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Cruise Operators Navigate Customers’ Insatiable Demand for Bandwidth
Providing broadband internet access for cruise ship passengers has unleashed an insatiable beast, always hungry for more and more connectivity, satellite providers and cruise operators said last week at SATELLITE. Cruise passengers will “consume as much as you give them,” said Guillermo Muniz, COO of OmniAccess, a connectivity provider for the cruise and high-end yacht…
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Muon Space Launches FireSat Protoflight to Revolutionize Wildfire Detection
Muon Space, an end-to-end space systems provider, has successfully launched the FireSat Protoflight satellite, marking a significant milestone in the deployment of the FireSat constellation. This groundbreaking initiative aims to transform global wildfire detection, monitoring, and response. Designed and built by Muon Space, including its state-of-the-art six-channel multispectral infrared (IR) instrument, FireSat showcases the company’s…
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Dream Chaser completes more pre-flight milestones
Testing continues ahead of the first flight of Dream Chaser. The so-called “mini shuttle” will be the first spacecraft to dock to the International Space Station (ISS) and then land back at the Launch and Landing Facility (LLF), formerly the Shuttle Landing Facility, since the retirement of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. Tenacity, the…
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics Deploys First Satellite for Norway’s N3X Maritime Surveillance Constellation
Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) has successfully launched the first of three initial microsatellites for Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace’s N3X constellation. The launch is part of a five-year contract awarded in 2024 by the Norwegian Armed Forces to KONGSBERG for providing maritime surveillance data. The ARVAKER I satellite was launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission from Vandenberg Space…
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MDA Space Signs Agreement with SatixFy for Engineering Models and Space Grade Chipsets
SatixFy Communications, a leader in next-generation satellite communication systems based on in-house-designed chipsets, announced the receipt of a purchase order from MDA Space of approximately $6.7 million for engineering models and space-grade chips, alongside signing an amended Authorization to Proceed (ATP) agreement for an additional $3.5 million for engineering work and an amendment to the…
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Rocket Lab Unveils Satellite Software for Ground Data and Spacecraft Operations
Rocket Lab, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced InterMission and MAX Constellation, two next-generation software suites that build on successful missions to the Moon and beyond to deliver advanced autonomy, security, and scalability for complex space missions and constellation operations. The new platforms were introduced at the SATELLITE conference in Washington,…
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Video Interview from the SATShow Floor – A Conversation with David Myers
Via Satellite editor Mark Holmes spoke with Applied Aerospace’s Chief Strategy Officer David Myers about the company’s role in the space and satellite industry at SATELLITE 2025. The conversation covered several key questions including Applied Aerospace’s role in the space and satellite industry, its differentiating factors, and its featured technologies at the conference. Sponsored by…
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Ursa Major to Provide Chemical Propulsion for Tactical Satellite Bus Systems
Ursa Major has been awarded a contract for delivery of fully integrated GEO propulsion systems for a customer focused on critical space missions. The multi-year award totaling $10 to $15 million supports the development, manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing of a full propulsion system capable of six degree-of-freedom maneuverability. Building upon successful flights for hypersonic…
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BlackSky Delivers 1st AI-Enabled Analytics Derived from Gen-3 Imagery
BlackSky Technology, a real-time, space-based intelligence company that delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world, has delivered its first AI-enabled analytics derived from new, very high-resolution imagery captured by the company’s first Gen-3 satellite three weeks after its successful…