Tag: LEO
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Skyroot Aerospace Raises $51 Million in Funding to Offer Small Satellite Launch Services
Skyroot Aerospace, a Space-tech startup in India, has successfully raised a $51 million Series-B funding round led by GIC, a leading global investment firm. This is the largest funding round ever in the Indian private Space-Tech sector, which validates Skyroot’s strengths in space technology and helps meet the burgeoning demand from the international small satellite…
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OQ Receives $13 Million Funding to Develop 5G Satellite for Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, and Greece
OQ Technology, a global 5G IoT (Internet of Things) satellite operator, has closed a 13 million Euro Series A funding round led by Wa’ed Ventures, the venture capital arm at Aramco (the Saudi oil and gas company), and Phaistos Investment Fund, managed by 5G Ventures in Greece. OQ Technology will use the funds to further…
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SpaceLink Signs Cooperative R&D Agreement with US Army
SpaceLink, the company that is building the Communications Superhighway for the Space Economy™, announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center (USASMDC-TC) in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Under the agreement, the organizations will work together to explore alternative space communications…
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Orbit Launches New Tri-Band Earth Observation Antenna System for LEO and MEO Satellites
Orbit Communications Systems, one of the leading global providers of maritime and airborne SATCOM terminals, tracking ground station solutions, and mission-critical airborne audio management systems have announced the launch of Gaia 100 an advanced tri-band Earth observation antenna system. This system has secured an initial order from a significant European customer. Gaia100 is a series…
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Xona Receives Investment to Develop Commercial Satellite Navigation Network
Xona Space Systems, a pioneer in navigation technologies from Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has announced that they have raised an oversubscribed financing round to accelerate the development of their high-performance commercial satellite navigation network, bringing their total funding to over $25M. The round was led by First Spark Ventures who is joined by numerous new…
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Nokia Collaborates with AST to Provide First Space-based Cellular Broadband Network
Nokia has signed a five-year 5G deal with AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard 4G or 5G mobile devices. Under the deal, Nokia and AST SpaceMobile will work to achieve their joint ambition to expand universal coverage and connect underserved communities around the world.…
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Mike Suffredini talks Axiom module additions to ISS, ensuring no gap in LEO station access
It is a lesson the U.S. space program has had to learn many times over: don’t voluntarily give up a space capability without having a successor ready to go or already operational. But for the ISS (International Space Station), a gap in LEO (low Earth orbit) scientific research capability will likely not occur when the…