Tag: Ground
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Astranis Raises $450 Million for High-Orbit Satellite Demand Surge
Astranis announced it has raised $450 million in new capital, bringing the company’s total raised to more than $1.2 billion as it scales to meet increased demand for its spacecraft designed for geostationary orbit (GEO) and other high orbits. The funding includes a new $300 million Series E round co-led by Snowpoint Ventures and Franklin…
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Pixxel Advances Hyperspectral Earth Observation with High-Resolution Imaging Satellites
Pixxel is advancing next-generation Earth observation capabilities through its growing constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites, designed to deliver high-resolution spectral intelligence for environmental monitoring, infrastructure analysis and resource management. Headquartered in Bengaluru, India, the company is developing a satellite network that combines advanced sensing technologies with scalable space infrastructure to provide detailed insights into changes…
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LeoLabs Expands Orbital Intelligence Platform for Real-Time Space Domain Awareness
LeoLabs is advancing space situational awareness with the Orbital Intelligence Platform, a cloud-based system designed to deliver real-time tracking, analytics and insights on objects in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Headquartered in California, United States, LeoLabs integrates radar-based observations with scalable data infrastructure and AI-driven analytics to support safe and efficient space operations. LeoLabs addresses this…
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Thales Alenia Space Secures ESA Deal for LISA Space Observatory Development
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announces the signing of a €26.1 million phase 1 contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) related to the development of LISA’s telescopes. Made up of three satellites, the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission will be the first European space observatory capable…
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AFRL and Ursa Major Accelerate Flights with Draper Liquid Rocket Engine’s Follow-on Flight
Just forty-five days after the preceding flight, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Ursa Major have executed a follow-on flight of the Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator (ARMD) powered by the Draper liquid rocket engine, expanding the flight envelope and proving rapid turnaround of critical hardware. ARMD continues at an aggressive pace, achieving an unprecedented development-to-flight…
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True Anomaly Expands into Space-Based Interceptors
True Anomaly announced its expansion into space-based interceptors (“SBIs”) and its selection to perform within the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (“SSC”) SBI program. As part of Golden Dome for America, the SBI program responds to a generational mandate to protect the United States homeland from potential ballistic missile and hypersonic attacks. “Our role…
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IonQ Launches Commercial InSAR for Automated Millimeter-Precise Earth Monitoring
IonQ, the world’s leading quantum technology company, announced the commercial launch of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) capabilities through its space missions line. The offering enables millimetre-precision ground deformation monitoring with fully automated tasking and data delivery, enabling customers to detect and track physical change on the Earth’s surface consistently, at a frequency and scale…
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Mission Space to Launch Fourth Space Weather Payload on HEX20 Maya V1 Mission
During the 2026 Space Weather Workshop, Mission Space announced that it will fly the fourth in-orbit space weather payload on HEX20’s MAYA-V1 mission, a 16U-class LEO hosted-payload platform designed for in-orbit validation of new space technologies. MAYA-V1 is part of HEX20’s Multi-Application Yearly Assimilated Vehicle mission series, built on the company’s NX spacecraft bus. The…
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EarthDaily Launches Six Satellites to Advance Daily Global Planetary Change Measurement
EarthDaily Analytics announced the successful launch of six EarthDaily Constellation satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission, confirming initial contact with satellites EDC-02 through EDC-07. The milestone significantly advances the company’s goal of delivering daily, consistent measurement of planetary change at a global scale. The launch, executed on May 3, 2026, delivered all six…
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SciTec Secures Deal to Advance Space Force Missile Defense Under Golden Dome
SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace company, announced it received an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement from U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to support the nation’s emerging missile defense- architecture as part of the Space Based- Interceptor (SBI) program. This program was established under the Department of War to develop a space-based missile defense interceptor system…