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Rocket Lab Launches Astroscale’s Debris Inspection Spacecraft, ADRAS-J
Astroscale Japan has reached a milestone with the successful launch of its debris inspection demonstration satellite, ADRAS-J. Rocket Lab launched the satellite from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand on Feb. 18. The ADRAS-J spacecraft was selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for Phase I of its Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration…
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Omnispace Receives Regulatory Approval to Operate in Brazil
Omnispace received regulatory approval to operate S-band mobile satellite service (MSS) in Brazil, the company announced Feb. 19. Omnispace reports it now has market access to reach more than 735 million people across Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) approved subsidiary Omnispace Comunicações Brasil‘s request to operate the…
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What is open data?
What is open data? Open Data refers to data that organizations provide at no charge, and often with very permissive licensing. An example would be Sentinel-2 data from the European Space Agency, which is multispectral data from their Sentinel-2 satellites provided at no charge from their Copernicus service, as well as from many other platforms,…
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Leonardo to Develop Europe’s First Military Space Cloud Architecture, MILSCA
Italy’s state-owned aerospace and defense company, Leonardo, has been tasked by the Ministry of Defence to spearhead the development of Europe’s first military space cloud architecture project. Known as MILSCA, this initiative aims to revolutionize Italy’s governmental and armed forces’ capabilities by providing them with a cutting-edge system incorporating high-performance computing, cloud services, and artificial…
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The Implications of Space as a Warfighting Domain
Space is evolving into a critical warfighting domain. With the U.S. Space Force indicating the potential anti-satellite (ASAT) capabilities developed by Russia and China as a reason for the need for suitable space-based countermeasures, it is clearly an ongoing arms race in the space domain. Multiple space commands are being reinforced while some have detached…
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NASA and Texas A&M Sign an Agreement to Boost Space Research at Johnson Space Center
NASA and the Texas A&M University System announced an agreement Thursday, Feb. 15, to lease underutilized land in Exploration Park, a 240-acre development at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The A&M System will develop a facility to enable human spaceflight research and development that enables the commercial space economy. The lease agreement…
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After a Year of Bust, Will Space Investment Rebound in 2024?
The failed debut launch of Virgin Orbit from British soil in January of last year was a bitter start to the U.K.’s spaceflight ambitions. It was also the beginning of a bitter year for the space sector in the western world. In a sense, Virgin Orbit, which filed for bankruptcy three months after the British…
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Satellite Technology of the Year Nominees for 2023
The Via Satellite Technology of the Year award recognizes breakthrough technology achievements and how they impact the industry. This award is now in its sixth year, and has recognized technology achievements like Apple’s emergency messaging via satellite, Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission, and Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle-1. This year, we present five nominees including network orchestration…
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Nuview Acquires Astræa to Execute Global Data Superhighway Strategy
Earth observation and geospatial technology company Nuview, acquired software service platform Astræa Tuesday. Nuview plans to use Astræa’s AI-driven distribution and analysis tools to develop a high-throughput Earth observation data channel to distribute data to Nuview’s partners and customers. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Nuview is building a satellite constellation to…
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European Space Agency Satellite ERS-2 Set to Reenter Earth’s Atmosphere
The European Space Agency (ESA) is closely monitoring the reentry of its Earth-observing satellite, ERS-2, which is expected to largely burn up in Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday morning. The agency’s Space Debris Office, in collaboration with an international surveillance network, is tracking the satellite, predicting its reentry at 6:14 a.m. ET Wednesday, within a 15-hour…