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Skylo Raises $30M in Funding to Scale its Direct-to-Device Reach
Skylo’s executive team. From left: Dr. Andrew Kalman, Dr. Andrew Nuttall, Parthsarathi Trivedi, and Tarun Gupta. Photo: Skylo Skylo has raised $30 million in an oversubscribed funding round, funding that CEO Parthsarathi Trivedi tells Via Satellite the company plans to invest in market expansion to grow its position in the direct-to-device (D2D) market. NGP Capital…
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Jeff Bezos’ fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, will lead female crew on Blue Origin’s next space trip
Blue Origin’s NS-31 spacefliers include Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos’ fiancee; Gayle King, co-host of “CBS Mornings”; pop superstar Katy Perry; and Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn and Amanda Nguyen, three advocates for women in science, technology, engineering and math. (Blue Origin Photos) The next suborbital spaceflight planned by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is due…
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Maxar Delivers First Spacecraft Bus to L3Harris for SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer
Maxar Space Systems delivered the first of 16 spacecraft buses to L3Harris Technologies for the Space Development Agency (SDA)’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program, Maxar announced on Feb. 27. Using the Maxar’s 300 platform, the bus was designed to advance the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Manufactured in California, the bus was transported to Florida…
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BlackSky Secures Defense Contract to Advance Space-Based Tactical ISR Satellites
BlackSky Technology Inc. won a multimillion-dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT (TACGEO) launch integration contract that expands on early U.S. government-funded R&D efforts to build out advanced space-based tactical ISR capabilities. Under the contract, BlackSky will prepare and manage a Gen-3 satellite launch, on behalf of the customer. “BlackSky is on a mission to push…
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AST SpaceMobile Secures $43 Million Contract for US Space Development Agency
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 new contract award in support of the United States Space Development Agency (SDA) through a prime contractor, with total expected revenue of $43 million. As part of the…
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How Can Teleport Operators Navigate the Evolving Environment to Come out on Top?
Last year, Look Up Space logged the milestone that there are more than 10,000 active satellites in orbit. When you consider that in 2020, there were just over 3,000, it is clear to see that this is a massive increase and is likely to have a wide-reaching impact on the entire space environment. More satellites…
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Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Lander Separates from SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
At approximately 8:01 p.m. EST, Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander separated from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, powered on approximately 12 minutes later, and will continue its weeklong journey to the Moon. Aboard the lander is NASA Science and Technology as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. Also launching as…
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Astroscale Wins Responsive Space Deal for Japanese MoD
Astroscale has made a breakthrough in the security and defense sector, a new area for the company. Astroscale won a new contract with Japan’s Ministry of Defense worth 7.7 billion yen ($51.6 million) to develop a responsive space system demonstration satellite prototype. Astroscale announced the contract win on Feb. 27. The project, which will run…
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Blue Origin Successfully Completes 10th Crewed New Shepard Mission
Blue Origin completed its tenth human spaceflight and the 30th flight for the New Shepard program. Also, they conducted the tenth crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle on Feb. 25, carrying six people, one of whom remained at least semi-anonymous. It has lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas. The New…
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Lumen Orbit changes its name to Starcloud and raises $10M for space data centers
An artist’s conception shows data-center spacecraft being added to an orbital array. (Starcloud via YouTube) Redmond, Wash.-based Starcloud got its start just last year under a different name — Lumen Orbit — but the newly renamed company is already filling out its seed funding round with $10 million in fresh investment for space-based data centers.…