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Planet Labs and NVIDIA Collaborate to Advance Satellite Imagery Processing with GPU Technology
Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced its initiative to revolutionize how satellite imagery is processed, enhanced, and analyzed. Planet and NVIDIA are collaborating on ways to adopt GPUs to accelerate the processing of imagery and deliver insights. Planet is leveraging NVIDIA’s Blackwell and NVIDIA IGX…
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Contrivian Constellation Launches Amazon Leo + Starlink in One Solution
Contrivian, a technology company providing intelligent mission-critical connectivity, has launched Contrivian Constellation, an industry-first unified multi-constellation connectivity solution that operates multiple Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks as a single service. Customers consume Constellation as one service with one data plan, one IP address, one contract, and one support model. Contrivian Constellation dynamically orchestrates traffic across…
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BlackSky Technology Secures Seven-Figure Extension Contract with Global Client
BlackSky Technology signed a seven-figure Assured extension contract with an international customer. Reliable Gen-3 performance over the customer’s priority areas of interest during early access programs for best-in-class 35-centimeter imagery and AI-enabled analytics is driving the transition to larger annual subscriptions, reflecting momentum against the company’s land-and-expand strategy. “Assured is more than access to capacity.…
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PLD Space Completes ESA FLPP-LPSR2 Project to Advance MIURA 5 First Stage Recovery
PLD Space, an international space transportation company, has successfully completed the Liquid Propulsion Stage Recovery 2 (LPSR2) project, developed under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP). This strategic study has enabled an in-depth exploration of the technologies and solutions required to enable the recovery of the MIURA 5 orbital launcher’s first…
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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Completes Historic 14-Day Mission on the Moon
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander made history after completing more than 14 days of operations on the Moon. This achievement not only solidified Firefly as the first commercial company to successfully land and operate on the lunar surface, but it also ignited a renewed focus on the Moon among industry stakeholders, nations, and other entities.…
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RevGo Expands SATCOM Portfolio with Advanced RF and Ground Segment Solutions
RevGo, a provider of satellite communications technologies and integrated network solutions, continues to expand the SATCOM portfolio with a range of RF components and customizable ground infrastructure designed to support reliable and secure connectivity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, RevGo delivers solutions designed for government, defense and commercial applications, focusing on performance, flexibility and rapid deployment…
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Ligado Tells FCC That SkyTerra Next Proposal Won’t Cause Interference
In a new filing to the FCC, Ligado defended its request to host an L-band payload on AST SpaceMobile satellites, saying the proposal will work within Ligado’s existing L-band coordination agreements and the FCC rules. In December, Ligado asked the FCC to modify its satellite license to deploy an L-band payload called SkyTerra Next on…
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Industry Roundtable With ’10 Hottest’ Executives
Heading into SATShow Week, Via Satellite interviewed the executives of some of the companies featured in our ’10 Hottest Companies in Satellite’ for 2026 to get their takes on some of the key issues facing the industry like increasing defense demand, the acceleration of AI technologies, and what markets they see as critical for growth. Taking part…
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9 New Faces for SATShow Week 2026
Every year, SATShow Week brings together the newsmakers of the satellite industry all in one place. Now with GovMilSpace in its second year, the program features more military speakers and more defense-focused programming. This year’s program features a number of new faces in the investment arena, new C-suite leaders, and founders of startups on the…
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Booster 19 concludes initial test campaign on Pad 2
Starship Flight 12 took another step toward launch, with Booster 19 completing an initial test campaign on the newly commissioned Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas. Culminating in a short Static Fire test, the series of tests was a first for Pad 2, the Block 3/V3 Super Heavy Booster, and for the upgraded Raptor 3 outside…