Tag: Launch
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Firefly Aerospace rakes in more cash as competitors struggle for footing
Firefly Aerospace, a Texas-based company resurrected from bankruptcy, is riding high these days. In a few months, Firefly will attempt to become the second company to safely place a commercial lander on the Moon. Firefly’s Alpha rocket has reached orbit four times, and engineers are developing a larger medium-class rocket in partnership with Northrop Grumman,…
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Firefly Aerospace rakes in more cash as competitors struggle for footing
Firefly Aerospace, a Texas-based company resurrected from bankruptcy, is riding high these days. In a few months, Firefly will attempt to become the second company to safely place a commercial lander on the Moon. Firefly’s Alpha rocket has reached orbit four times, and engineers are developing a larger medium-class rocket in partnership with Northrop Grumman,…
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ICEYE And Aechelon Technology Partners For Advanced Real-Time 3D Situational Awareness
Aechelon Technology and ICEYE have partnered to bring cutting-edge synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology with real-time sensor fusion and machine learning (ML) exploitation capabilities to the market. The collaboration will deliver enhanced 3D electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) situational awareness solutions, providing unparalleled insights for national defense, emergency response, and allied operations. This innovative partnership integrates ICEYE’s…
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Quectel Introduces Versatile 3-in-1 Combo Antennas for 4G, Wi-Fi 7, and GNSS Connectivity
Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT solutions provider, is pleased to announce the launch of two new combo antennas, designed to deliver enormous flexibility and choice of network technologies while placing consistent space, power, and location demands on device designers. The YEMD302L1A is a versatile 3-in-1 combo antenna engineered for optimal connectivity, offering flexible mounting…
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Sidus Space Selected to Develop Exclusive Spacecraft Fleet for Lonestar’s Lunar Data Storage
Sidus Space, an innovative space mission enabler, announced it has been selected to design and build the first generation of Data Storage Spacecraft for Lonestar, a provider of premium data storage and Resiliency As A Service (RAAS). This award selects Sidus as Lonestar’s exclusive satellite manufacturing partner for six data storage spacecraft that will orbit…
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Sony Space Communications and Astro Digital to Launch Laser-Linked Micro-Satellites in 2026
Sony Space Communications Corporation (SSCC) and Astro Digital US, Inc. (Astro Digital) announced that they have signed a contract for the design, manufacture, and launch of two micro-satellites. These satellites will each carry an SSCC optical terminal and showcase SSCC’s optical communications technology by establishing high-data-rate Lasercom links with each other and with terminals on…
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Rocket Lab Secures Multi-Launch Neutron Contract with Private Satellite Constellation Operator
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed a multi-launch agreement with a confidential commercial satellite constellation operator for its new medium-lift rocket Neutron. Under the contract, Rocket Lab will launch two dedicated missions on Neutron starting from mid-2026. The missions will launch from Rocket Lab Launch…
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Millennium Space Systems Delivers Two Spacecraft for NASA’s TRACERS Mission
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, completed two spacecraft for NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, or TRACERS, mission, which will measure the connection between solar wind and the magnetic field surrounding Earth. “TRACERS will ultimately inform how we understand space weather,” said Dave Machuga, CEO, Millennium Space Systems. “From a national security…
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Firefly Aerospace Secures $175M in Oversubscribed Series D Funding with New Lead Investor
Firefly Aerospace, a leading company in end-to-end responsive space services, announced it closed an oversubscribed $175 million Series D round at a valuation of more than $2 billion. The Series D round was led by new investor, RPM Ventures, a venture capital firm that has been investing in revolutionary, category-defining companies for more than two…
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Sierra Space Completes Preliminary Design Review for SDA’s Missile Tracking Satellites
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and defense-tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth and protect economic freedom in the Orbital Age announced today the successful completion of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the missile warning and tracking satellites the company is developing for the Space Development…