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BlackSky Advances Space Intelligence Technology with Satellite Monitoring and AI Analytics
BlackSky Technology, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, continues to advance space-based intelligence capabilities through the integrated satellite constellation, artificial intelligence analytics and cloud-based data platform. By combining high-revisit Earth observation satellites with automated analytics and real-time data delivery, BlackSky provides continuous monitoring solutions designed to support government, defense and commercial decision-making. The company’s technology platform integrates…
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Marlink Launches Multi-LEO Connectivity Service for Maritime Sector
Marlink has launched a new hybrid satellite connectivity service designed for maritime customers, combining multiple low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks into a single managed platform. The service, called Sealink Multi‑LEO, integrates connectivity from Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb while allowing additional LEO networks to be incorporated as they become available. The company announced the launch on…
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L3Harris Selects Intuitive Machines’ Lanteris Unit for SDA Tranche 3 Satellites
L3Harris Technologies has selected spacecraft platform provider Lanteris Space Systems, a subsidiary of Intuitive Machines, to supply satellite buses for its work on the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 3 Tracking Layer program. Under a contract awarded in late 2025, L3Harris will build 18 satellites for the SDA’s missile-tracking constellation as part of the Proliferated…
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Vast and Sierra Space Post New Funding Rounds
Vast and Sierra Space, two U.S.-based developers of commercial space stations, announced major funding rounds on Thursday. Vast secured $300 million in Series A equity and $200 million in debt financing, while Sierra Space received $550 million in Series C equity financing. Vast’s financing round was led by Balerion Space Ventures, alongside IQT, the Qatar…
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Vast and Sierra Space Post New Funding Rounds
Vast and Sierra Space, two U.S.-based developers of commercial space stations, announced major funding rounds on Thursday. Vast secured $300 million in Series A equity and $200 million in debt financing, while Sierra Space received $550 million in Series C equity financing. Vast’s financing round was led by Balerion Space Ventures, alongside IQT, the Qatar…
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Spanish launch startup PLD Space raises $209 million to scale its rocket production
PLD Space’s manufacturing facilities show the flow of production for its Miura 5 rockets. Image: PLD Space Spanish startup launch company, PLD Space, raised €180 million ($209 million) in its latest funding round as it works towards the inaugural flight of its next rocket, Miura 5. The company was founded in 2011, becoming the first…
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Two Satellites in SES’s O3b mPOWER MEO Constellation Come Online
The ninth and tenth satellites in SES’s mPOWER connectivity constellation in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) are now operational, expanding the constellation’s capacity, the company announced on Thursday. O3b mPOWER provides connectivity services to the global market including governments, telcos, and cruise lines. Three additional satellites are scheduled to launch, completing the 13-satellite constellation, in the second…
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Two Satellites in SES’s O3b mPOWER MEO Constellation Come Online
The ninth and tenth satellites in SES’s mPOWER connectivity constellation in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) are now operational, expanding the constellation’s capacity, the company announced on Thursday. O3b mPOWER provides connectivity services to the global market including governments, telcos, and cruise lines. Three additional satellites are scheduled to launch, completing the 13-satellite constellation, in the second…
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Branson Talks Virgin Galactic Return to Flight and Government Backing at Space-Comm Europe
LONDON — Virgin Galactic expects to start flying the next generation of its suborbital spaceship, the Delta Class, by the end of the year, Sir Richard Branson said this week during Space-Comm Europe in London. Virgin Galactic’s most recent suborbital human spaceflight mission was in June 2024, the last flight of its VSS Unity spaceplane. Branson,…
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Branson Talks Virgin Galactic Return to Flight and Government Backing at Space-Comm Europe
LONDON — Virgin Galactic expects to start flying the next generation of its suborbital spaceship, the Delta Class, by the end of the year, Sir Richard Branson said this week during Space-Comm Europe in London. Virgin Galactic’s most recent suborbital human spaceflight mission was in June 2024, the last flight of its VSS Unity spaceplane. Branson,…