Tag: Ground
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Loft Orbital Selected by NASA JPL for AI-Powered Earth Science Mission
Loft Orbital, a global space infrastructure company, announced an agreement with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to host and fly demonstrations of JPL artificial intelligence (AI) software on Loft’s AI-enabled space infrastructure. The demonstrations, part of the Federated Autonomous MEasurement (FAME) project funded by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), will advance on-orbit AI capabilities…
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Rocket Lab Breaks Record with 16-Hour U.S Space Force VICTUS HAZE Launch
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has successfully launched its Electron rocket and deployed its own Pioneer spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission led by the SSC’s Space Safari Program Office in partnership with the Defense…
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Blacknight Space Advances Space Operations for Mission Planning and On-Orbit Operations
Blacknight Space offers a portfolio of space operations products designed to support spacecraft operations, flight dynamics and space domain awareness across the complete mission lifecycle. The company’s solutions assist organizations with trajectory planning, attitude control, orbit determination and large-scale space catalog maintenance, while supporting both single-satellite missions and large constellation design and management. These capabilities…
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CGI’s Insula Platform Supports AI-Driven Earth Observation in ESA’s Fsat-2 Mission
CGI, one of the world’s largest independent IT and business consulting services firms, is supporting the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Φsat-2 mission, with its Insula platform serving as a key enabler of artificial intelligence-driven advancements in Earth observation. Developed by CGI’s team in Italy, Insula processes and harmonizes large volumes of satellite data, enabling advanced…
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Sophia Space Selects Apex for Orbital Computing Satellite Platform
Sophia Space, a leader in space-based edge computing, announced it has selected Apex, the leading supplier of productized satellite platforms, to supply a satellite bus to bring real-time orbital computing to enterprise, government and defense customers. Sophia Space will fly one of Apex’s Nova bus platforms for a demo mission in 2027, demonstrating Sophia Space’s…
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Innoflight Flight Computer Supports Artemis II Rendezvous Demonstration
Innoflight, a pioneer in cyber secure space avionics, announced that its Compact Flight Computer (CFC-400XS) supported the Artemis II mission’s 70-minute Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) demonstration. The demonstration was a key milestone in advancing human deep space exploration through the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years. The RPO maneuver was conducted…
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Muon Space Opens High-Mix Satellite Manufacturing Facility in San Jose
Muon Space, the Mission Foundry for high-performance satellite constellations, announced the grand opening of its new advanced manufacturing facility in San Jose, California. The 130,000-square-foot facility significantly expands Muon’s manufacturing capacity and positions the company to meet growing demand for satellite constellations across national security, civil, and commercial markets. Muon is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony…
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Space Norway Launches Emergency Preparedness for Enterprises and Government
Space Norway has launched its Emergency Preparedness solution, designed to ensure business and government continuity during outages of terrestrial communications. As the sole owner and operator of satellites in Scandinavia, Space Norway is positioning the service as a key contribution to digital resilience across Norway and the wider Nordic region. The service addresses a common vulnerability…
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Infinite Orbits Selected for HYDRA and ASIMOV European Space Security Programs
Infinite Orbits Luxembourg (LMO Sarl) has been selected to participate in two major European defence and security initiatives, HYDRA (Hybrid Defence for Resilient Awareness in GEO) and ASIMOV (Autonomous System for Inspection, Maintenance, defence Operations and manoeuVres), reinforcing its role in advancing sovereign European capabilities for space security, orbital resilience and in-orbit operations. These programme selections…
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Astroscale Leads Industry Initiative on Spacecraft Reentry and Environmental Impact
Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, announced the launch of the Atmospheric Impact of Reentered Spacecraft (AIRS) initiative, an industry–academia collaboration convened by Astroscale to improve scientific understanding of the effects of spacecraft reentry on Earth’s atmosphere. Planet Labs PBC and the University of Southampton…