Tag: Launch
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EnduroSat and MetaSensing Partners to Accelerate SAR Satellite Access
EnduroSat and MetaSensing announced a strategic partnership to offer a fully integrated, highly flexible SAR constellation-as-service solution. Under the partnership, MetaSensing SAR payloads will be integrated on EnduroSat’s FRAME satellites and delivered through an end-to-end service. Defense agencies, government operators and commercial constellation providers continue to face high program costs, fragmented supply chains, and long…
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YTTEK Showcases High-throughput SATCOM Payload for CubeSats and LEO Satellites at SatShow 2026
At Satellite 2026 in Washington, D.C., YTTEK, a Taiwan-based company that develops wireless communication and satellite communication technologies, including ground systems, payloads and user terminals, made its first public debut of a fully integrated end-to-end satellite communications (SATCOM) architecture spanning ground stations, satellite payloads, and automotive user terminals. The debut highlights Taiwan’s role in the…
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Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space Launches Debris Removal Infrastructure
Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space announced a partnership to launch the first commercially structured debris removal service designed to operate at scale in low-Earth orbit, turning debris cleanup from a one-off demonstration into a repeatable commercial service. There are currently more than 36,000 tracked pieces of space debris in orbit, including defunct spacecraft, rocket…
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Rocket Lab Launches Synspective’s StriX Satellite on 84th Electron Mission
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched a mission for Japan-based constellation operator Synspective, bringing Rocket Lab’s total Electron launch count to 84. It was Rocket Lab’s 8th mission for Synspective. The “Eight Days A Week” mission launched on the Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 in New…
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Apex to Launch Technology Demonstration for Japan’s NEC Corporation in 2027
Apex, the world’s leading manufacturer of productized, configurable satellite bus platforms, announced its first contract with a Japan-based company, NEC Corporation, to support an upcoming technology demonstration mission launching in 2027. Under the agreement, NEC purchased one of Apex’s Aries satellite bus platforms, which it will use to demonstrate high-throughput optical communications technology as part…
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OHB Secures €248M Contract Satellite-Based Arctic Monitoring
OHB Sweden, a subsidiary of the space technology group OHB, has won a major contract worth EUR 248 million to develop and build 20 small satellites for EUMETSAT Polar System – Sterna (EPS-Sterna). The programme will complement the existing fleet of EUMETSAT, Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, and is funded by its member states. The foundation…
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Spaceport Nova Scotia Selected Sovereign Launch Site for Canadian National Defense
Maritime Launch Services welcomed the Department of National Defence (DND) as a tenant at Spaceport Nova Scotia, marking a historic milestone in establishing Canada’s sovereign launch capability from Canadian soil. Under the agreement announced by the Government of Canada, DND will lease a dedicated launch pad at Spaceport Nova Scotia to support the operational needs of…
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Voyager Technologies Secures Follow-On NASA ELVIS 3 Contract for Launch Services Support
Voyager Technologies was awarded a follow-on contract under NASA’s Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support 3, or ELVIS 3, program through prime contractor a.i. solutions. The multi-million-dollar contract extends Voyager’s multiyear support of NASA’s Launch Services Program through the end of the government fiscal year. “This award reflects the continued confidence in our ability to deliver…
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Mantis Space Exits Stealth with $10 Million+ Oversubscribed Seed Funding
Mantis Space, a space and advanced energy startup, announced it has emerged from stealth with an oversubscribed seed round of more than $10 million to develop orbital energy infrastructure designed to eliminate one of the oldest constraints in space operations: Earth’s shadow. The company is building a constellation of spacecraft that remain almost continuously in…
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PLD Space Completes ESA FLPP-LPSR2 Project to Advance MIURA 5 First Stage Recovery
PLD Space, an international space transportation company, has successfully completed the Liquid Propulsion Stage Recovery 2 (LPSR2) project, developed under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP). This strategic study has enabled an in-depth exploration of the technologies and solutions required to enable the recovery of the MIURA 5 orbital launcher’s first…