Tag: Ground
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Mynaric Delivers Over 100 CONDOR Mk3 Terminals and Advanced Mk3.1 Terminal Development
Mynaric, a leading provider of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, announced significant customer deliveries of its CONDOR Mk3 optical communications terminals and major progress in the technical development of the next-generation CONDOR Mk3.1 terminal. “Mynaric continues to execute on its commitments and advance the market for space-based optical communications. As of today, we have…
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Eutelsat and Orange Expands Partnership With New Multi-Year LEO Agreement
Eutelsat and Orange, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators and digital service providers, have signed an agreement enabling Orange to reinforce its position in low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications, leveraging Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation. Through this latest investment, Orange aims to strengthen its satellite solutions portfolio with LEO connectivity solutions providing high throughput, low…
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Gilat Secures $40 Million Contract for Virtualized SkyEdge IV Platform
Gilat Satellite Networks, announced that it has received a $40 million contract for its virtualized SkyEdge IV platform, expected to be delivered over the next 24 months. Designed with a cloud-native architecture and ready for future 5G-NTN (Non-Terrestrial Network) standards, the platform marks a major step forward in the transformation of satellite ground networks, enabling…
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Northrop Grumman Advances Robotic Satellite Servicing with MRV Payload Integration
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s SpaceLogistics LLC has integrated a robotics payload onto its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) spacecraft bus, achieving another milestone for its MRV and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program. The sophisticated robotics of the MRV builds on the company’s proven satellite servicing technology. Integrating the U.S. Naval Research…
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Maritime Launch and T-Minus Engineering to Debut Barracuda Launch from Spaceport Nova Scotia
Maritime Launch Services Inc. is pleased to announce a new collaboration with T-Minus Engineering B.V., a leading Dutch aerospace company, to launch the Barracuda, a hypersonic test platform, from Spaceport Nova Scotia in October 2025. This mission will represent the next step in advancing Spaceport Nova Scotia’s suborbital and hypersonic testing capabilities, as Maritime Launch…
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Airbus, CNES and VAST to Strengthen Earth Observation Capabilities in Vietnam
Airbus Defence and Space, the French Space Agency (CNES), and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) have signed a Declaration of Intent (DoI) to strengthen their longstanding cooperation in the field of Earth observation, building on the success of the VNREDSat-1 space programme. This agreement was signed in Hanoi in the presence of French…
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Space Systems Command Awards $1.2B Contract to BAE for Epoch 2 Missile Tracking Satellites
Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a $1.2 billion contract for 10 Epoch 2 space vehicles for the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Resilient Missile Warning Tracking (MWT) architecture in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) to BAE Systems’ Space and Mission Systems on May 29, 2025, through a firm fixed price Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement. SSC’s…
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Reflect Orbital Selected to Advance Satellite-Based Sunlight Redirection Technology
Reflect Orbital announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a Phase II SBIR contract in the amount of $1.25 million focused on its sunlight-on-demand satellite reflector technology to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small…
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Tomorrow.io to Provide AI-Driven Weather Intelligence for Farmers in Philippines
Tomorrow.io, the global weather intelligence leader, headquartered in the United States, and a technology provider of U.S. agencies NOAA, NASA, and Department of Defense, has partnered with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to help farmers adapt to volatile and challenging climate conditions and boost productivity using Artificial Intelligence in the Philippines. In collaboration with the…
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Kongsberg Discovery and Silicon Sensing Partner to Develop Next-Gen Inertial Tech
Kongsberg Discovery AS and Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd have formally entered into a strategic cooperation agreement on Monday, June 2nd, during EXPO in Osaka in Japan. The purpose is to bring the companies together to co-develop next-generation inertial technology. Executive Vice President Anders Rønningen in Kongsberg Discovery states the importance of this agreement: “In the current…