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True Anomaly Raises a $100M Series B Funding Round
True Anomaly raised a $100 million Series B funding round, the company announced Tuesday. The company builds spacecraft and software to address space domain awareness, and said this funding will advance that mission. Riot Ventures led the round with participation from Eclipse, ACME Capital, Menlo Ventures, Narya, 645 Ventures, Rocketship.vc, Champion Hill Ventures, and FiveNine…
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SES Space & Defense Wins USAGM Media Deal
SES Space & Defense has won a five-year deal with the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to deliver global video and audio programming. USAGM awarded the five-year Global Satellite Services (GSS) contract through the General Services Administration (GSA) Complex Commercial SATCOM Solutions (CS3) contract vehicle. SES announced the deal, Dec. 12. The global…
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SES Space & Defense Wins USAGM Media Deal
SES Space & Defense has won a five-year deal with the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to deliver global video and audio programming. USAGM awarded the five-year Global Satellite Services (GSS) contract through the General Services Administration (GSA) Complex Commercial SATCOM Solutions (CS3) contract vehicle. SES announced the deal, Dec. 12. The global…
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Telespazio and Hughes Europe Partner to Introduce Cutting-Edge Konnect VHTS Services
Telespazio, a Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) joint venture, will collaborate with Hughes Europe, an EchoStar company, to introduce cutting-edge connectivity services through the innovative Eutelsat Konnect VHTS (K-VHTS) satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, a Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) joint venture. The K-VHTS satellite is known for having a very high throughput, delivering…
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Blue Origin is ready to launch New Shepard spaceship after more than a year on hold
Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship was grounded after a failed mission in 2022. (Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture plans to send its New Shepard suborbital spaceship on an uncrewed research mission as early as Dec. 18, marking the company’s first launch since a rocket engine malfunction spoiled a similar uncrewed mission…
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Airbus Ventures Announces Its Latest Investment in Helicity Space
Airbus Ventures proudly announced its investment in Helicity Space, a commercial space company developing in-space propulsion and power technology based on fusion power. Helicity Space announced its $5 million seed round, with funding from several new investors including Airbus Ventures, TRE Advisors, Voyager Space Holdings, E2MC Space, Urania Ventures and Gaingels. “We are pleased to…
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Space Software Company Bright Ascension Hires New COO, CFO
Scottish space software technology provider Bright Ascension appointed Patricia Druken as its new COO and Laura Calder as its new CFO as it is getting set to launch its end-to-end HELIX suite of software products. The newly formed leadership team will focus on maximizing business growth opportunities and strengthening Bright Ascension’s position in global markets.…
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Northrop Grumman Successfully Conducts Static Test Fire of New Solid Rocket Motor
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully conducted a full-scale static test fire of a new solid rocket motor that was developed in less than a year as part of its Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo). The SMART Demo successfully demonstrated several innovative technologies, alternate manufacturing materials and processes to reduce lead times by 75…
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Daily Telescope: Hubble images a dazzling star cluster 158,000 light-years away
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…
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ULA chief says Vulcan rocket will slip to 2024 after ground system issues
United Launch Alliance will not see the debut of its next-generation Vulcan rocket in 2023, as previously planned. The launch company’s chief executive, Tory Bruno, announced the delay on the social media site X on Sunday. United Launch Alliance had been working toward a debut flight of the lift booster on Christmas Eve from Cape…