Tag: Ground
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Redwire Space Announces Low-Mass Solar Array to Expand Roll-Out Product Line
Redwire Corporation, a global leader in aerospace and defense technology solutions, announced a new high-performance, low-mass solar array product, the Extensible Low-Profile Solar Array (ELSA), designed to meet the needs of mass-manufactured satellites that require standardised, modular power solutions to enable on-orbit operations. ELSA addresses current and future market demand from government and commercial entities…
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BlackSky Secures Seven-Figure NGA LunoA Monitoring Contract
BlackSky Technology has secured a seven-figure award under the company’s NGA Luno A Facility Monitoring Delivery Order. The decision to renew funding for the four-year award was prompted by customer satisfaction and the reliable performance of the company’s high-cadence, AI-enabled change detection analytics. “BlackSky’s successful performance on the Luno A program reflects the critical value…
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UK Atomic Energy Authority to Support Pulsar Fusion on Sunbird Neutron Shielding
Pulsar Fusion, the British space propulsion company developing advanced propulsion systems for the next era of deep-space exploration, announced that the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is supporting Pulsar through a specialist programme of neutron shielding and activation modelling for its Sunbird fusion propulsion initiative. The work will provide high-level modelling and analysis to…
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Vast Raises $500 Million to Accelerate Haven Space Station Production
Vast, the company developing next-generation space stations, announced that it has raised $500 million in new funding to advance its mission of enabling humanity to live and work in space long-term. Vast’s strategic roadmap includes low-Earth orbit space stations, future habitats for the Moon and Mars, and crewed systems that will expand the commercial space…
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Liftero to Supply BOOSTER Propulsion Systems to OrbitAID for In-Orbit Servicing Mission
Liftero, the developer of space-proven green chemical propulsion systems, announced a contract with OrbitAID, India’s emerging leader in commercial in-orbit servicing, to supply BOOSTER propulsion systems for a proximity operations, docking, and Life extension / refuelling mission. Two BOOSTERs will power two systems: the chaser and target spacecraft’s full mission sequence from long-range rendezvous through…
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Cailabs Advances Space Telecommunications with High-Throughput Optical Communications
Cailabs, headquartered in Rennes, continues to develop advanced optical communication technologies designed to enhance the performance, security and capacity of space-based telecommunications networks. By providing laser communication and proprietary optical signal processing technologies, the company is contributing to the evolution of next-generation satellite connectivity infrastructures. As global demand for data transmission continues to expand, satellite…
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Sidus Space Achieves Imaging Milestone with HEO USA NEI Camera on LizzieSat-3
Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, and HEO USA, a leading provider of non-Earth imaging (NEI) and analytics, announced the successful receipt of a series of on-orbit images from HEO USA’s NEI camera aboard Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-3 (LS-3). The on-orbit imagery, taken over Victoria, Australia, was captured using HEO USA’s Holmes Mk1,…
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SES Expands Global Connectivity with New O3b mPOWER MEO Satellite Capacity
SES announced that it has added new Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite capacity to its network, with the latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites (launched in July 2025) now delivering commercial service and expanding high-throughput, low-latency connectivity across global markets. To date, SES launched 10 out of 13 O3b mPOWER satellites. The remaining three satellites in SES’s…
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Sierra Space Raises 550 Million USD in Series C at 8 Billion USD Valuation
Sierra Space Corporation, an industry-leading defence-tech space company delivering solutions for the nation’s critical missions, announced a $550 million equity investment led by LuminArx Capital Management, a global alternative investment manager, with participation from existing investors. The financing values the company at $8 billion post-money. With this new capital, Sierra Space will be able to…
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AXIAN Telecom and AST SpaceMobile Partner on Africa Direct-to-Device Space Broadband
AXIAN Telecom, the parent company of a leading pan-African telecom group (Yas), announced a partnership with AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile is building a space-based cellular broadband network designed to work directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to deliver Africa’s first direct-to-device (D2D) space-based mobile broadband service, bringing…