Tag: Satellite
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Liberty and ICEYE Partner to Deliver Parametric Wildfire Insurance Cover
Liberty and ICEYE, the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, announced the launch of a pioneering building-level parametric wildfire insurance solution. As wildfires increase in frequency and severity, impacting communities and driving significant economic losses, the need for faster, more responsive risk solutions has never been greater. Liberty’s remotely sensed parametric property wildfire solution…
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Lockheed Martin Secures $514 Million Contract for GPS IIIF Space Vehicles 23 and 24
Lockheed Martin announced that the U.S. Space Force has awarded the company a $514 million contract to build Global Positioning System IIIF Space Vehicles 23 and 24, bringing its total GPS IIIF commitment to 14 spacecraft. With legacy spacecraft past their intended design life, this award marks a vital step in the continued modernization of…
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Optera Secures £3 Million to Expand UK Space Domain Awareness Hub
Optera, a neuromorphic sensing company delivering next-generation space domain awareness (SDA), has raised £3m to establish and scale its UK headquarters and engineering team. The round was led by UKI2S (managed by Future Planet Capital), with participation from Blackfinch Ventures, Foresight Group, the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF) and Empirical Ventures. Optera’s event-based sensors…
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Gilat Satellite Networks to Acquire Comtech’s Satellite & Space Communications Segment
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the majority of the Satellite & Space Communications segment of Comtech Telecommunications Corporation on a cash-free, debt-free basis for the purchase price of $157.5 million in cash, subject to adjustments…
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CAMILA Earth Observation Program Advances with Four-Satellite Earth Observation Constellation
The CAMILA Earth Observation program, the largest satellite initiative in Polish history, is moving into its next phase. Developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), the program will deploy a constellation of four observation satellites to strengthen Poland’s national Earth observation capabilities and increase its independence in access to geospatial data. CAMILA, which…
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Maritime Launch Services Advances Commercial Space Access with Spaceport Nova Scotia
Maritime Launch Services (MLS), the Canadian aerospace company developing and operating Spaceport Nova Scotia, is advancing launch infrastructure in North America through the development of a licensed, multi-user commercial spaceport designed to support orbital and suborbital missions. Located near Canso, Nova Scotia, the facility is being developed to provide launch vehicle operators with dedicated launch…
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China launches new satellite to test high-speed communication tech
Long March 5 rocket’s lift-off marks pivotal step in validating technologies for next-generation orbital connectivity speeds and reliability China launched a new test communication satellite on June 11 in a pivotal step to validate technology essential for next-generation orbital connectivity speeds and reliability. The Communication Technology Test Satellite No 25 was sent into orbit on…
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Viasat Secures U.S Space Force Contract for PTS-G GEO Satellite Program
Viasat a global leader in satellite communications, announced it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to build, launch and deliver the first of a proliferated fleet of small, maneuverable geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) satellites under the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) program. The new Swarm 1 Delivery Order…
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Space Forge Secures £10 Million to Advance Space-Manufactured Materials
Cardiff-based Space Forge, leaders of in-space manufacturing with a focus on producing semiconductors – the materials that power many modern electronic devices – in microgravity, where the environment enables the creation of materials with properties that cannot be achieved on Earth. The company will receive £10 million from the European Space Agency’s General Support Technology…
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K2 Space Advances High-Power Satellite Systems with Mega and Giga Class Platforms
K2 Space, a satellite manufacturer headquartered in Torrance, California, is developing a new generation of high-power satellite platforms designed to deliver significantly greater payload capacity, onboard power and mission flexibility than traditional spacecraft systems. By focusing on large-scale, high-performance satellite buses optimized for modern launch vehicles, the company is addressing the growing demand for satellites…