Tag: Satellite
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ORBES Advances Space Inspection Robots and Escort Satellites for Orbital Autonomous Operations
ORBES is advancing autonomous in-space operations through a portfolio of robotic inspection systems, escort satellites and zero-gravity testing technologies designed to improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of space missions. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company focuses on developing robotic platforms capable of performing inspection, maintenance, logistics support and external situational awareness for space…
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Blue Origin and NASA to Test New Glenn Upper Stage at Stennis Space Center
Blue Origin and NASA signed an agreement to use the historic Thad Cochran Test Stand “B-Test Complex” at NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for New Glenn second stage hotfire testing. This facility provides an additional testbed for validating our upper stage performance before flight. The B-Test Complex is part of Blue Origin’s comprehensive infrastructure…
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Open Cosmos Launches First Two OpenConstellation 1.0 Earth Observation Satellites
Open Cosmos, the company developing satellites, had launched the first two satellites of OpenConstellation 1.0 – new Earth observation (EO) satellites that had reduced the time it takes to react to emerging threats from space. With the launch, the company had taken a step toward providing real-time Earth monitoring for governments and enterprises to respond…
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Spire Global Advances Space Services with LEMUR Constellation and Space-Based Intelligence
Spire Global is expanding access to space through the integrated Space Services portfolio, combining satellite manufacturing, mission design, launch support, constellation operations and global ground infrastructure to help commercial organizations and government agencies rapidly deploy and operate space missions. The company provides end-to-end capabilities that enable customers to collect, process and utilize space-based data for…
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ICEYE and KT SAT to Bring Real-Time Flood Intelligence to South Korea
ICEYE, the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, announced a strategic partnership with KT SAT to deliver advanced flood monitoring solutions to South Korean government agencies and commercial organizations. The partnership marks the first deployment of ICEYE Solutions in South Korea and the first use of the technology by the Korean Government. Under the…
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GSMA Supports Abuja Declaration on Meaningful Connectivity and Launches ATLAS Umoja
The GSMA supports the Abuja Ministerial Declaration on Meaningful Connectivity for Africa by Ministers and Heads of Delegation at the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) Conference of Plenipotentiaries (CPL-2026), describing it as an important milestone in strengthening Africa’s digital future through evidence-based policy, investment and regional collaboration. The Declaration commits African governments to advancing policies that…
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IHI Aerospace Advances Launch Vehicle Portfolio for Space Missions
IHI Aerospace is developing and manufacturing a range of launch vehicles that support commercial, government and scientific space missions, contributing to Japan’s space transportation capabilities through advanced rocket technologies and launch services. The portfolio includes the Epsilon Launch Vehicle, participation in the H-IIA & H-IIB Launch Systems, the H3 Launch Vehicle and a family of…
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Katalyst’s LINK Advances Through On-Orbit Commissioning
Katalyst Space announced that its robotic spacecraft, LINK, has established communications and completed major commissioning milestones. Following its launch and orbit insertion aboard Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket on July 3, 2026, LINK completed its initial post-launch sequence, including detumble and Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP), before beginning on-orbit system checkouts. Less than a…
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CSF, Novaspace and SpaceTech Gulf Partner on Global Space Capability Mapping Dashboard
The Centre for Space Futures (CSF), together with international partners including Novaspace and SpaceTech Gulf, had signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to jointly develop a Global Space Capability Mapping and Index Dashboard. The agreement had marked the start of a collaborative effort to build a data-driven platform that maps global space capabilities and makes…
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NASA Runs Google’s Gemma AI in Orbit, Letting a Satellite Analyze Its Own Images
The experiment, called NAVI-Orbital, was conducted aboard Loft Orbital’s YAM-9 satellite and achieved its first successful in-orbit demonstration on April 16, 2026. According to the researchers, it represents the first reported demonstration of a vision-language model performing autonomous multimodal inference entirely aboard an orbiting spacecraft. Rather than simply capturing images and transmitting them to Earth…