Tag: Satellite
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Umbra Launches New Space Systems Business Unit with Flight-Proven Hardware
Umbra, a leading American space technology company, announced the official launch of its new Space Systems business unit at the Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. This strategic expansion brings Umbra’s flight-proven, American-made hardware directly to the global market for the first time. Expanding beyond its core capabilities in remote sensing and custom…
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EUMETSAT Launches MetOp-SG-A1 Satellite with Teledyne Imaging Sensors
Teledyne Technologies, a leading provider of advanced imaging solutions, celebrates the launch of a suite of sensors designed and manufactured by Teledyne Space Imaging onboard the MetOp-SG-A1 satellite. MetOp-SG-A1 is the first unit of a pair of next-generation satellites that will orbit the Earth together 14 times a day, to provide observation of any location…
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Starlink Launches Satellite Internet Service in Kazakhstan
Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceX has begun providing satellite internet services in Kazakhstan, the country’s Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Ministry said. “Starting August 13, 2025, Starlink officially begins providing satellite internet services in Kazakhstan. This will enable residents of the country to access high-speed and reliable internet through Starlink’s low-orbit satellite network, owned…
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SatSure, Pixxel, PierSight & Dhruva Space Teams up to Build India’s Earth Observation Constellation
In a historic move for the country, a private Indian consortium will deliver the nation’s first Earth Observation Satellite System (EOSS), a 12-satellite network to be developed over the next four to five years with an investment of more than 1,200 crores. The consortium of SatSure, Pixxel Space, PierSight, and Dhruva Space has been awarded…
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ICEYE Launches Scan Wide Mode to Boost its SAR Imaging Capabilities
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, announces the launch of its newest imaging mode, Scan Wide. This latest addition to ICEYE’s suite of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imaging products offers customers the largest scene size available in its portfolio to date: with Scan Wide, customers can now image an area…
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Arianespace’s Ariane 6 Successfully Deploys EUMETSAT’s MetOp-SG A1 Satellite
Arianespace successfully launched EUMETSAT’s MetOp-SG A1 satellite aboard the Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport. This VA264 mission marked Ariane 6’s second commercial flight and its third launch overall. The satellite was placed into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 800 km, with spacecraft separation occurring 1 hour and 4 minutes after liftoff. Shortly…
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KP Labs and Simera Partner to Deliver Integrated AI-Powered Optical Payloads
KP Labs and Simera Sense have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the 39th Annual Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The agreement formalises a growing collaboration between the two companies, whose complementary technologies, optical payloads and onboard data processing can support upcoming Earth observation and planetary exploration missions. The MoU aims…
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Rocket Lab Completes Acquisition of Geost to Expand National Security Capabilities
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed the acquisition of the parent holding company of Geost, LLC, a leading developer of electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems for national security space missions, from Lightridge Solutions, a portfolio company of ATL Partners. The acquisition, first announced on…
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EDGX Wraps €2.3M Funding Round to Boost Onboard AI Compute for Satellites
EDGX, a Belgian spacetech startup, has closed a €2.3 million seed funding round to accelerate the commercialisation of EDGX Sterna, the next-generation edge AI computer for satellites. The startup has also closed a multi-unit deal with a satellite operator worth €1.1 million and can already announce plans of an in-orbit demonstration on a SpaceX Falcon…
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Zoomlion Satellite Launches for Driving Smart & Green Global Future
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology has reached a new milestone with the successful entry into orbit of the “Zoomlion” corporate-named satellite, the first of its kind in the global engineering machinery sector. At 00:31 Beijing time, the Geely Constellation Group 04 satellites were launched from the coastal waters near Rizhao, Shandong, China, using the…