Tag: Ground
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Star Catcher Secures AFWERX SBIR Phase 1 Grant for Space-to-Space Power Beaming
Star Catcher Industries, a leading company in space-to-space power beaming, announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase 1 to advance space-to-space power beaming for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) spacecraft enhancement. The Department of the Air Force has a vital and urgent need to increase satellite power capabilities to meet real-time requirements…
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US-Japan Space Collaboration Advances with Successful Launch of QZSS-6 Satellite
A U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on February 2. This is the first bilateral U.S.-Japan cooperative space effort focused on national security, and the first…
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K2 Space Secures $110M Series B Funding and Completes First In-Space Demonstration
K2 Space announced its $110 million Series B to ramp up mass production of its multi-orbit, high power satellite platform. The funding round, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital, includes participation from existing investors Alpine Space Ventures, First Round Capital, and others. This milestone comes as K2 celebrates the opening of its new…
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Firefly Aerospace Awarded Launch Agreement for the VICTUS SOL Space Mission
Firefly Aerospace, the leader in responsive space launch services, announced the company was awarded a $21.81 million contract to launch the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) VICTUS SOL Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission. VICTUS SOL is an early operational capability to enable the United States to rapidly respond to on-orbit needs and…
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NASA to Provide Coverage of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Lunar Landing
With a suite of NASA science and technology on board, Firefly Aerospace is targeting no earlier than 3:45 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon. Blue Ghost is slated to touch down near Mare Crisium, a plain in the northeast quadrant on the near side of…
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Comtech Launches Multipath Radio Platform for Secure High-Data-Rate Communications
Comtech Telecommunications Corp., a global communications technology company, announced the launch of its new multipath radio (MPR) platform. As the first-ever terrestrial high-data rate over-the-horizon integrated radio of its kind, MPR will empower first responders, warfighters, and commercial operators with new high-data-rate communications capabilities on a single antenna-agnostic platform. Built on the proven success of…
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BlackSky Secures Multi-Year Contracts to Advance India’s Earth Observation Capabilities
BlackSky Technology Inc. won multi-year contracts that include Assured access to subscription-based low-latency, high-cadence imagery and AI-enabled analytics services. The deals also include the delivery of one high-resolution Earth observation satellite and launch support operations and on-orbit maintenance services. These contracts have a combined eight-figure value. “Contributing to the development of India’s commercial Earth observation…
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NASA Releases Spinoff 2025 Highlighting Space Advancements and Earth Innovations
NASA has released the latest edition of Spinoff publication, which highlights the successful transfer of agency technology to the commercial sector, now available online. For nearly 25 years, NASA has supported crew working in low Earth orbit to learn about the space environment and perform research to advance deep space exploration. Astronauts aboard the International…
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York Space Systems Launches New Commercial Services Program for National Security
York Space Systems (York), the Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, announced a new commercial services program designed to provide the USG with critical national security capabilities as a service. This offering leverages York’s flight-proven satellite designs, originally developed for government customers and delivers them as an on-demand…
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Eutelsat and ATSS Extends Satellite Capacity Agreement for MENA Broadcast Services
Eutelsat Group and Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Telecommunications Solutions and Services (ATSS) have renewed their satellite capacity agreement on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite reinforcing the long-standing collaboration between the two companies. The contract signing took place during the LEAP event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ATSS is a leader in satellite communications in the MENA…