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Muon Space Wins AFWERX Contract Focused on Weather ISR
Muon Space has received a small business innovation research (SBIR) contract from AFWERX focused on weather intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and operational mission planning. AFWERX is the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force. Muon Space is working to build a climate-monitoring Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. The company launched its first satellite in…
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Gilat Debuts New Logo and Brand Identity
Israeli satellite tech firm Gilat Satellite Networks debuted a new logo and brand identity on Thursday, which the company says emphasizes its commitment to the new space revolution. Gilat’s new tagline is “boundless communication,” which the company says reflects the vision that all people have a right to be connected. “In today’s space revolution, adapting…
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D-Orbit Raises $110M in Series C Round to Further Space Logistics Business
Italian space logistics company D-Orbit raised $100 million euros ($110 million) in a Series C funding round announced Thursday. Japanese industrial conglomerate Marubeni Corporation led the round, solidifying a commercial collaboration between the companies on space logistics. This is one of the largest funding rounds for a European space tech company. D-Orbit is a rideshare…
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Astronauts ready for first, all-European mission to the International Space Station
(Left to right) Ax-3 Mission Specialist Marcus Wandt, Pilot Walter Villadei, Commander Michael López-Alegría, Mission Specialist Alper Gezeravcı. Image: Axiom Space For the third time, Axiom Space is preparing a charter mission to the International Space Station. The Ax-3 mission carries the distinction of featuring an all-European crew, with Commander Michael López-Alegría being a dual…
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Oxford Space Systems Secures £3 Million in Funding to Drive Future Growth
Oxford Space Systems announced that it has completed an equity investment round of c. £3 million to fund growth opportunities that it has identified in the UK and export markets. The funding round was predominantly taken up by existing investors in the company. Oxford Space Systems has seen rapid growth over the past two years,…
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Redwire Roll-Out Solar Arrays Successfully Deployed on Maxar’s Ovzon 3 Satellite
Redwire Corporation, a space infrastructure company for the next-generation space economy, announced today that two 5-kW Roll-Out Solar Arrays (ROSA) have successfully deployed and are operating nominally in geosynchronous orbit on the Maxar Space Systems-built Ovzon 3 communications satellite, which successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on January 3, 2024. Ovzon 3 represents…
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Cutting-Edge Advanced Channel Emulator Addresses the Evolving Needs of SATCOM Testing
dBm Corporation, a pioneering force in RF test equipment and components, has introduced the Advanced Channel Emulator (ACE9600) to address the evolving needs of satellite communications testing. The dBm Advanced Channel Emulator (ACE) is one of the most advanced non-terrestrial RF channel emulation solutions to date. Its capabilities encompass the emulation of critical impairments such…
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KVH Expands Multi-Orbit Hybrid Network with Eutelsat OneWeb Service
KVH Industries announced a distribution partnership agreement with LEO connectivity provider Eutelsat OneWeb. Under the terms of the deal, KVH will offer Eutelsat OneWeb’s LEO connectivity services supporting terminals for commercial and leisure vessels via Eutelsat OneWeb’s LEO satellite constellation. OneWeb’s network compromises more than 630 satellites in low earth orbit that can deliver enterprise-grade broadband connectivity…
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Muon Space Awarded SBIR Phase I Contract by AFWERX for Weather Intelligence
Muon Space, a LEO satellite constellation company revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, has been selected by AFWERX for an SBIR Phase I contract focused on weather intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and operational mission planning. Muon Space will perform a feasibility study to determine the benefit of modifying its multispectral Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR)…
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Daily Telescope: A monster protostar in a distant nebula
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a…