Tag: Ground
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SatPort Expands Mission-Critical Ground Infrastructure for Global Satellite Operations
SatPort, headquartered in Île-de-France, Paris, continues to strengthen the role in supporting satellite missions through specialized ground infrastructure services designed for reliability, scalability and operational efficiency. As satellite constellations grow in scale and complexity, robust ground infrastructure has become essential for maintaining continuous communication, data management and mission control between space assets and terrestrial networks.…
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SSTL to Develop Spacecraft Platform for Lazuli Deep Space Observatory Mission
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd announces its role as a key industrial collaborator in the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System’s Lazuli, a pioneering initiative that will deliver one of the most ambitious privately funded space telescopes ever conceived. As part of the programme, SSTL is developing the spacecraft platform for the mission, which will carry…
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Voyager Technologies Invests in Max Space for Lunar Habitat Infrastructure
Voyager Technologies announced a multi-million-dollar strategic investment in Max Space to advance the development of next-generation expandable space habitats supporting sustained lunar operations and future deep-space missions. The company will also support internal research and development efforts to accelerate engineering, manufacturing scale-up and mission integration activities. “Expanding human presence beyond low-Earth orbit requires infrastructure that…
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Blues and Skylo Launch First IoT Module with Satellite, Cellular & WiFi
Blues, a leading device-to-cloud system provider for smart connected products, has launched Notecard for Skylo – a module combining satellite, cellular, and WiFi connectivity that doesn’t require satellite subscriptions or commitments. To be unveiled at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany, the product delivers automatic failover across three Radio Access Technologies (RATs): NTN Satellite powered by…
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Lockheed Martin to Build Japan’s Anti-Jamming Defense Satellite
Lockheed Martin, developer of space-based national security solutions, will provide a robust anti-jamming payload for Japan’s Next-Generation Defense Satellite Communication System, which was awarded to Mitsubishi Electric by the Japan Ministry of Defense. Serving as a mission partner to Mitsubishi Electric, Lockheed Martin’s advanced payload will help maximise the satellite’s capabilities. The payload will provide…
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Ursa Major Successfully Tests Upgraded Hadley H13 Liquid Rocket Engine
Ursa Major’s latest variant of the flight-proven, production-rate Hadley liquid rocket engine, H13, has completed its first hot fires, following a series of design improvements and updated manufacturing processes. Hadley H13 is the mission-upgraded variant of Ursa Major’s Hadley H11 engine, which is flight-proven and designed for hypersonic applications. H13 increases engine reusability and improves…
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EECL Ultra-Low-Noise Amplifiers Achieves In-Orbit Milestone on ESA HydroGNSS Mission
European Engineering Consultancy Ltd (EECL), a precision engineering specialist in bespoke RF and microwave subsystems for space and industry, is celebrating a technical milestone on the ESA HydroGNSS climate mission, now operating in Low Earth Orbit following the November 2025 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base California. The achievement comes three years after the company…
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Starlab Space Signs Payload Agreement with United Semiconductors for In-Orbit Production
Starlab Space LLC, the commercial space station developer expanding access to low Earth orbit research, announced a payload reservation agreement with United Semiconductors LLC (USLLC) to support the transition of its space-based semiconductor crystal growth technology from demonstration aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to sustained commercial-scale production in low Earth orbit. Building on a successful…
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Ten Spire Global Satellites Arrive at Launch Site Ahead of Mission
Spire Global, a leading global provider of satellite data, analytics and intelligence, announced that all ten of its multipurpose satellites, integrated via Germany’s launch integrator Exolaunch, have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of their upcoming launch aboard the Transporter-16 rideshare mission with SpaceX. The satellites will support a mix of customer…
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TELUS and AST SpaceMobile Partner to Deliver Space-Based Cellular Broadband Across Canada
TELUS Corporation, a world-leading communications technology company, and AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for commercial and government applications, have signed a commercial agreement to bring space-based cellular broadband service to places it’s never reached before across Canada. As part of the…