Tag: Ground
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ispace and EdgeCortix Partner to Advance AI-Powered Lunar Exploration
ispace, a global lunar exploration company, and EdgeCortix Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company specializing in energy-efficient Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing at the edge, today announced a mutual strategic cooperation to explore cislunar development using EdgeCortix’s low-power AI-specific processors with ispace lunar exploration activities. ispace and EdgeCortix have agreed to collaborate using data from existing…
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Marble Visions to Develop 3D Earth Observation Satellite Project with NTT DATA, PASCO and Canon
NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, and Marble Visions Inc., a provider of advanced Earth observation (EO) satellite services, announce that Marble Visions has commenced the development of a high-resolution, high-frequency satellite system in a joint venture between NTT DATA, PASCO CORPORATION and Canon Electronics Inc. Marble Vision’s aims to transform…
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Gilmour Space Sets Launch Window for Australia’s First Orbital Rocket
Gilmour Space Technologies has announced a launch window starting ‘no earlier than’ March 15 for the maiden flight of Eris, the first Australian-designed and built rocket aiming for orbit. The news follows final airspace approvals from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and Airservices Australia, clearing the last regulatory hurdle before launch. It also marks…
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SES Partners with Quvia to Enhance Multi-Orbit Connectivity with AI-Driven Network
SES is partnering with Quvia, the AI-powered quality of experience (QoE) platform formerly known as Neuron, to advance SES’s multi-orbit connectivity solutions by enhancing network orchestration capabilities. The collaboration combines SES and Quvia technologies to intelligently manage network resources and adapt dynamically to customer demand, driving enhanced QoE for SES’s mobility, enterprise, and cloud customers,…
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NASA Awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope Launch Services Contract to SpaceX
NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to Earth. The firm fixed-price launch service task order is being awarded under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity NASA Launch Services II contract. The total cost…
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Rocket Lab Completes Key Design Review for US Space Force VICTUS HAZE Mission
Rocket Lab National Security LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced the successful completion of its Critical Design Review (CDR) for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission, VICTUS HAZE. In April 2024, Rocket Lab announced its…
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PLD Space Expands Global Reach with Second Launch Site at Etlaq Spaceport in Oman
PLD Space, an international space services company with vertical integrated engineering and manufacturing, has announced that the Etlaq spaceport in Oman will be its second global launch base for MIURA launch vehicle family. This infrastructure joins the company’s Launch Complex at the CSG (Kourou, French Guiana), owned by CNES and ESA, thus expanding vehicle service…
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NASA Awards Delivery Order to BAE Systems for NOAA’s Space Weather Program
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a delivery order to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems of Boulder, Colorado, to build spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series project as a part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. The award made under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract, has…
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Airbus-Built Biomass Satellite Ships to Kourou for ESA’s Forest Monitoring Mission
Biomass, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Airbus-built satellite, has left Toulouse for its journey by ship to Kourou, French Guiana, ready for launch. Biomass, an Earth Explorer satellite, is ESA’s flagship mission to measure forest biomass to assess terrestrial carbon stocks and fluxes from an altitude of 666km above the Earth. The spacecraft will carry…
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Kapta Space to Develop the Next Generation of Advanced Spaceborne Radar Systems
Kapta Space, a Seattle-based space tech startup, came out of stealth mode and announced that it has raised a $5 million seed round to support the development of its advanced spaceborne electronically-steered, radar-based imaging technology. The round was led by MetaVC Partners, in participation with Entrada Ventures and Blue Collective. The company will use the…