Tag: GNSS
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PlanetiQ GNOMES-4 with World’s Most Accurate Weather Sensor Launched Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9
PlanetiQ, an innovator of global atmospheric observing systems, has launched its fourth generation Radio Occultation (RO) measurement satellite, GNOMES-4, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The satellite was successfully deployed into Low-Earth Orbit at 10:36 am PT on December 1, 2023. GNOMES-4 is equipped with the world’s best…
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ESA Advances Radio Frequency Monitoring as Spire Global Joins Third Party Mission
As Earth’s population continues to grow, acquiring high-quality data to help predict the movement of the world’s resources is a priority. A specialist in this field, providing radio frequency datasets in near real-time, Spire Global announced that it has officially joined ESA’s prestigious Earthnet Third Party Mission (TPM) program. Spire first began launching satellites in…
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ESA and SWISSto12 Sign New Contract Advancing HummingSat into Phase Two of Production
The HummingSat range of satellites, named after the tiny, agile, fast-moving, and yet apparently stationary hummingbird, are being developed under an ARTES Partnership Project between ESA and SWISSto12, one of Europe’s fastest-growing aerospace companies and a leading manufacturer of advanced satellite payloads and systems. The program’s objective is for the new satellite builder to capture…
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Spire Global Selected for IDIQ Contract by NASA to Provide Earth Observation Data
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, has been selected for a Multiple-Award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by NASA to provide Earth observation data for the agency’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. The contract will be effective for five years with the opportunity to compete for task…
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QuantX Labs and SSTL Collaborate to Advance Australian Quantum Technology in Space
QuantX Labs has joined forces with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) through Airbus Australia, to bolster their space knowledge and skillsets, a collaboration set to propel Australian quantum technology into space. QuantX Labs, renowned for its ground-breaking work in quantum technology is poised to take quantum advancements to new heights through its KAIROS mission. This…
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Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F and HOTBIRD 13G Satellites Successfully Enter into Service
Eutelsat Communications announced that its two high-power HOTBIRD 13F and HOTBIRD 13G satellites have entered into full commercial service. Located at Eutelsat’s 13° East flagship video neighbourhood, the satellites are reinforcing and enhancing the broadcast quality of around nine hundred television channels in more than 160 million homes across Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle…
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NASA Awards $6.5 Million Contract to Spire Global for Earth Observation Data
Spire Global, one of the leading global providers of space-based data, analytics, and space services, announced it was awarded a $6.5 million, 12-month contract renewal to continue participation in NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. The contract represents a $500,000 increase from the previous award of $6 million in June 2022. Spire will continue…
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EnduroSat to Design and Build Vyoma’s Space Situational Awareness Satellite Constellation
EnduroSat and Vyoma have announced that they will be working together on Europe’s first commercial mission for in-situ space situational awareness (SSA). Vyoma will use in-orbit optical telescopes to observe space objects and map the orbital environment at a high frequency, thus providing SSA data and services with near-zero latency. EnduroSat will design and build…
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Xona Awarded a Contract from AFRL and U.S. Space Force to Accelerate PULSAR LEO PNT Service
Xona Space Systems, a company building the next generation of satellite navigation, has partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the U.S. Space Force to work toward a secure Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) architecture leveraging Xona’s PULSAR service. This $1.2M Direct to Phase II SBIR (D2P2) contract was…
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ESA Awards €16 Million Contract to Spire Global for Satellite-Based Aviation Surveillance System
The European Space Agency has awarded Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, a €16 million phased contract for the EURIALO project, which will develop the preliminary design and demonstrator for a global space-based independent aircraft surveillance system. Spire will provide a system design and in-orbit technology demonstrator for a…