Tag: Launch
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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…
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Impulse Space Advances Orbital Operations with Mira High-Thrust Maneuverable Spacecraft
Impulse Space is expanding the spacecraft portfolio with Mira, a high-performance, maneuverable spacecraft designed to support payload hosting, deployment and dynamic orbital operations across multiple orbital regimes. Engineered for flexibility and responsiveness, Mira is built to enable missions that require precise maneuvering, rapid retasking and high delta-v performance in increasingly complex space environments. With a…
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Simsbury Manufacturer Plays Critical Role in NASA’s Artemis II Crewed Lunar Mission
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense (EBAD), which employs approximately 500 people in Simsbury, CT and 300 in Moorpark, CA has designed, manufactured, and rigorously tested mission-critical hardware supporting NASA’s Artemis II mission; the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years. Artemis II will carry four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby,…
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AST SpaceMobile Confirms Orbital Launch of BlueBird 7 Launch on New Glenn Vehicle
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, addresses orbital launch of BlueBird 7 on the New Glenn launch vehicle. During the New Glenn 3 mission, BlueBird 7 was placed into a lower than planned orbit by the…
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Boeing and Millennium Expand Satellite Production with New Resolute Platform
Boeing and its subsidiary Millennium Space Systems are expanding space production capacity and broadening their satellite portfolio to help government and commercial customers field capability faster and with greater flexibility. The effort includes Resolute, a new mid-class satellite platform designed for missions that need more capability than a traditional small satellite can provide, with greater…
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CES and Tecton Establishes a Satellite Data and Geospatial Venture in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is rapidly emerging as a key hub for digital transformation and space technology development in Central Asia. In response to this momentum, CES and Tecton Analytics have jointly established Kazakhstan Earth Services (KES), a new venture aimed at advancing satellite data utilization and geospatial intelligence across Kazakhstan and the broader CIS region. KES has been…