Tag: Ground
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Atomic-6 Secures $2 Million Space Force Grant for Light Wing Solar Array
Atomic-6, a manufacturer of the world’s finest composite solutions, has won a $2 million TACFI (Tactical Funding Increase) from the United States Space Force Space Systems Command to mature and flight-qualify the Light Wing solar array for both commercial and defense sectors. The company also announced that former ISS Commander Chris Hadfield has joined its…
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Planet Labs Secures Four Awards for AI Solutions in the Defense and Intelligence Sector
Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced that following its June 4, 2025, earnings announcement, it has secured four major awards for its new AI-enabled solutions with customers in the Defense & Intelligence sector. These wins build on the global momentum discussed on Planet’s last earnings…
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MDA Space Reopens Operations at David Florida Laboratory
MDA Space announced it has taken over operation of the David Florida Laboratory (DFL) in Ottawa, ensuring this world-class testing facility remains open to industry and under sovereign Canadian control. The facility houses essential infrastructure that enables the assembly, integration, and testing of entire spacecraft and satellite systems and subsystems to ensure their ability to…
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Rocket Lab Completes Critical Design Review for SDA’s T2TL-Beta Satellite Program
Rocket Lab National Security LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced the successful completion of its Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta (T2TL-Beta) program. The milestone follows Rocket Lab’s successful Preliminary Design Review in late 2024, confirms…
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Unibap Space Solutions: Leading the Shift to AI-Powered Edge Computing in Orbit
Unibap Space Solutions AB, Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, is driving innovation in edge computing hardware, software, and services for intelligent space missions. With a mission to deliver “trustworthy innovation in space,” Unibap specializes in rugged, space-hardened computing platforms that empower satellites to run advanced AI/ML workloads in orbit, enabling real-time data…
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Sidus Space and VORAGO Partner to Advance Radiation-Hardened Compute Capabilities
Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, announced a strategic collaboration with VORAGO Technologies to validate and integrate next-generation radiation-hardened microcontroller (MCU) technology through VORAGO’s Alpha Customer Program. They believe this partnership positions Sidus at the forefront of resilient space and defense systems, enabling the Company to test and integrate VORAGO’s new high-performance…
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Skynopy Secures €15 Million to Develop the First Real-Time High-Speed Satellite Ground Station Network
Skynopy, a French NewSpace startup providing ground station services for low Earth orbit satellites, has completed a record fundraising round less than 18 months after its creation. With this new €15 million funding round, closed in just one month, Skynopy welcomes funds Alven, Expansion, Omnes and CNES via the SpaceFounders program to its capital. The…
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SatSure and Dhruva Space Join Forces for Integrated Space Solutions
SatSure, a full-stack satellite Earth Observation (EO) and Decision Intelligence company, is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hyderabad-based Dhruva Space, a leading full-stack Space solutions provider with proven expertise in satellite platforms, launch services, and ground station infrastructure. This strategic partnership aims to unify the two companies’ end-to-end,…
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Thales Alenia Space to Develop SOLiS Laser Communications Demo for CNES
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been selected by the French space agency CNES, as part of the space component of the France 2030 program launched by the French government, to develop a very-high-throughput laser communications demonstrator. Called SOLiS — for Service Optique de Liaisons Spatiales Sécurisées (secure…
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Arianespace to Launch CO3D and MicroCarb Satellites on July 25
Arianespace is to launch Airbus Defence and Space‘s CO3D satellites, On Friday, July 25th, 2025, at 11:03 p.m. local time, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite. This mission, called “VV27”, will be performed using an Arianespace-operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The main passengers, the four satellites composing the CO3D…