract, MDA Space is on track to begin volume manufacturing of…
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Europe Space’s Power Supply Market Expected to Reach USD 954.66 Million by 2034
The “Europe Space Power Supply Market: Focus on Application, Product, and Country Level Analysis – Analysis and Forecast, 2024-2034” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The European space power supply market is estimated to reach $954.66 million by 2034 from $639.58 million in 2024, at a growth rate of 4.09% during the forecast period…
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TERASi Secures ESA Tender to Develop Compact W-Band SATCOM Antennas
TERASi, a provider of pocket-sized radios that deliver gigabit-speed data links for defense, SATCOM, and telecom operations, has successfully secured the tender with the European Space Agency (ESA). This tender reinforces its position as a trusted deeptech provider to pioneer the development of Compact Active Planar Antennas for W-band Satellite Communication. The initiative unlocks the…
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Starlink mission marks SpaceX’s 450th flight-proven Falcon booster launched
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Aug. 4, 4:30 a.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on its droneship. SpaceX passed another milestone in rocket reuse when it launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral…
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Webb reveals structures in planetary nebula, sheds new light on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
The joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope recently observed the remnants of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The resulting colorful cloud is known as a planetary nebula, and structures in this nebula revealed by Webb hint at the presence of a companion star. Meanwhile, a team of scientists used…
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Crypto billionaire takes his $28M space trip with five others on Blue Origin’s rocket ship
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship rises from its West Texas launch pad. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Controversial crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun finally got his suborbital ride into space today from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, four years after he put in the winning $28 million bid for a seat. Five other spacefliers were…