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Viasat to Open New IoT Hub in the Middle East
Viasat’s Elevate partners MinFarm Tech and Global Beam Telecom are to open a new facility in Business Bay, Dubai, UAE for IoT-over-satellite innovation. Viasat announced the move, Oct. 16. Viasat believes the hub to be a first of its kind in the region. It is scheduled to open in November. It will offer customers the chance…
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Citing slow Starship reviews, SpaceX urges FAA to double licensing staff
In a remarkably frank discussion this week, several senior SpaceX officials spoke with Ars Technica on background about how working with the Federal Aviation Administration has slowed down the company’s progress not just on development of the Starship program, but on innovations with the Falcon 9 and Dragon programs as well. The SpaceX officials said…
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How Hilton Hotels, Bayer, and the World Wildlife Fund Are Investing in the Future in Space
LOS ANGELES – The business case for space-based remote sensing and other satellite derived technologies has surpassed the traditional military and big-government sectors. Companies and organizations from BP, to the World Wildlife Fund, to Hilton Hotels, shared stories last week about how they are building new tools to help their individual causes, fueled by satellite…
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BlackSky Wins AFRL Direct to Phase 2 Contract to Track Vehicles in Real Time from Space
BlackSky Technology won a competitive U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory AFWERX Direct to Phase 2 contract, funded by the Space Development Agency, to build an automated target recognition service that will gather and combine radio frequency and electro-optical satellite sensor data to track mobile assets in real-time and securely distribute actionable intelligence to remote devices and…
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on 47th Starlink launch of 2023
Update 9:05 p.m. EDT (2222 UTC): Launch at 8:39 p.m. EDT (0039 UTC). SpaceX followed up a double launch day on Friday, Oct. 13, with an evening launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, sending up another 22 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. The Tuesday evening mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40)…
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on 47th Starlink launch of 2023
Update 9:05 p.m. EDT (2222 UTC): Launch at 8:39 p.m. EDT (0039 UTC). SpaceX followed up a double launch day on Friday, Oct. 13, with an evening launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, sending up another 22 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. The Tuesday evening mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40)…
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Lockheed Martin Space Sales Grow 8% YoY in Q3 of 2023
Lockheed Martin’s Space segment delivered a strong 8% revenue increase in the third quarter of 2023, led by higher sales on strategic and missile defense programs. Lockheed Martin released its third quarter results on Tuesday, reporting company-wide net sales of $16.9 billion, an increase of 2% year-over-year. Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems,…
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Lockheed Martin Space Sales Grow 8% YoY in Q3 of 2023
Lockheed Martin’s Space segment delivered a strong 8% revenue increase in the third quarter of 2023, led by higher sales on strategic and missile defense programs. Lockheed Martin released its third quarter results on Tuesday, reporting company-wide net sales of $16.9 billion, an increase of 2% year-over-year. Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems,…
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Capella Space Appoints Frank Backes as CEO
Capella Space appointed Frank Backes as its new CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Payam Banazadeh, who founded the company and has led it since 2016, will serve as board director. Backes’ appointment is effective Oct. 23. Backes joins Capella Space from Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, where he has been senior vice president for federal…
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UC Berkeley and SKS Partners Unveil $2 Billion R&D Hub at NASA’s Ames Research Center
A joint venture between The University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco-based SKS Partners, unveiled Berkeley Space Center at NASA Research Park, a planned 36-acre innovation hub in the heart of Silicon Valley. As envisioned, the multi-phase development would accelerate the area’s existing innovation ecosystem, catalyzing deeper collaboration between the private, academic, and governmental sectors. …