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Q-KON and Rivada Partner to Advance Secure Satellite Connectivity Across Africa
Q-KON, a leading provider of satellite solutions and services, and Outernet provider Rivada Space Networks have signed an MoU to provide next-generation connectivity to power network expansion and digital transformation across Africa and beyond. Q-KON will leverage Rivada’s Outernet to provide resiliency for specialized data networks across Africa and a new level of cybersecurity to…
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Intelsat and Cubic³ Complete a Vehicle Satellite Connectivity Test
Intelsat and Cubic³ have completed a vehicle satellite connectivity test that the companies said demonstrated an integration between Intelsat satellites and Cubic³’s software platform. This test announced Wednesday is part of a collaboration between Intelsat, Cubic³, and SoftBank Corp. that aims to create a connectivity solution for the land mobile industry with both cellular and…
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ST Engineering iDirect Awards Saudi Net Link For Excelerator Sustained Excellence
ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has announced Saudi Net Link (SNL) as the winner of its Excelerator Sustained Excellence Award at CABSAT 2025. Illustrating the value of long-term partnerships, the award recognizes SNL’s exceptional role in driving continuous excellence in innovation, creating demand and advancing the satellite communications industry in the…
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ClearSpace: Pioneering Sustainability Beyond Earth
ClearSpace, a Swiss company focused on developing and implementing in-orbit servicing (IOS) solutions, particularly in the area of space debris removal, is pioneering a new era of sustainable space solutions. Their vision towards clearing space debris made them the world’s first company to initiate a mission to remove debris from orbit. Also Read: What are…
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Arabsat Signs Telesat Deal for Lightspeed Capacity Pool
Arabsat and Telesat sign term sheet for Lightspeed services. Photo: Arabsat Arabsat has signed a term sheet with Telesat for a Gbps capacity pool of Telesat Lightspeed connectivity services. Arabsat plans to integrate Telesat Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (services) into its multi-orbit satellite ecosystem. The companies announced the term sheet on Wednesday during the CABSAT 2025…
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SpaceX launches 475th Falcon 9 rocket to date on afternoon Starlink flight
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-67 mission on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now SpaceX returned to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Wednesday afternoon with its Falcon 9 rocket. The company launched…
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Zeno Power raises $50M in funding to fuel development of next-gen nuclear batteries
An artist’s conception shows a lunar rover powered by a nuclear battery. (Zeno Power Illustration) Zeno Power, a startup that’s headquartered in Seattle as well as Washington, D.C., today announced the completion of a $50 million funding round to boost the development of nuclear batteries for maritime and space applications. The Series B round was…
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Intuitive Machines’ CEO points to issues that prevented upright touchdown during IM-2 Moon landing
Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander, named Athena, is pictured on its side, lying on the Moon’s surface following touchdown on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Image: Intuitive Machines The third attempt to land on the Moon for Houston-based Intuitive Machines is coming up in less than a year and the company said Tuesday it understands how to…
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Varda Space Capsule Successfully Returns to Earth After Hypersonic Reentry Test
Varda Space Industries on Tuesday said its W-3 capsule successfully landed in South Australia following two months on orbit in a test of an inertial measurement technology in the high-hypersonic reentry environment. Varda partnered with the U.S. Air Force on the mission under the Prometheus program, in which the two are collaborating on to rapidly conduct…
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SES Space & Defense Joins Defense Innovation Unit’s Hybrid Space Architecture Project
SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, joins the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hybrid Space Architecture Network initiative. SES’s Hybrid Space Architecture II project will showcase an automatically orchestrated secure integrated multi-orbit network that interconnects commercial and government networks to deliver assured and affordable, low-latency, multi-path communications across a scalable and resilient multi-domain…