Tag: LEO
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Xona Space Systems Secures $19M in Funding for its Cutting-Edge Satellite Navigation Service
Xona a company developing a network of small satellites to provide high-precision navigation services announced an oversubscribed $19 million Series A funding round led by Future Ventures and Seraphim Space. New investors NGP Capital, Industrious Ventures, Murata Electronics, Space Capital, and Aloniq also joined the round. This funding will be used to accelerate the deployment…
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Muon Space and Earth Fire Alliance Reveal FireSat Constellation for Global Wildfire Response
Muon Space, an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates mission-tailored low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, in partnership with Earth Fire Alliance (EFA), has announced the launch of FireSat Constellation. This groundbreaking initiative aims to transform global wildfire response and enhance climate resilience worldwide. FireSat has been developed over the last five…
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SpaceX Unveils Extravehicular Activity Suit for Polaris Dawn Spaceflight Program
SpaceX unveiled the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suit that the Polaris Dawn crew will wear during their mission. Approximately 700 km above Earth, the SpaceX EVA suit will support the Polaris Dawn crew in the vacuum of space during the first-ever commercial astronaut spacewalk. Evolved from the Intravehicular Activity (IVA) suit, the EVA suit provides greater…
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Sierra Space to Lead the Industry in First Business-Ready Space Station Development
Sierra Space, one of the leading commercial space-tech companies and next-generation defense-tech prime building a platform in space to benefit life on Earth and protect the freedom of economic activity in the Orbital Age, has announced that its expandable space station technology is scheduled for its seventh key validation test, and second full-scale structural test,…
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Beyond Gravity Supplies Key Products for New European Navigation Satellites
Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) will deliver key products like thermal insulation, the mechanisms for solar array wings and thruster pointing, the satellite structure, and the thermal insulation to the next generation of European navigation satellites. Two more European Galileo navigation satellites were launched into space and In parallel, work on the second generation of…
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Arianespace Selected to Launch Second-Generation Galileo Satellites on Ariane 6
The European Commission and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) will entrust Arianespace with the launch of four new satellites for the Galileo navigation constellation. This order brings to five the total number of launches scheduled onboard Ariane 6 for Europe’s ultra-high performance Galileo satellite navigation system: the last three launches of…
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TESAT and MPB Communications Achieve 100 Gbps LEO to GEO Optical Data Transmission
TESAT and MPB Communications took an important milestone to a new performance level of optical LEO to GEO data relays: The companies successfully demonstrated a 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps) data transmission at 40 W optical output power over a distance of more than 45,000 km in a laboratory environment at MPB Communications’ optical labs…
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Slingshot Aerospace Releases “State of Satellite Deployments & Orbital Operations” Report
Slingshot Aerospace, one of the leaders in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, released its inaugural State of Satellite Deployments & Orbital Operations report which examines the evolution of the satellite market through the lens of the satellite lifecycles from launch to end of life. The report was…
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EUSPA Takes Over the Latest Galileo Satellites After Successful SpaceX Launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission to medium Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 27, 2024, at 8:34 p.m. ET. This launch of two Galileo satellites into orbit marked another successful mission in the collaboration between the European Commission,…
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EUSPA Takes Over the Latest Galileo Satellites After Successful SpaceX Launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission to medium Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 27, 2024, at 8:34 p.m. ET. This launch of two Galileo satellites into orbit marked another successful mission in the collaboration between the European Commission,…