Tag: Ground
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Reveal and Maxar Partner to Enhance Farsight Platform Capabilities
Reveal Technology and Maxar are pleased to announce a partnership to incorporate Maxar’s high-resolution satellite imagery and 3D data directly into Farsight. To improve users’ ability to visualize large-scale geospatial environments, Reveal is integrating Maxar’s high-resolution basemaps and 3D data into Farsight, significantly enhancing operational decision-making at the tactical edge. Maxar data enables accurate 3D…
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Sierra Space Achieves 3rd Testing Milestone With USSF R-GPS Satellite Program
Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth and protect economic freedom in the Orbital Age, announced another successful demonstration of the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) technology for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). In this third milestone, Sierra Space demonstrated…
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Little Place Labs: Revolutionizing Space Data with AI-Powered Satellite Analytics
Little Place Labs, founded in 2021, is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Its core mission is to democratize space data access by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to process satellite data onboard, enabling real-time, actionable insights for industries like agriculture, maritime, climate monitoring, and defense. The company focuses on: Satellite Data Processing: Developing AI/ML…
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IonQ Plans for Satellite Quantum Key Distribution Network with Acquisition of Capella Space
IonQ, a leading commercial quantum computing and networking company, announced plans to launch a global space-to-space and space-to-ground satellite quantum key distribution (QKD) network, highlighting its ambitions to be the first company to have both a quantum network and quantum computer in space. To facilitate development of this network, IonQ has signed a definitive agreement…
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ClearSpace Completes Second phase of Mission CLEAR the UK Debris-Removal Mission
ClearSpace has successfully completed Phase 2 of the CLEAR mission, marking a key milestone in the UK’s first Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission. This phase has de-risked key technologies and reinforced the UK’s position as a leader in space sustainability and in-orbit servicing. “Achieving this milestone is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and…
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Sivers Semiconductors Joins the DIFI Consortium to Advance Satellite Network Interoperability
Sivers Semiconductors, a global leader in photonics and wireless technologies, announced that it has joined the Digital Intermediate Frequency (IF) Interoperability (DIFI) Consortium, an independent space industry group formed to advance interoperability in satellite and ground system networks. The DIFI Consortium is a global collective of industry leaders collaborating to develop and promote open, standards-based…
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Planet Labs Signs 7-Figure Contract Expansion with the German Government
Planet Labs, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, announced the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) and the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) have signed a seven-figure contract with Planet with a one year term and an option to renew for two more years. The…
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Ursa Major Validates SRM Manufacturing Process with Successful Static Fires
Ursa Major has completed multiple static fires of a 5” solid rocket motor using all components of Highly Loaded Grain, successfully validating all phases of Ursa Major’s proprietary solid rocket motor manufacturing process, known as “Lynx.” Highly Loaded Grain is an energetics technology that Ursa Major has improved and demonstrated using additive tooling. With HLG,…
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ST Engineering iDirect Heads the European Protected Waveform Consortium into Phase 2
ST Engineering iDirect‘s EU Satcom Centre of Excellence, ST Engineering iDirect Europe, based in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, announced the advancement of the European Protected Waveform (EPW) project to its second phase. Under the leadership of Belgium’s Ministry of Defence and with ST Engineering iDirect Europe as the consortium lead, this milestone marks significant progress in enhancing secure…
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BlackSky Completes Gen-3 Satellite Commissioning and Prepares Second Unit for Q2 Launch
BlackSky Technology Inc. has successfully completed commissioning its first Gen-3 satellite. The first satellite continues to exceed expectations for tasking-to-delivery performance amid positive customer feedback on early very high-resolution 35-centimeter imagery and AI-driven analytics samples. “BlackSky has demonstrated incredible, industry-leading speed for launch to on-orbit operations, completing commissioning for our first Gen-3 satellite a full…