Tag: Ground
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ICEYE Supplies MikroSAR System to Polish Armed Forces in Under a Year
ICEYE, the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, has officially handed over MikroSAR, Poland’s sovereign radar satellite reconnaissance system, to the Polish Armed Forces less than 12 months after contract signing. According to publicly available data, this marks the fastest deployment of an operational satellite program in the world and among the fastest-implemented procurement…
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Astrolab Announces NASA Payloads for Upcoming Lunar Mission
Astrolab, an aerospace company building planetary rovers,announced NASA payload customers for its first lunar mission aboard the company’s FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) rover. FLIP will fly aboard Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lander, part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Griffin-1 will deliver payloads to the Moon’s south pole, advancing the Artemis campaign to return…
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Planet Lab’s Pelican First-light Images Features Sweden’s Sovereign Satellite Imagery
Planet Labs, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, released first light images from its latest Pelican launch, including the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF)’s first ever sovereign satellite. Planet launched these three Pelican spacecraft to orbit aboard the CAS500-2 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California…
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Mission Space Develops Zohar Detector for Real-Time Orbital Radiation Monitoring
Mission Space, a Luxembourg-based space technology company focused on space weather intelligence and orbital radiation monitoring, is advancing in-space environmental sensing through its Zohar Space Weather Detector platform. The compact sensor system is designed to provide real-time monitoring of radiation conditions in orbit, supporting satellite operators, spacecraft manufacturers and mission planners requiring continuous awareness of…
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Planet Labs Secures 7-Figure Czech Government Contract for AI-Based Agriculture Monitoring
Planet Labs Germany, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced Planet’s subsidiary Sinergise Solutions d.o.o. has signed a 2-year, 7-figure contract to provide satellite imagery and AI-powered analytics to the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) of the Czech Republic. This deal will support the country-wide agricultural payments and monitoring…
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BAE Systems Supplies Flight Hardware for U.S. Space Force Missile-Warning Program
BAE Systems has delivered the sensor subassembly and sensor system controller components for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program. The program will provide the U.S. Space Force with advanced missile warning, technical intelligence and battlespace characterization mission capabilities. This milestone delivery keeps the program on track for full assembly of the payload,…
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Intuitive Machines Plans Acquisition of Goonhilly Earth Station and COMSAT
Intuitive Machines, a space technology, infrastructure and services leader, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd, a world-class deep space communications provider with major ground station assets in the United Kingdom and Goonhilly USA Inc. The acquisition, which will include the Goonhilly Lunar and Deep Space Communications, Commercial…
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Space42 Advances Persistent Earth Observation with Foresight SAR and HAPS Systems
Space42 is expanding the Earth observation and geospatial intelligence capabilities through the development of sovereign Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite systems, AI-driven analytics platforms and High Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS). The company is building a multi-layer intelligence and monitoring architecture designed to provide continuous situational awareness, persistent surveillance and operational insight for governments, infrastructure operators…
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Starfighters Space Partners with Integrated Launch Solutions on STARLAUNCH
Starfighters Space, the innovative aerospace company, owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of commercial supersonic aircraft, announced that it has engaged Integrated Launch Solutions, (ILS) to provide engineering and technical integration support as Starfighters advances the STARLAUNCH pathway from design and analysis toward flight and launch services. Starfighters has engaged ILS to support…
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Varda Space and United Therapeutics Advance Microgravity Pulmonary Treatments
Varda Space Industries announced a collaboration with United Therapeutics Corporation to explore the use of microgravity to develop improved formulations of treatments for rare pulmonary disease. Through the collaboration, Varda and United Therapeutics will conduct pharmaceutical processing of small molecule medicines for pulmonary disease aboard Varda’s orbital manufacturing and reentry platform during multiple missions to…