Tag: Satellite
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Thales Alenia Space, Airbus and RADMOR Partner for Poland’s Sovereign Satellite
Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) and RADMOR, announced the signing of an industrial cooperation agreement to develop a geostationary defence telecommunications satellite dedicated to the Polish Ministry of Defence. The announcement was made during a ceremony attended by Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, and…
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MBRYONICS Expands Customer Base and Manufacturing Facilities to Meet Growing Demand
MBRYONICS has been expanding its partner and customer ecosystem and has recently been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for in-orbit demonstration activities in a team led by Kepler Communications. The €18.6M award is under Element 3 of the High-throughput Optical Network (HydRON) program, a project under ESA’s Optical and Quantum Communications – ScyLight…
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PlanetiQ Secures $15 Million STRATFI Contract for Next-Gen Space Weather Data
PlanetiQ announced the U.S. Air Force has awarded it a $15 million, 48-month Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract. The program will support the development and launch of spacecraft equipped with next-generation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) RO, R and PRO instruments and the delivery of high-value weather data to the US Air Force. The mission…
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CACI International Secures $231 Million Contract to Support US Special Operations Command
CACI International Inc announced that it has been awarded a base year technology task order with four option years valued at up to $231 million, continuing nearly two decades of service to the U.S. Special Operations Command. CACI will deliver accurate, near-real-time satellite communications support, providing program visibility to the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC)…
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MDA Space Selected by Airbus for OneWeb Antenna Program
MDA Space Ltd., a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has been selected by Airbus to design and build more than 880 Ka-band steerable antennas and 440 Ku-band user replacement antennas for the OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation owned by the global operator Eutelsat. This award…
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Rocket Lab Finalizes Mynaric Acquisition Expands Optical Communications Portfolio
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed the acquisition of Mynaric AG, a leading provider of laser optical communications terminals for air, space and mobile applications. Rocket Lab paid an aggregate consideration value of $155.3 million consisting of a nominal cash payment and 2,277,002 shares of…
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SES and Boeing Advance Line-Fit Integration for Multi-Orbit Connectivity
SES, a leading space solutions company, announced a milestone toward offerability for SES’ multi-orbit antenna for installation by Boeing. This will allow airlines to receive new aircraft with the onboard network in place and connectivity service available immediately after delivery through a Boeing-provided modification. Through this collaboration, Boeing will install the SES in-cabin hardware network…
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Rhea Space Activity Raises $6 Million to Scale GPS-Free AutoNav
Rhea Space Activity (RSA), a leader in deep space GPS-denied navigation with the optical software “AutoNav,” announced the close of its ~$6 million Series A round to accelerate its growth and respond to demand for its GPS-independent navigation software from the U.S. and allied partner military/intelligence customers. Funding from Boston Global (BG) Space Tech Investors,…
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Tendeg Ships First Antenna from New Facility Targets 100 Deployable Apertures Annually
Tendeg announced the delivery of the first flight antenna manufactured at Innovation Drive, the company’s new 120,000-square-foot production facility built to support scaled production of deployable space antennas. The milestone marks an important step in Tendeg’s evolution from highly customized, mission-specific builds toward a manufacturing model designed to support higher-volume national security and commercial space…
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AST SpaceMobile Confirms Orbital Launch of BlueBird 7 Launch on New Glenn Vehicle
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, addresses orbital launch of BlueBird 7 on the New Glenn launch vehicle. During the New Glenn 3 mission, BlueBird 7 was placed into a lower than planned orbit by the…