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ispace Turns Lunar Freight Broker With 500-Kilogram Starship Booking for 2030
The decision marks a notable pivot for a company known for flying its own spacecraft to the Moon. Rather than limiting itself to landing operations, ispace is now selling access to Starship’s cargo capacity to third-party customers, establishing itself as a reseller of lunar delivery capability. Under the new service, ispace has reserved roughly 1,100…
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Pulse Space Lands $40 Million Space Force Contract for Orbital Laser Power Beaming
The contract targets the processing constraints of traditional solar-charging configurations. Pulse Space will use the funding to accelerate engineering, system testing, and operational deployment of its laser power and awareness platforms. An Air Force spokesperson quoted in related coverage said “Space Operational Energy is a growing focus for us.” The company’s hardware architecture is designed…
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GRITSS Launches to Demonstrate Next-Gen Geodetic Technology
The GRITSS mission successfully launched this morning aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-17 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Developed on behalf of NASA and the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML), the mission will demonstrate innovative geodetic technologies designed to improve the accuracy of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF),…
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Triton Space Technologies Advances In-Space Propulsion with Non-Toxic Thruster Systems
Triton Space Technologies is expanding the portfolio of spacecraft propulsion technologies through the development of innovative in-space propulsion systems engineered for orbital missions. Building on more than a decade of experience in rocket engine feed system design, aerospace valve technologies, manufacturing and propulsion testing, the company is developing propulsion solutions that emphasize high performance, operational…
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MDA Space to Acquire 70 Percent of French Data Firm CLS for $647 Million
The transaction marks MDA’s second major acquisition in recent weeks. Three weeks earlier, the company purchased US satellite and component builder Blue Canyon Technologies for $620 million to gain access to the US defense market. The CLS deal extends that consolidation drive into the European market and the French geo-intelligence sector. The purchase pairs MDA’s…
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Xona Launches Pulsar Verified Program to Accelerate Adoption of Next-Generation Satellite Navigation
Xona Space Systems has launched Pulsar Verified, a new ecosystem partnership program designed to help receiver manufacturers, chipset developers and test equipment providers validate compatibility with the company’s next-generation low Earth orbit (LEO) navigation signals. The initiative aims to accelerate adoption of Xona’s Pulsar navigation service by providing a technical verification process for hardware manufacturers…
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SES Space & Defense Secures BPA to Deliver Flexible Satellite Connections
SES’ wholly-owned subsidiary, SES Space & Defense, won a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to provide reliable and secure managed satellite services. This deal enables the Department of War (DoW) to quickly order global Ku-band connectivity, helping people stay connected and protected, even in the world’s most…
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Impulse Space Awarded U.S Space Force NSSL Phase 3 Launch Services Contract
Impulse Space, the in-space mobility leader, announced it has been awarded a Firm Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 contract by the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command. The award provides an on-ramp for Impulse to become a launch services provider, via the Helios upper stage, for the U.S. Space Force. The…
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Space42 and Skylo Test D2D Test on Thuraya-4
Space42 and Skylo conducted direct-to-device (D2D) testing on the Thuraya-4 satellite, successfully demonstrating both SMS and SOS messaging. The partners said in a July 9 announcement they expect to roll out commercial D2D messaging later this year, contingent on regulatory approval. Space42 and Skylo previously announced working together in May. The testing validated two-way SMS…
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Wally Funk, last of Mercury 13 and oldest woman in space, dies at 87
Wally Funk, who in 2021 became the oldest woman to fly into space—60 years after she and 12 other women sought the same opportunity as NASA’s original astronauts—died on Wednesday at 87 years old. Funk was the last living member of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs, or as they were later dubbed by the…