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ESA Welcomes Inauguration of African Space Agency
The European Space Agency has joined the world space community in congratulating the African Space Agency on its official inauguration. The African Space Agency (AfSA) is the second regional space agency after ESA and has been in development since 2015, with the African Union Commission adopting an African space policy and strategy in 2016. The…
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Dawn Aerospace Partners with All Nippon Airways to Bring Spaceplane Payload Services to Japan
Dawn Aerospace and All Nippon Airways Trading, a member of the ANA Group, are proud to announce the signing of a MoU to explore and expand payload services using Dawn’s rocket-powered aircraft, including the Mk-II Aurora vehicle in the Japanese market. The Mk-II Aurora is the first aircraft designed to fly to space, above 100km…
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Orbcomm Launches New IoT Partner Program, Sells AIS Business
Orbcomm is launching a new partner program for IoT solution providers and resellers to encourage new applications and reach new IoT partners. Orbcomm has more than 400 solution providers that operate in 90 different countries, but has never formalized a partner program until now, Dave Roscoe, Orbcomm’s president of Satellite IoT, told Via Satellite. The…
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Thales Alenia Space: Revolutionizing Space for Life
Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. The company is on a mission to revolutionizing space for connecting, navigating, securing, defending and exploring, eventually creating…
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L3Harris Expresses Interest in Golden Dome, Logs Charges on Classified Space Programs
L3Harris lowered guidance for the company to account for a divestiture, but leadership was optimistic on Thursday’s investor call about opportunities for its satellite business to participate in the “Golden Dome” U.S. defense initiative. L3Harris also reported charges on classified space programs in the first quarter of 2025. L3Harris lowered guidance for the full company…
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Curiosity discovers carbonate mineral, provides insight into disappearance of ancient atmosphere
NASA’s Curiosity rover, which has been driving around the surface of Mars for over 12 years, recently discovered a mineral called siderite on the slopes of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater. Interestingly, siderite might be the mineral that helps planetary scientists finally solve the mystery of where Mars’ carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere went. Solving such a…
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Rakuten Mobile and AST SpaceMobile Complete Video Call Over Satellite in Japan
Japanese mobile network operator Rakuten Mobile and AST SpaceMobile completed what they claim is the first-ever broadband video call between unmodified smartphones in Japan using a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. This milestone comes ahead of Rakuten’s plans to launch the Saikyo Satellite Service powered by AST SpaceMobile next year. Rakuten Mobile announced the milestone, April…
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NAVAIR Selects TrustPoint and Hexagon for $1.2M SBIR Phase II Contract
TrustPoint, a leader in advanced Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technologies, has been awarded a $1.2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract from the United States Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). This landmark contract will fund the first-ever delivery and initial demonstration of TrustPoint’s C-band GNSS service-enabled receivers to the U.S.…
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Autonomy & Asset Management Group and ORBCOMM Expands Partnership for Growth
ORBCOMM announced that AAMG has joined its SKYWAVE Connect partner program as the first member of its Ascent program. Access to this program grants AAMG enhanced technical, sales and marketing support, early access to new products and more. Dave Roscoe, ORBCOMM’s President of Satellite IoT, says the partnership is built on shared values and a…