Tag: Satellite
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Vantor and Ecopia AI Deliver 300 Million Building Vectors in India
Consumer-grade maps only work if their vector data, the 2D and 3D building footprints, road centerlines and land cover features that consumers interact with reflects the world as it exists. But producing accurate, interoperable building footprints at a national scale has traditionally required a tradeoff between quality, cost and speed. Vantor and Ecopia AI recently…
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Loft Orbital and EarthDaily Analytics Sets Record Launch with Six Satellites
Loft Orbital, a global space infrastructure company, and EarthDaily Analytics, a premier provider of end-to-end Earth observation solutions, announced a milestone mission planned for this quarter that will see six EarthDaily satellites deployed on a single launch. This mission marks a major step in the full deployment of EarthDaily’s constellation and will double the size…
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Little Place Labs Advances Space Intelligence with Orbitfy for Real-Time Satellite Data Processing
Little Place Labs is expanding the space technology portfolio with the Orbitfy Suite, an integrated, end-to-end solution designed to transform how satellite data is processed, transmitted and utilized. Built at the intersection of space systems, artificial intelligence and edge computing, the Orbitfy platform enables faster, more efficient delivery of actionable insights from Earth Observation (EO)…
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Kongsberg Satellite Services and Kongsberg NanoAvionics Launch End-to-End Satellite Solution
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) and Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) have announced their strategic partnership to simplify mission deployment and lower the operational and financial burden for satellite owners. By combining NanoAvionics’ high-performance small satellite platforms with KSAT’s global ground infrastructure and operational expertise, the companies will deliver integrated, end-to-end satellite mission services. It will give satellite…
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Benchmark Space Systems Selected by DARPA to Conduct LASSO Feasibility Study
Benchmark Space Systems has been selected to conduct a Phase 1A/1B feasibility and design study under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) program. The study will evaluate the technologies and spacecraft architectures required to operate safely and persistently in low lunar orbit (LLO), one of the most…
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Redwire Launches Additional Colloids Experiments to the International Space Station
Redwire launched additional colloids experiments to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard a recent commercial resupply mission to the ISS. These modules support Redwire’s Colloidal Solids Instrument (COLIS), a powerful research platform advancing our understanding of diseases, drug development, advanced materials, industrial processes, and biomedical applications. When sunscreen thickens over time or mayonnaise slowly separates…
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SpinLaunch Selects Equinix to Deploy Ground Infrastructure for Meridian Space Constellation
SpinLaunch, a pioneer of next-generation space solutions, announced it has selected Equinix, the world’s leading digital infrastructure company, to support the global deployment of SpinLaunch’s Meridian Space satellite constellation. Through this agreement, SpinLaunch will leverage Equinix’s worldwide footprint of more than 280 interconnected data centers to rapidly deploy its ultra-compact teleports, addressing a longstanding challenge…
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AeroVironment Contributes to Artemis II Mission with Laser Comms Technology
AeroVironment, announced that its precision pointing hardware was on board NASA’s historic Artemis II Mission as part of the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O) – a laser communications terminal developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory in collaboration with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. During the Artemis II mission, O2O used lasers…
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Rocket Lab Launched Second Dedicated Mission for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its second dedicated mission for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), further strengthening the partnership between Rocket Lab and Japan’s national space agency. The “Kakushin Rising” mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 3:09 p.m.…
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Citra Space Raises $15 Million Series A for Space Object ID Tech
Citra Space Corp, a space technology company developing space object identification (SOI) capabilities, announced a $15 million Series A financing led by Washington Harbour Partners, with participation from Industrious Ventures, Reliable Properties, and existing investors including Scout VC, Squadra Ventures, Alumni Ventures and Flex Capital. The funding will be used to support development and deployment…