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EdgeCortix’s SAKURA-I AI Accelerator Proves Radiation Resilience for Space Missions
EdgeCortix Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company specializing in energy-efficient Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing at the edge, announced that its SAKURA-I AI Accelerator is suitable for space missions including in Earth orbit and on the lunar surface, demonstrating high levels of radiation resiliency. NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging Program (NEPP) executed two phases of testing…
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Why did Elon Musk just say Trump wants to bring two stranded astronauts home?
For reasons that were not immediately clear, SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to his social media site X on Tuesday evening to make a perplexing space-based pronouncement. “The @POTUS has asked @SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the @Space_Station as soon as possible. We will do so,” Musk wrote. “Terrible that the…
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SES Secures Financing from European Investment Bank for 3 mPOWER Satellites
SES has secured a 125 million euro ($130 million) loan agreement with the European Investment Bank’s global arm, EIB Global to fund three satellites in the O3b mPOWER constellation. SES said in a Jan. 29 announcement that the loan will partially fund SES’s continued O3b mPOWER fleet expansion for additional capacity worldwide. The constellation is…
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Planet’s Largest Contract to Date: $230M Deal for Pelican Satellites
Planet Labs announced a multi-year, $230 million agreement with an unnamed Asia-Pacific commercial partner to build and deliver a constellation of new Pelican high-resolution satellites. Planet announced the deal on Jan. 29, which expands an agreement with the customer and gives the customer specific capacity on these satellites. Pelican is Planet’s next-generation high-resolution satellite that…
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Astranis to Launch its MicroGEO Satellites with Falcon 9 Rocket
Astranis has signed a contract with SpaceX for another Falcon 9 launch, to launch five more MicroGEO satellites later this year. These satellites are headed to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) to provide broadband data services for customers all around the world. Customers like Thaicom, a major satellite operator in Thailand, and APCO, an internet service provider…
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Boeing Logs $1.7B in Charges in Defense and Space in Q4
Boeing took $1.7 billion in charges in its Defense, Space & Security (BDS) segment in the fourth quarter of 2024 between multiple military aircraft programs and the Commercial Crew program for NASA. Boeing reported fourth quarter 2024 results on Tuesday, after previewing the charges last week. Boeing reported $5.4 billion in revenue for BDS in…
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Spectrum Challenges for Emerging Direct-to-Device Satellite Services
Summit Ridge Group, LLC and TMF Associates, leading financial and industry consulting boutiques focused on the telecom, media, and satellite industries, are pleased to announce the release of their joint white paper, “Spectrum for Emerging Direct-to-Device Satellite Operators”. This detailed analysis examines the technological, regulatory, and economic challenges to finding appropriate spectrum for direct-to-device services.…
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Musk: President Trump calls for fast-track return to Earth of the former Starliner astronauts
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module and Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Image: NASA. In a late afternoon post to X, SpaceX founder Elon Musk stirred up some confusion and consternation among the space community. Without any indication…
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Viasat Previews Potential LEO Network for D2D With ESA
Viasat has a new agreement to work with the European Space Agency (ESA) on direct-to-device capabilities, and previewed that this could lead to a new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network. Viasat said it expects to submit a formal partnership project for the “detailed design and procurement of an Open Architecture LEO network, capable of providing 5G…
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L3Harris Secures $300M US Army Contract for Advanced Tactical Radios
The U.S. Army has awarded L3Harris Technologies full-rate Manpack and Leader radio production orders totaling nearly $300 million under the Handheld, Manpack & Small Form Fit (HMS) program. These orders continue the proliferation of critical resilient communication solutions for U.S. soldiers and provide seamless interoperability from the tactical edge to the aerial tier in all…