Tag: Satellite
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Globalstar Completes Major South Korea Ground Expansion with New C-3 Antennas
Globalstar, a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, announced the addition of three new six-meter C-3 tracking antennas being installed at its ground station in Yeo Ju, South Korea. For more than two decades, Globalstar has provided mobile satellite services across East Asia via its ground station located in Yeo Ju, South Korea, which has…
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ThinKom Secures SpaceWERX Contract for Containerized Ground Stations
ThinKom announced it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II (D2P2) SBIR contract in the amount of $1.9 million to provide a containerized, transportable phased array ground entry point (GEP) to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and SpaceWERX, the innovation…
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Aalyria Joins Airbus Demonstration to Advance Space-Based 5G Connectivity
Aalyria has been selected to take part in the new Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN (Space Radio Access Network) demonstrator, whose mission is to test standardized global 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity. It will combine Airbus’s software-defined satellite platform with Aalyria’s intelligent network orchestration and optimization capabilities to showcase advanced 5G communications from space. The Airbus UpNext…
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Rogue Space Systems Expands Space Services Portfolio for Proximity Operations and On-Orbit Mission
Rogue Space Systems, a US-based space company focused on on-orbit operations and proximity-based space services, highlights the portfolio of space services designed to support satellite operators, government agencies and institutional customers operating in increasingly congested orbital environments. Rogue Space Systems delivers mission-focused spacecraft and operational services that address practical needs in space domain awareness, satellite…
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NASA’s Pandora Mission Receives Full Acquisition of Signal
NASA’s Pandora satellite mission controllers received full acquisition of signal from the spacecraft on Jan. 11 on the first ground pass after liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Pandora will study planets outside our solar system – called exoplanets, discovered by other missions to gain information about…
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SkyFi Secures Funding to Advance Access to Satellite Imagery and Analytics
SkyFi, an AI-first Earth intelligence platform, announced that it has raised a $12.7 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Buoyant Ventures and IronGate Capital Advisors, with new participation from DNV Ventures, TFX Capital, Beyond Earth Ventures, Nova Threshold, and Chris Morisoli, and existing investors RSquared VC and J2…
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Quindar Space Advances Satellite Mission Management as a Service for Space Operations
Quindar, a US-based space software company, highlights the Satellite Mission Management as a Service, a cloud-native platform designed to simplify and modernize how satellite missions are planned, executed and operated. The solution is already in use by satellite operators and mission teams seeking to reduce operational complexity while improving flexibility, scalability and responsiveness across the…
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Firefly Aerospace Announces Alpha Block II Configuration Upgrade for Flight 8
Firefly Aerospace, a market-leading space and defense technology company, announced a Block II configuration upgrade for its Alpha rocket with a focus on enhancing reliability, streamlining producibility, and improving launch operations to support further commercial, civil, and national security mission demand. Firefly’s upcoming Alpha Flight 7, targeted to launch in the coming weeks, will be…
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RTX Delivers Blue Canyon Satellite for Interstellar Mission
A Saturn-200 minisatellite, developed by Blue Canyon Technologies—RTX’s small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider—successfully launched this week in support of NASA’s Pandora mission. The mission is designed to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, as well as the activity of their host stars. The Pandora mission aims to conduct…
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Astroscale Secures ESA Deal to Develop In-Orbit Upgrading Service
Astroscale, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings, the global leader in in-orbit servicing, has been awarded a EUR 399,000 (approximately £350,000) Phase A contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the design of the In-Orbit Refurbishment and Upgrading Service (IRUS), a pioneering mission concept that will enable satellites to be upgraded, repaired, and extended…