Tag: Launch
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NordSpace Awarded DND IDEaS Funding to Advance VLEO Satellite
NordSpace, a Canadian-owned space missions and launch company, announced that it has been awarded approx. $250,000 in funding under the Department of National Defence (DND) Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program to advance its Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite constellation technology for resilient non-terrestrial networks (NTN). This award stems from the IDEaS…
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Starfighters Space Joins C-STARS Space Research Consortium
Starfighters Space, Inc., a commercial aerospace company operating the world’s fastest fleet of supersonic aircraft, announced that it has joined the Centre for Science, Technology, and Advanced Research in Space (C-STARS), a proposed National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry–University Cooperative Research Centre (IUCRC) focused on advancing space manufacturing and training the next generation of space technology…
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Orbit Fab Introduces RAVEN Shuttle and NEST Depot for In-Orbit Refueling
Orbit Fab unveiled a new in-space refueling architecture centered on two vehicles: RAVEN, a refueling shuttle, and NEST, a fuel depot. RAVEN and NEST work in tandem to create an on-orbit fuel network that supports more maneuverable, responsive satellite operations. By positioning fuel in orbit and delivering it to spacecraft when and where it is…
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AST SpaceMobile Secures FCC Approval for SpaceMobile NGSO Satellite System
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted its application to modify its authorization to launch and operate its SpaceMobile non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite system in low Earth orbit…
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Loft Orbital and EarthDaily Analytics Set Milestone Launch With Six Satellites
Loft Orbital, a global space infrastructure company, and EarthDaily Analytics, a premier provider of end-to-end Earth observation solutions, announced a milestone mission planned for this quarter that will see six EarthDaily satellites deployed on a single launch. This mission marks a major step in the full deployment of EarthDaily’s constellation. This milestone is part of…
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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…