Tag: LEO
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MDA Set to Double its Workforce and Operations with Strategic Expansion in the UK
MDA, a provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has revealed plans to more than double its UK workforce and operational footprint over the next 12 months. Announced in conjunction with the UK Space Conference 2023 taking place this week in Belfast, MDA confirmed plans to expand its talent…
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Celestia TTI-Led Consortium Secures €9.9 Million ESA Contract to Develop Tracking Radar
A consortium led by Celestia TTI has been awarded a €9.9 million contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of a Tracking Radar for LEO Space Debris Tracking in Greece. Celestia TTI will act as the prime contractor for the design, development, and deployment of the LEO Space Debris Tracking Radar in…
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MDA Secures $180 Million Contract for New NGSO Digital Satellite Constellation
MDA, a provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced that it has received an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) contract from an undisclosed customer to start work on a new Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO)* satellite constellation. The ATP, valued at approximately $180 million, is to immediately commence engineering and programmatic…
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Aalyria’s Spacetime Selected by Telesat to Support its Lightspeed LEO Constellation
Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, and Aalyria, an advanced networking and laser communications technologies company, announced an agreement to deploy Aalyria’s Spacetime next-generation networking technology to organize the efficient flow of customer traffic over the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Telesat Lightspeed satellites will contain…
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Square Peg Communications and ESA Collaborate to Pioneer Testing of Hybrid 5G Networks
5G in space is becoming a reality, and Square Peg Communications, one of the leaders in satellite communications test equipment, is helping make it happen. Square Peg was selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to implement an emulation environment that reliably tests a variety of scenarios across multiple satellite constellations as part of its…
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Spire Global Achieves Milestone with Launch of 11 Satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 Mission
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, successfully launched eleven satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, including ten satellites for Space Services customers and one for Spire’s data and analytics solutions. Spire Achieves Milestone with Largest Number of Space Services Customers on Single Launch Spire…
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Intelsat Awarded a Contract by U.S Army to Provide Multi-Orbit SATCOM Support
Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks, will soon provide the U.S Army with new, flexible, and fully managed multi-orbit satellite communications (SATCOM) support, following the award of the Army’s first-ever Satellite Communication (SATCOM) as a Managed Service (SaaMS) contract. “As the largest, most trusted provider of SATCOM services…
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Planet Labs Publishes Initial Ground Testing Results for NASA’s CSP Program
Planet Labs PBC, a provider of daily data and insights about Earth, announced the successful completion of a significant technical milestone for its planned satellite-to-satellite communications links under the NASA Communications Services Project (CSP). Planet was selected as a subcontractor by SES Space & Defense and Telesat Government Solutions in late 2022 to demonstrate real-time…
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Muon Space Awarded Hydrosat Contract to Integrate Multispectral and IR Imaging Instruments
Hydrosat, the climate tech company that specializes in delivering satellite imagery and data analytics to measure water stress and climate impact, announced a partnership with Muon Space, a climate satellite company revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space. Muon Space has been awarded a Hydrosat contract for its first Constellation-as-a-Service (CaaS) spacecraft that will…
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Sierra Space Introduces its First Spaceplane in the Revolutionary New Dream Chaser Fleet
Sierra Space, a pure-play commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, proudly revealed the fruit of years of passionate determination, countless breakthrough innovations, and relentless commitment – the remarkable Dream Chaser spaceplane. The first vehicle is complete and will ship to NASA’s Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio…