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Es’hailSat and Nilesat Look to Work More Closely Together
Es’hailSat and Nilesat have signed an MoU to work more closely together. The partnership brings Qatar’s and Egypt’s biggest satellite companies together to work on a variety of projects. This partnership allows the customers of both companies to leverage the combined satellite fleet of both operators as well as the wide ground infrastructure that brings…
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AmpliTech to Showcase its Latest 5G and SATCOM Advancements at MWC and Satellite Show 2024
AmpliTech Group, a designer, developer, and manufacturer of state-of-the-art signal-processing components for satellite, 5G, and other communications networks, including the design of complete 5G/6G systems, and a global distributor of packages and lids for integrated circuit assembly, announced its participation in two upcoming shows, where it will exhibit its latest technological 5G and SACTCOM advancements…
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NASA launches a billion-dollar Earth science mission Trump tried to cancel
NASA’s latest mission dedicated to observing Earth’s oceans and atmosphere from space rocketed into orbit from Florida early Thursday on a SpaceX launch vehicle. This mission will study phytoplankton, microscopic plants fundamental to the marine food chain, and tiny particles called aerosols that play a key role in cloud formation. These two constituents in the…
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BlackSky CEO Details Sovereign Deal with Indonesian MoD
BlackSky Technology shared more details this week about a recent $50 million deal to supply subscription imagery and analytics to the Indonesian Ministry of Defense (MoD). In this deal, the Indonesian MoD will integrate BlackSky’s software and hardware capabilities into a sovereign capability. BlackSky received a contract from Thales Alenia Space supporting the MoD to…
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Redwire to Present at the SmallSat Symposium 2024
Join Redwire at the SmallSat Symposium 2024 at one of our special events below and be sure to stop by Booth #34 in the upstairs lunch area to meet our team and discuss your mission needs. Discover our showcased offerings including Link 16 antennas for warfighter communications, Argus intelligent vision systems, flight-proven power systems, and…
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Virgin Galactic and the FAA are investigating a dropped pin on last spaceflight
Virgin Galactic reported an anomaly on its most recent flight, Galactic 06, which took place 12 days ago from a spaceport in New Mexico. In a statement released Monday, the company said it discovered a dropped pin during a post-flight review of the mission, which carried two pilots and four passengers to an altitude of…
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Finnish Startup Kuva Space Expands to Fairfax, Virginia
Kuva Space, a Finnish startup, has announced its intention to establish Kuva Space US in Fairfax, Virginia, as of February 7th. This move marks the company’s strategic foray into the U.S. market. According to former Iceye US CEO Jerry Welsh, who serves on the board of Kuva Space US, the selection of Fairfax is a…
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Humanity’s most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch
Voyager 1 is still alive out there, barreling into the cosmos more than 15 billion miles away. However, a computer problem has kept the mission’s loyal support team in Southern California from knowing much more about the status of one of NASA’s longest-lived spacecraft. The computer glitch cropped up on November 14, and it affected…
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Former Blue Origin president’s startup raises funding to go after moon resources
Space industry executive Rob Meyerson speaks at a 2016 space conference. (ISPCS via YouTube) A stealthy space venture co-founded by the former president of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s raising funds to move ahead with its plan to harvest resources on the moon and bring them back for use on Earth. Former…
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Heritage ERS-2 Satellite Set to Reenter Earth’s Atmosphere
After a 16-year working life, the second European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-2) is making its final descent into Earth’s atmosphere. ERS-2 returned information that influenced the perception of climate change and the understanding of the planet. The European Space Agency (ESA) retired ERS-2 in 2011. It was originally launch in 1995. The Space Debris Office…