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Astroscale Advances Debris Inspection with ADRAS-J Mission
Astroscale, a space sustainability company focused on in-orbit servicing and debris removal technologies, has advanced orbital debris management with the ADRAS-J (Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan) mission. The mission is designed to demonstrate high-precision rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) for safe inspection and characterization of large, unprepared space debris. The mission was conducted in collaboration with the…
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Mission Space to Launch Fourth Space Weather Payload on HEX20 Maya V1 Mission
During the 2026 Space Weather Workshop, Mission Space announced that it will fly the fourth in-orbit space weather payload on HEX20’s MAYA-V1 mission, a 16U-class LEO hosted-payload platform designed for in-orbit validation of new space technologies. MAYA-V1 is part of HEX20’s Multi-Application Yearly Assimilated Vehicle mission series, built on the company’s NX spacecraft bus. The…
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EarthDaily Launches Six Satellites to Advance Daily Global Planetary Change Measurement
EarthDaily Analytics announced the successful launch of six EarthDaily Constellation satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission, confirming initial contact with satellites EDC-02 through EDC-07. The milestone significantly advances the company’s goal of delivering daily, consistent measurement of planetary change at a global scale. The launch, executed on May 3, 2026, delivered all six…
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Vantor Secures $70 Million NGA Contract to Deliver GEOINT Platform
Vantor said on Monday it has received a $70 million award from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for the first option year of a programme providing access to a database of unclassified satellite and sensor-derived imagery. The award falls under NGA’s Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (G-EGD) programme, which the company—formerly known as Maxar—has managed for…
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Quantum Space Names Bridenstine CEO for Defense Push
Why Did Quantum Space Hire NASA’s Former Administrator? Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is joining Quantum Space as chief executive officer, marking a significant leadership transition as the space situational awareness company pivots toward national security opportunities. Bridenstine, who led NASA from 2018 to 2021 during the Commercial Crew Program’s culmination and Artemis Program launch,…
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Anduril Taps Impulse Space, K2 Space for Space Interceptor Program
How Will Anduril’s Commercial Space Team Build Pentagon Interceptors? Anduril Industries has assembled a commercial space coalition including Impulse Space and K2 Space to develop space-based interceptor technologies under a new Pentagon contract. The defense technology company announced the partnership roster today, revealing collaborations with orbital transfer vehicle specialist Impulse Space, satellite manufacturer K2 Space,…
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Anduril to Work With Impulse Space, K2 Space, Voyager, and Others on Space-Based Interceptor Award
Anduril Industries has named a team of collaborators for its recent award to prototype technologies for space-based interceptors, and will work with Impulse Space, Inversion Space, K2 Space, Sandia National Labs, and Voyager Technologies on the contract. Anduril announced the team of collaborators on Tuesday. Anduril was recently named as one of the companies that…
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SWISSto12 Partners with Germany for D2D GEO Broadcast Satellite
What makes this German partnership crucial for GEO broadcast satellites? SWISSto12 has secured a strategic partnership with an unnamed German high-performance space subsystem provider to develop Direct-to-Device (D2D) capabilities for Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites focused on media broadcast applications. The collaboration represents a significant pivot toward consumer-facing satellite services from the Swiss company known primarily…
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SWISSto12 Strikes German Partnership Deal for D2D GEO Satellite
Swissto12 has struck a key new partnership deal in Germany which could bring exciting new media broadcast capabilities to Geostationary (GEO) satellites. It will work with German high-performance space subsystem providers HPS/LSS. The Munich-based consortium that will provide a large deployable reflector subsystem (LDRS) for the NEASTAR-1 mission, built on the HummingSat platform. This will enable…
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Pad 1 conversion ongoing, with Flight 12 nearing
Over six months after the end of Flight 11, the old design, Pad 1, was demolished, and conversion to the newer pad design, like Pad 2, is underway. In that time, crews have made impressive progress, with excavation of the trench about to start. Pad 1 Conversion Since the end of Flight 11, SpaceX…