Tag: Global
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Spaceflight Signs Deal to Launch Sherpa Vehicles on Maritime Launch Services Missions
Spaceflight Inc., a premier launch and in-space transportation services provider, announced it has signed an agreement with Maritime Launch Services Inc. to launch up to five of its Sherpa Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs). The launches will be from Spaceport Nova Scotia aboard the Cyclone-4M beginning in 2025. Spaceflight has successfully delivered more than 550 spacecraft…
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Guerrilla RF Announces Entry into the Satellite Communications Industry
Guerrilla RF Inc, the innovative fabless semiconductor company announced its entry into the rapidly growing satellite communications (SATCOM) industry. According to Fortune Business Insights, the global SATCOM industry will grow from $29.98 billion in 2022 to $56.74 billion by 2029, a 9.54% compounded annual growth rate. Market growth will be driven by mobile applications and…
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NASA Selects Experimental Space Technology Concepts from NIAC Program for Initial Study
Imagine a future in space where pellet-beam propulsion systems speed up travel to other worlds, pipelines on the Moon transport oxygen between settlements, and Martian bricks grow on their own before being assembled into homes. Researchers will delve into these ideas and more using NASA grant funding. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program fosters…
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Space Edge One Computer Developed by Spiral Blue Reaches Orbit Aboard Satellogic Satellite
The Space Edge One computer (SE-1) developed by Australian startup, Spiral Blue, launched as a hosted payload aboard a Satellogic NewSat spacecraft on the Transporter-6 Rideshare mission, which departed aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Developed through Satellogic’s Hosted Payload Program, this joint mission will complete…
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CesiumAstro Acquires UK-based SmallSat Communications Company TXMission
CesiumAstro Inc., an industry leader in active phased array communications technology for space and airborne systems, announced that it has acquired TXMission Ltd., a United Kingdom-based communications company that develops software-defined radios and modems for satellites, ground stations, HAPS (high-altitude platform systems), and airborne platforms. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded…
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Momentus to Deliver FOSSA Systems Next-Generation Satellites to Orbit
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company that offers transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with FOSSA Systems, a Spanish company that offers global low-power Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and in-space services through its satellite constellation, to place its latest generation of satellites, FOSSASat FEROX, into low-Earth orbit on two…
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TISICS Receives Funding from UK Space Agency to Develop Sustainable Launch Tech
Aerospace manufacturing specialists, TISICS, have received funding from the UK Space Agency to develop demisable launcher components that will reduce the risk of damage to spacecraft by space debris, whilst reducing the processing time and materials waste experienced from current HPV-liner manufacturing. According to the Government’s National Space Strategy, published in 2021, the UK’s space…
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Epiq Solutions Completes Acquisition of Xiphos Systems to Offer Computing Solutions for Space
Epiq Solutions (“Epiq”), a portfolio company of The Veritas Capital Vantage Fund, L.P. (“Vantage Fund”), and a provider of software defined radio (“SDR”) and turn-key radio frequency (“RF”) solutions for governments and enterprises, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Xiphos Systems Corporation (“Xiphos”), a provider of high-performance, space-focused computing solutions. Financial terms were…
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Terran Orbital’s GEOStare SV2 Spacecraft Completes Commercial Imaging Contract for Lockheed Martin
Terran Orbital Corporation, one of the global leaders in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced its GEOStare SV2 spacecraft completed a commercial data services imagery contract for Lockheed Martin. Throughout the duration of the contract, Terran Orbital’s operations team successfully demonstrated the ability to rapidly re-task the spacecraft to assemble a…
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Skyservice Receives Approvals to Integrate Satcom Direct’s Ku-Band Antenna into its Aircrafts
Skyservice Business Aviation (“Skyservice”), a North American company involved in business aviation, announced that it has received Transport Canada (TCCA), Federal Aviation Association (FAA), and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) supplemental type certification (STC) approval for the integration of Satcom Direct Plane Simple Ku-band Tail Mounted Antenna (TMA) systems. The newly certified integration is…