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Dhruva Space: Pioneering India’s Full-Stack Space Ecosystem for Global Satellite Missions
Dhruva Space Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Hyderabad, India, is a National Award-winning private space-tech company specializing in the design, development, and deployment of end-to-end space infrastructure solutions. With a vision to make space more accessible, Dhruva Space provides comprehensive capabilities in satellite platforms, launch services, and ground station solutions, all within a vertically integrated…
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AST SpaceMobile Secures Long-Term Mid-Band Spectrum Access for D2D Satellite Services
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, announced a Settlement Term Sheet among parties including AST SpaceMobile, Ligado Networks LLC, Viasat, and Inmarsat Global Limited, paving the way for approval of definitive documentation providing AST SpaceMobile long-term…
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Gilat Satellite Networks Secures $27 Million Funding for Stellar Blu Portfolio
Gilat Satellite Networks, a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced that its Commercial Division secured $27 million for Gilat Stellar Blu’s ESA Terminal technology. Deliveries are expected primarily over the next 12 months. Gilat Stellar Blu’s compact, high-performance, multi-orbit ESA terminal, technology, products, and solutions are gaining traction across the aviation…
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ICEYE Signs Agreement to Deliver SAR Capabilities to the Portuguese Air Force
ICEYE, the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology, and the Portuguese Air Force, a branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces, announced on June 12 the purchase of one ICEYE SAR satellite, a ground segment and an antenna at a signing ceremony in Lisbon. ICEYE will deliver the satellite and other components to…
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Solar Orbiter makes first ever observations of Sun’s south pole, reveals messy magnetic field
Following a flyby of Venus in February that successfully increased its orbital inclination around the Sun, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter recently imaged the Sun’s poles for the first time. The images are the first to show how the Sun’s immense magnetic field interacts at its poles, and will improve scientists’ understanding of the…
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Atlas 5 booster engine issue causes scrub of Monday’s Kuiper 2 launch
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 551 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the Kuiper Atlas 2 (KA-02) mission launch. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now Update June 16, 1 p.m. EDT: ULA scrubbed the mission due to a temperature issue connected to the RD-180 engine on…
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Companies may soon pay a fee for their rockets to share the skies with airplanes
The Federal Aviation Administration may soon levy fees on companies seeking launch and reentry licenses, a new tack in the push to give the agency the resources it needs to keep up with the rapidly growing commercial space industry. The text of a budget reconciliation bill released by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week calls…
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SpaceX demos ULA launch site for future Starship launches
SpaceX has begun the process of clearing the launch site once used by its rival, now expected to be used for the company’s Starship rocket. This comes as SpaceX continues the growth of its Starship system on the East Coast but struggles to get its launch rate up at Starbase. Boom goes the towers. Thursday…
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There’s another leak on the ISS, but NASA is not saying much about it
There’s another leak on the International Space Station, and NASA has already delayed one crew launch to the orbiting laboratory as a result. Beyond that, the space agency is not offering much information about the unfolding situation in orbit. However, multiple sources have confirmed to Ars that the leak is a serious concern for the…