Tag: Launch
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BlackSky Receives $25 Million Contract with Major International Defense Customer
BlackSky Technology won a competitive $25 million, multi-year Assured contract with a major international defense customer. The new subscription deal accelerates the customer’s national space capabilities while serving the needs of multiple operational branches with guaranteed access to best-in-class 35-centimetre Gen-3 imagery with real-time AI-enabled analytics. “The proven operational performance of our 35-centimetre Gen-3 satellites…
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GomSpace and STETMAN Form Joint Venture for Sovereign Satellite Communications
GomSpace and Ukrainian partner STETMAN signed an agreement at the EU-Ukraine Business Summit in Brussels, with representatives from the EU’s Directorate-General for Enlargement and the Eastern Neighborhood (DG ENEST), the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the Ukrainian government in attendance. Under the agreement the partners will proceed to establish the UASAT joint venture in Ukraine to…
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Lockheed Martin Launches GPS III Constellation and Prepares for GPS IIIF
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Space Force strengthened the Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation to its highest level ever achieved with the launch of GPS III Space Vehicle 10 (SV10), the final satellite in the GPS III series. SV10 adds essential resiliency and accuracy enhancements to the GPS constellation, including an optical crosslink demonstration payload.…
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Rocket Lab Introduces Electric Thruster for Scalable Satellite Constellations
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, introduced a new electric satellite thruster designed for high-volume production to meet the growing demand for reliable satellite propulsion across commercial and national security constellations. Rocket Lab’s in-house designed and manufactured electric propulsion system, named Gauss, features a Hall Thruster, Power Processing Unit…
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Sierra Space Completes Acoustic Launch Testing for Dream Chaser Tenacity Spaceplane
Sierra Space, a defense-tech space company delivering solutions for the nation’s most critical missions and advancing the future of security in space, announced the completion of launch acoustic testing for its Dream Chaser spaceplane, Tenacity, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Space Systems Processing Facility (SSPF). This milestone validates the spaceplane’s ability to withstand the intense…
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Katalyst Space Advances Space Domain Awareness Hardware Systems with AI-Driven Software
Katalyst Space Technologies is advancing space and satellite operations through a portfolio of modular hardware upgrades and intelligent software platforms designed to enhance space domain awareness (SDA), collision avoidance and in-orbit decision-making. As orbital environments become increasingly congested and operational timelines tighten, Katalyst’s solutions focus on enabling flexible, upgradeable and data-driven satellite capabilities without requiring…
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KACST and ispace Partners for Development of Lunar Exploration Technologies
ispace, a global lunar exploration company, announced the signing of a strategic partnership with the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), in its capacity as the national laboratory and innovation park in Saudi Arabia, to expand cooperation in the development of lunar exploration technologies and build national capabilities in this field, in line…
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PlanetiQ Secures $15 Million STRATFI Contract for Next-Gen Space Weather Data
PlanetiQ announced the U.S. Air Force has awarded it a $15 million, 48-month Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract. The program will support the development and launch of spacecraft equipped with next-generation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) RO, R and PRO instruments and the delivery of high-value weather data to the US Air Force. The mission…
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Rocket Lab Finalizes Mynaric Acquisition Expands Optical Communications Portfolio
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed the acquisition of Mynaric AG, a leading provider of laser optical communications terminals for air, space and mobile applications. Rocket Lab paid an aggregate consideration value of $155.3 million consisting of a nominal cash payment and 2,277,002 shares of…
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Opterus Secures NASA SBIR Contract for Solar Sail Deployment System
Opterus has received a $10.2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract from NASA to provide the structural deployment system for the agency’s next solar sail spacecraft. Opterus is developing a system to deploy and control a 1,600-square-meter sail, roughly the size of a hockey rink, using four 30-meter composite booms and integrated…