Tag: Ground
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Northrop Grumman and Apex to Exhibit Space-Based Interceptor Capabilities for USSF
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that one of its industry collaborators, Apex, will support Northrop Grumman’s leading role in the Nation’s historic drive to make space-based interceptors (SBI) a reality by the end of the decade. As part of the service’s competition to demonstrate space-based missile defense and field a network of SBIs to protect the…
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BlackSky Secures Seven-Figure Contract to Advance Automation of Non-Earth Imagery Services
BlackSky Technology was awarded a seven-figure, multi-year contract renewal to accelerate the automation of future non-Earth imagery (NEI) services. This follow-on agreement expands the program’s scope toward the exploration of next-generation imaging payload and specialized mission-planning software solutions that support the real-time speed, scale and reliability of space domain awareness (SDA) operations. “This contract validates…
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Voyager Technologies to Acquire Astrobotic Technology
Voyager Technologies signed an agreement to acquire Astrobotic Technology, the Pittsburgh-based pioneer of commercial lunar delivery, lunar power and reusable rockets. Astrobotic is a key strategic acquisition in the company’s lunar initiative road map: the hardware and operational capability to land on the lunar surface, sustain life and execute critical missions. “We are building the…
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MDA Space Selected for U.S Space Force MEO EPOCH 2 Program
MDA Space Ltd, a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has been selected by BAE Systems as part of the U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) MEO EPOCH 2 Constellation program. A key component of the U.S. multi-orbit missile defence architecture, Epoch 2 is focused on warning and…
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Astrolab Advances Lunar Surface Mobility Through FLEX and FLIP Rover Platforms
Astrolab is developing next-generation lunar mobility systems designed to support sustained human and robotic operations on the Moon. Through the FLEX Rover, FLEX Services ecosystem and FLIP technology demonstration platform, the company is building transportation, logistics, exploration and infrastructure capabilities intended to enable a scalable off-Earth economy and long-term human presence beyond Earth. Astrolab’s rover…
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Dhruva Space Expands Indigenous Space Capabilities with Modular Satellite Platforms
Dhruva Space, a Hyderabad-based full-stack space engineering company, is advancing a portfolio of modular satellite platforms designed to support commercial, scientific and defense missions in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and beyond. The company’s satellite architecture spans spacecraft ranging from CubeSats to Microsats, with platform masses extending from less than 1 kg to 500 kg, enabling…
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Impulse Space Raises $500 Million Series D Funding Round
Impulse Space, the in-space mobility leader, announced it has raised $500 million in Series D funding. The round was co-led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC, bringing the company’s total capital raised to over $1 billion. The funding will support hiring and manufacturing growth as the company scales its effort to build in-space mobility infrastructure:…
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PLD Space Invests €35 Million in Guiana Space Centre Launch Complex
In the context of the Choose France event, held in Versailles, PLD Space, an international space transportation company, has announced a €35 million investment in the development and deployment of its Launch Complex at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in Kourou (French Guiana) over the 2025-2026 period. This investment positions PLD Space as the first…
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SEOPS Announces Waymaker Rideshare Program with Inaugural Falcon 9 Mission
During the SmallSat Europe conference being held in Amsterdam, space access provider SEOPS announced its Waymaker program, the company’s dedicated rideshare missions to low Earth orbit (LEO). Waymaker is designed to provide customers with SEOPS-managed dedicated rideshare capacity to LEO through standardized capacity portions, defined interfaces, and a managed mission process. SEOPS has signed a…
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Space Solar and Lonestar to Host Sovereign Data on Orbital Platforms
Space Solar, the UK company building space-based solar power and the large in-space assembled power structures the orbital economy will run on, and Lonestar, the US pioneer that has already stored data on the Moon, have announced their intent to cooperate on hosting Lonestar’s StarVault data storage modules aboard Space Solar spacecraft. The partnership pulls together…