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Rocket One and Placeve Collaborate on AI Infrastructure
Rocket One Inc., an AI infrastructure company focused on defense, space and intelligent edge computing, has announced a strategic collaboration with Placeve Inc., a developer of energy-efficient artificial intelligence processors and hardware platforms, supporting Rocket One’s strategy to build an AI infrastructure platform serving defense, space and intelligent edge computing markets. The collaboration is expected…
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Sophia Space Advances Orbital Computing with AI-Powered Satellite Products for Space Missions
Sophia Space is expanding the capabilities of in-orbit computing through a portfolio of satellite products engineered to deliver high-performance artificial intelligence (AI), edge computing and scalable orbital data processing. Designed to address the growing demand for autonomous spacecraft operations and real-time data analytics, the company’s product lineup including the Sophia Blade, Sophia TILE and Sophia…
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Orienspace Completes Third Gravity-1 Sea Launch, Placing Nine Satellites in Orbit
The Gravity-1 is a 30-meter-long solid rocket operated by Orienspace, a commercial firm rather than a state launch provider. The July 22 mission adds to a growing flight record for the vehicle since its introduction. The rocket delivered nine satellites to orbit on this flight. Launch footage captured the vehicle rising from the sea-launch platform…
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NASA Puts $2.1 Billion Price on Nuclear Mars Spacecraft, Science Payload Not Included
The agency is treating the reactor development as infrastructure for its broader deep space ambitions rather than a single Mars flight. Nuclear propulsion for deep space has been a NASA aspiration for decades, and this is the clearest dollar figure yet attached to making it real. Jan Wittry, a Pentagon spokesperson, said the agency is…
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UK Space Agency Delays £75.6 Million Active Debris Removal Contract Award
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has delayed awarding a contract for the next phase of the United Kingdom’s first active orbital debris removal mission, missing its original deadline for the £75.6 million program. Astronomy The contract for Phase 3 of the Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission was initially scheduled to be awarded by March 30,…
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Lite Coms Wins $22M Contract to Support Operational Readiness
Lite Coms has recieved a $22 million contract from an unnamed government and defense customer to provide satellite communications to support operational readiness. Lite Coms is an integrator and manufacturer of tactical communications and has nearly 10,000 VSAT terminals deployed. The company’s portfolio includes deployable satcom terminals, mobile communications systems, and integrated solutions. The July…
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Falcon 9 to launch MRV-1 robotic servicing spacecraft for Northrop Grumman
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is set to launch the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV-1) mission from Florida on Tuesday evening. The MRV-1 vehicle, developed by Northrop Grumman, is a robotic servicing spacecraft capable of extending the life of satellites by attaching Mission Extension Pods (MEPs). Falcon 9 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the…
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IHI and Kuva Space Collaborate to Add Hyperspectral Sensors to Earth Observation Constellation
IHI Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kuva Space, a Finnish space-technology company developing hyperspectral Earth-observation satellites and AI-powered intelligence solutions, to explore the development and use of hyperspectral satellite capabilities as part of IHI’s planned multi-sensor constellation. The collaboration will support IHI’s ambition to strengthen Japan’s sovereign Earth-observation and intelligence capabilities,…
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Shijian-31 Sweeps GEO in an Orbit Never Seen Before
Is China’s Shijian-31 the First Satellite Designed to Surveil the Entire GEO Belt? A 50 meters-per-second retrograde burn at perigee is all that separates China’s Shijian-31 from passing directly through geostationary orbit (GEO) — the orbital band hosting the world’s most strategically valuable communications, missile warning, and intelligence satellites. Launched June 16, 2026 on a…
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MDA Space UK Selects OHB to Supply Lunar Landing Sensors for Argonaut Mission
MDA Space, a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced it has received a Pre-Authorisation to Proceed (PATP) contract from OHB System AG (OHB), a leading European space systems provider, to deliver critical lunar landing sensors for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Argonaut spacecraft. The contract was formalised during the Farnborough…