Tag: Satellite
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NASA Selects Gravitics for SBIR Award to Develop Orbital Sample Return System
Gravitics, Inc., an orbital infrastructure company, has announced that it was selected by NASA for a 2026 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award. The award supports development of the Multiple-Downmass Hangar, a system for affordable and frequent commercial sample return from low Earth orbit. The Multiple-Downmass Hangar is designed to hold multiple return…
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Aphelion Orbitals Advances Dedicated Launch Vehicle Solutions for Nanosatellites
Aphelion Orbitals is developing a family of launch vehicles designed to expand access to space for the nanosatellite market through cost-effective launch services. The company focuses on addressing one of the industry’s longstanding challenges, the limited availability of responsive launch opportunities for small satellites by developing launch systems optimized specifically for nanosatellite missions. The portfolio…
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Planet Labs and Government of Rwanda Launch Africa’s First National Satellite Data Program
Planet Labs, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, and the Government of Rwanda announced the launch of a new national program to provide Planet’s data to governmental agencies, public universities, selected startups, and strategic development partners supporting national development initiatives throughout the country. This groundbreaking deal marks Planet’s first…
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Apex Advances Productized Satellite Bus Platforms for Proliferated Constellations
Apex is developing satellite bus platforms designed to enable proliferated constellations across LEO, MEO and GEO, with platforms supporting payloads of up to 3000 kg. The company’s approach uses pre-engineered configuration packages that can be adapted to a broad range of missions, allowing customers to configure spacecraft without developing an entirely new satellite bus for every…
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Space42 and Autonomous A2Z Sign USD 7 Million Deal for Autonomous Mobility Solutions in UAE
Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, and Autonomous A2Z (A2Z), South Korea’s leading autonomous driving company, have signed a commercial agreement valued at USD 7 million to deploy Level-4 mobility solutions in the UAE. This is the first commercial agreement in the two companies’ broader partnership. It is a direct supply contract, separate from the…
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India Sets 300-Satellite Target and 2035 Space Station Goal, Opens Launch Site to Private Operators
In a parallel move to the 300 satellite target announcement, regulator IN-SPACe has begun transferring a new small rocket launch complex to private operators, marking a structural shift in how India runs its launch infrastructure. The satellite and space station goals follow a directive from the prime minister tasking the space agency with the expanded…
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Xiphos Advances Space Computing with Low-SWaP High-Performance Processors
Xiphos is advancing compact, space-ready computing for spacecraft, launchers, landers, rovers and payloads, with its portfolio built around flight-proven COTS-based processing solutions optimized for size, weight and efficiency. The company’s Q-card and daughterboard architecture combines software and FPGA logic to support demanding hybrid, image, signal and interface processing applications. The solutions are used across RF…
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Voyager Awarded Raytheon Contract Supporting SM-3
Voyager Technologies has been awarded a contract by Raytheon, an RTX business, to advance propulsion technologies for the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptor family. The company will provide its solid controllable throttleable propulsion technology and divert, attitude and control systems (DACS) the precision subsystems that enable accuracy in the exo-atmospheric midcourse phase of flight. “Our propulsion…
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MDA Space Highlights Canadarm3 Following Canadian Space Agency Announcement
MDA Space Ltd., a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, issued the following statement in response to the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) announcement on its intention to repurpose Canadarm3 investments to support the next phase of lunar exploration. “We applaud the Canadian Space Agency’s announcement to repurpose Canadarm3 technologies to support…
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Xplore Expands Space Services Portfolio with Data, Compute and Satellite Operations Solutions
Xplore is advancing commercial space capabilities through an integrated portfolio of satellite-based services that combine Earth observation data, on-orbit computing and cloud-based mission operations. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, the company develops end-to-end space services that enable organizations to collect, process, analyze and manage satellite data more efficiently. The service offerings Data as a Service (DaaS),…