Tag: Aerospace
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Firefly Aerospace Expands Cislunar Capabilities With Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Missions
Firefly Aerospace is advancing commercial lunar exploration and cislunar transportation services through the Blue Ghost lunar lander program, a platform designed to support payload delivery, lunar surface operations, orbital services and customized Moon mission architectures for government and commercial customers. Through the integrated launch, orbital and lunar systems, Firefly is positioning Blue Ghost as a…
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L3Harris Secures US Air Force Contract for Advanced Battle Management Infrastructure
L3Harris Technologies has been selected to develop key features of the secure and resilient digital infrastructure that will serve as the backbone of the U.S. Air Force’s command and control network. L3Harris will strengthen the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) data integration and networking capabilities. This effort will be foundational to combining data…
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Starfighters Space Appoints Former Blue Origin Leaders to Advance STARLAUNCH
Starfighters Space, the innovative aerospace company, owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of commercial supersonic aircraft, announced the appointment of two senior leaders from Blue Origin’s New Glenn program, further strengthening its operational capabilities as it advances development of its STARLAUNCH platform. Jose Arias has been appointed Vice President (VP), Space Operations, and…
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Vast Space Advances Commercial Orbital Infrastructure with Haven-1 Space Station
Vast Space, a U.S.-based aerospace company focused on commercial space habitation technologies, is developing Haven-1, a next-generation commercial space station designed to support private astronaut missions, government operations, and microgravity research in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The station is being positioned as a precursor to larger modular orbital habitats intended to succeed the International Space…
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SWISSto12 Secures NEASTAR-1 Reflector Contract from HPS/LSS
SWISSto12 announced a major contract with German high-performance space subsystem providers HPS/LSS. The Munich-based consortium will provide a large deployable reflector subsystem (LDRS) for the NEASTAR-1 mission, built on HummingSat, enabling the world’s first direct-to-device media broadcasting capabilities from geostationary orbit. The German-led antenna reflector subsystem is the result of more than 15 years of…
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Astroscale Advances Debris Inspection with ADRAS-J Mission
Astroscale, a space sustainability company focused on in-orbit servicing and debris removal technologies, has advanced orbital debris management with the ADRAS-J (Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan) mission. The mission is designed to demonstrate high-precision rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) for safe inspection and characterization of large, unprepared space debris. The mission was conducted in collaboration with the…
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SciTec Secures Deal to Advance Space Force Missile Defense Under Golden Dome
SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace company, announced it received an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement from U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to support the nation’s emerging missile defense- architecture as part of the Space Based- Interceptor (SBI) program. This program was established under the Department of War to develop a space-based missile defense interceptor system…
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Planet Labs Launches Three Additional High-Resolution Pelican Satellites
Planet Labs, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced the successful launch of three additional Pelican satellites, one of which is the first satellite to orbit as part of the recently announced satellite services agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF). The spacecraft were launched to orbit aboard the…
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Planet Labs and Carbon Mapper Sign Agreement for New Tanager Spacecraft
Planet Labs, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced its plans to design a specialized version of the Tanager spacecraft. Together with Carbon Mapper, and with support from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Planet plans to architect this cutting-edge spacecraft as a specialized iteration of Tanager, designed to solely…
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KONGSBERG Selected for Seven European Defence Fund Projects
The European Commission has allocated EUR 1.07 billion to 57 projects under the 2025 EDF programme, part of a total budget of EUR 7.3 billion for the period 2021–2027. EDF is the EU’s programme for collaborative defence research and development, designed to strengthen industrial cooperation and support the development of shared capabilities across Member States.…