Tag: Ground
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Starfish Space Advances In-Orbit Servicing with Otter Satellite Life Extension and Disposal Vehicle
Starfish Space is developing autonomous in-orbit servicing technologies through the Otter servicing vehicle, a compact spacecraft platform engineered to perform satellite life extension, orbital relocation and end-of-life disposal missions. Designed to support the growing need for sustainable and flexible space operations, Otter combines autonomous navigation, rendezvous and docking technologies and reusable servicing systems into a…
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Firefly Secures $75 Million NASA JPL MoonFall Drone Subcontract for Moon Mission
Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, announced it was awarded a $75 million subcontract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to deliver four drones to the Moon’s south pole in support of the agency’s MoonFall mission, targeted to launch no earlier than 2028. MoonFall is part of the first phase of NASA’s…
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Redwire Supplies Lunar Robotic Manipulator Prototype to European Space Agency
Redwire, in collaboration with Added Value Solutions and with support from the European Space Agency (ESA), has successfully developed, tested and delivered its prototype of a lunar robotic arm: the Manipulator for Argonaut Payload Needs and Unloading Support (MANUS). The project is being led by Redwire’s Luxembourg team, which recently completed several project milestones including…
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Pixxel Awarded NRO Contract to Upgrade Hyperspectral Sensing Capabilities
Pixxel, a leader in cutting-edge hyperspectral earth-imaging technology, has been awarded a contract by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO) under the Strategic Commercial Enhancements Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) for advanced commercial remote sensing capabilities. The award supports the government’s effort to evaluate, leverage, and integrate emerging commercial hyperspectral data sources…
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ICEYE Launches Catastrophe Monitoring Solutions for Global Banking Credit Risk
ICEYE, the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, announced the launch of its natural catastrophe monitoring solutions for the global banking sector. The offering is designed to help financial institutions better understand, manage, and mitigate the growing impact of climate-driven credit risk. As climate change accelerates, more frequent and severe natural catastrophe events are…
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Sateliot and Turkcell Expand IoT Connectivity Across Türkiye
Sateliot, the leading 5G IoT satellite constellation operator, and Turkcell, Türkiye’s leading telecommunications and technology company, have successfully completed a field demonstration of 5G NTN IoT connectivity via satellite both in Barcelona and Istanbul. The demonstration was carried out to validate standard-based 5G NB-IoT NTN connectivity over Sateliot’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation and…
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Open Cosmos Expands Atlantic Constellation for European EO Capability
Open Cosmos, the leading space company building satellites to understand and connect the world, presented this morning eight new Earth observation satellites to advance Europe’s ability to monitor climate-related disasters and environmental threats from space at the ESA Earth Observation Commercialization Forum (ESA CommEO). The final design of the satellites was presented by Tiago Rebelo,…
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ULOOK Technologies Advances Space-Based RF Intelligence for SATCOM and Environmental Monitoring
ULOOK Technologies is developing space-based radio frequency (RF) intelligence systems designed to provide persistent situational awareness, spectrum monitoring and real-time geolocation capabilities from orbit. Through the autonomous RF intelligence architecture, the company is building satellite-enabled monitoring solutions capable of detecting and analyzing faint electromagnetic emissions across maritime, defense, commercial and environmental operational environments. ULOOK Technologies…
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Dhruva Space Secures 105 Crore Rupees RDIF for 500 kg-Class Project Garud Satellites
As India accelerates toward becoming a global Space power, the Government of India’s Research, Development & Innovation Fund (RDIF) has extended INR 105 Crores to Hyderabad-based Dhruva Space for Project Garud, a next-generation flat-pack 500 kg-class communications satellite platform programme designed to enable constellation-scale sovereign and strategic satellite deployments for India and global markets, while…
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Sateliot Develops 5G NTN Connectivity Services from Space for Massive IoT Applications
Sateliot, a Spain-based satellite telecommunications company, is developing a 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) constellation designed to extend standardized cellular connectivity from space for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The company’s satellite communications architecture is focused on enabling direct satellite-based connectivity for IoT devices operating in remote and uncovered regions without requiring proprietary terminals or modifications…