Tag: Ground
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UK Space Conference 2025 to Highlight £155 Million for Space Manufacturing and Satellite Innovation
UK space industry leaders have welcomed the UK government’s Modern Industrial Strategy, calling it a catalyst for timely and meaningful discussions at the upcoming UK Space Conference, set to take place on 16–17 July in Manchester. With space officially recognized as a frontier industry, alongside ten other critical sectors, the announcement is generating strong support…
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Leaf Space: Transforming Satellite Communications to Advanced Fields
Founded in Milan in 2014 and headquartered in Lomazzo, Italy, Leaf Space is transforming satellite ground communications with its innovative Ground Segment as-a-Service (GSaaS) model. The company provides fully owned and operated global ground stations, delivering telemetry, tracking, command (TT&C), and payload services via transparent per-minute pricing without minimum usage commitments. Also Read:Technical Articles on…
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NASA Hosts Fourth Private Mission to International Space Station
As part of NASA’s efforts to expand access to space, four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch of the fourth all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 2:31 a.m. EDT Wednesday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying Axiom…
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Lux Aeterna Secures $4 Million to Revolutionize Reusable Orbital Infrastructure
Lux Aeterna, a next-generation space infrastructure company reinventing orbital operations through re-entry and reusability, emerged from stealth and announced its $4 million pre-seed funding round. The raise was led by Space Capital with participation from Dynamo Ventures, Mission One Capital, Alumni Ventures, Service Provider Capital, and strategic deep tech angels, including the co-founders of Dive…
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BlackSky Technologies Secures $24 Million NGA Contract for Luno A Monitoring
BlackSky Technology won a more than $24 million, four-year, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Luno A Facility Operational Monitoring (FOMO) delivery order for global monitoring of military and economic facilities. As part of the order, BlackSky has received an initial base and surge option award of $2 million. “Securing this Luno A task order continues BlackSky’s…
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Optical Surfaces Releases New Vacuum-Compatible Reflective Beam Expanders
Optical Surfaces Ltd. has announced that its reflective beam expanders are now available with the option to optimally operate in high vacuum environments, expanding or reducing high-power laser beams. Benefiting from a high-throughput off-axis design, these beam expanders provide an unobstructed output and highly efficient transmission. The reflective design of these beam expanders is achromatic,…
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Rocket Lab Reschedules Electron Launch to Lift-off in Two Days
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced a swift turnaround in Electron’s launch manifest to fly the next mission in a multi-launch contract for geospatial analytics company HawkEye 360. The mission will fly from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in just two days. The mission, named ‘Get The Hawk…
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York Space Systems Launches Dragoon Mission to Support Missile Warning and Connectivity
York Space Systems, a defense technology company transforming how the United States builds and operates space-based capabilities, announced the successful deployment and contact with its Dragoon mission, a contract executed under an accelerated timeline for the Space Development Agency. The satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 23,…
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ThrustMe Achieves 100th In-Orbit Propulsion System Launch on SpaceX Transporter-14
ThrustMe, a French provider of advanced in-orbit propulsion solutions for the industrial space era, has successfully launched its 100th propulsion system into space. This milestone was achieved aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-14 mission that launched to space this Monday, the 23rd of June. The launcher carried a total of 26 ThrustMe propulsion units across seven…
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Varda Space Launches W-4 with the FAA’s First Reentry Vehicle Operator License
Varda Space Industries, a microgravity enabled life sciences company, launched its fourth mission Sunday afternoon. The W-4 mission is the maiden flight for Varda’s next-generation spacecraft, designed and built in Varda’s El Segundo headquarters and manufacturing facility. This flight marks several other firsts for the company and the ever-expanding orbital economy. While the mission profile…