Tag: Satellite
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LEO atmospheric pollution from satellites demands new regulations
How serious is atmospheric pollution from satellite reentry? Atmospheric scientists are demanding immediate regulatory action as exotic materials from satellite and rocket hardware increasingly contaminate Earth’s atmosphere through uncontrolled reentry. With Low Earth Orbit (LEO) traffic surging toward 100,000 active satellites by 2030, researchers warn current environmental oversight fails to address long-term atmospheric chemistry impacts.…
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SEOPS Announces Waymaker Rideshare Program with Inaugural Falcon 9 Mission
During the SmallSat Europe conference being held in Amsterdam, space access provider SEOPS announced its Waymaker program, the company’s dedicated rideshare missions to low Earth orbit (LEO). Waymaker is designed to provide customers with SEOPS-managed dedicated rideshare capacity to LEO through standardized capacity portions, defined interfaces, and a managed mission process. SEOPS has signed a…
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LEAP Enhances Space Logistics with Integrated Mission Solutions
LEAP is developing a portfolio of transportation and logistics technologies designed to support the movement of cargo and payloads to, through and from space. The company’s technology portfolio spans reusable flight systems, propulsion technologies, tank manufacturing and future logistics architectures aimed at enabling responsive and scalable transportation operations. A key element of LEAP’s technology roadmap…
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Space Solar and Lonestar to Host Sovereign Data on Orbital Platforms
Space Solar, the UK company building space-based solar power and the large in-space assembled power structures the orbital economy will run on, and Lonestar, the US pioneer that has already stored data on the Moon, have announced their intent to cooperate on hosting Lonestar’s StarVault data storage modules aboard Space Solar spacecraft. The partnership pulls together…
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ICEYE Secures €28.3 Million R&D Grant from Business Finland
ICEYE, the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, announced that Business Finland, Finland’s public innovation agency, has approved a €28.3 million continuation grant, the final tranche of a previously announced major R&D investment decision. As European nations accelerate investment in sovereign defence and national resilience from border and maritime security to disaster response the…
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AeroVironment to Accelerate Production of Next-Generation Freedom Eagle-1 Interceptor
AeroVironment, a global defense technology leader, announced an additional government investment of $20.2 million in AV’s Huntsville, Alabama facility to increase quantities of Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and accelerate future Full-Rate Production (FRP) of the Next-Generation Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Missile (NGCM), known as Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1). The expanded site will serve as the system-level integration,…
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SITAEL Advances Space Operations with New Missions and Enhanced Production Capacity
SITAEL, the Italian private space company and part of Angel Holding, presented its growth strategy at SmallSat Europe Amsterdam, built on ten years of investment in satellite platforms, electric propulsion and production infrastructure. The plan fits within Europe’s new space cycle, in which secure communications, Earth observation, defence and technological sovereignty require robust industrial capabilities.…
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Observable Space Secures $94 Million U.S Space Force IDIQ Contract
Observable Space, a full-stack, vertically-integrated space technology company advancing laser communications, ground-based optical sensing, and in-space systems, announced a $94 million sole-sourced Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) award from the U.S Space Force. The award is part of the Department of War’s Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program to augment existing Space…
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Orbit Fab and Thales Alenia Space Partner on Satellite Refuelling Program
Orbit Fab and Thales Alenia Space are partnering on REEF, a project supported by the UK Space Agency, to design new satellite refuelling architecture that aims to enhance the sustainability and resilience of space operations. Teams from Orbit Fab and Thales Alenia Space in the UK will combine their expertise to collaborate on REEF (Refuellable…
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Solar MEMS Advances Spacecraft Navigation with Advanced Sun Sensors and Star Trackers
Solar MEMS Technologies continues to strengthen the position in the spacecraft attitude determination and navigation sector through the development of advanced MEMS-based sun sensors, star trackers and precision sensing solutions for space and defense applications. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Seville, Spain, the company specializes in compact, high-accuracy attitude determination technologies that support satellite…