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Voyager Technologies Secures ISS Payload Contract with Space LiinTech to Advance Microgravity Drug Discovery
Voyager Technologies announced a new contract with Space LiinTech to manifest a new payload to the International Space Station, advancing microgravity-enabled drug discovery. “The most important breakthroughs in space-enabled medicine will come from consistent, high-fidelity access to orbit,” said Matt Magaña, president, Space, Defense & National Security at Voyager. “Microgravity changes crystallization, growth dynamics, and material properties…
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Thales Alenia Space Secures CNES-DGA Contract for DESIR Mission’s Payload and Ground Segment
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has been awarded a contract by the French Space Agency (CNES), in partnership with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA), for the DESIR program (Démonstrateur des Éléments Souverains d’Imagerie Radar*). The contract covers the development and realisation of the radar…
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AST SpaceMobile Announces BlueBird 7 Orbital Launch and Advancing D2D Cellular Connectivity
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones for commercial and government use, announced the launch timing for its BlueBird 7 mission. The launch is scheduled for late February from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch…
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Frontgrade Technologies Awarded MDA SHIELD IDIQ Contract Supporting Golden Dome Missile Defense Initiative
Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of high-reliability electronic solutions for space, aerospace, and defense missions, is proud to announce its award under the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The SHIELD program is part of the Golden Dome for America initiative to enhance homeland missile…
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Aalyria Selected by US Air Force Research Laboratory for SDNX Program
Aalyria, a leader in advanced network orchestration, has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Rapid Architecture Prototyping and Integration Development (RAPID) program to advance software solutions for managing complex military space communications networks. Under the Space Data Network Experimentation (SDNX) program – awarded through AFRL’s Space Technology Advanced Research Fast-tracking Innovative Software…
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Teledyne’s Detectors Launched Aboard NASA’s BlackCAT CubeSat Mission
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, a leading provider of advanced imaging solutions, is proud to announce that the Space Imaging division has successfully deployed the cutting-edge Speedster HyViSI (Hybrid Visible Silicon Imager) Focal Plane Arrays (FPAs) aboard NASA’s BlackCAT CubeSat Mission. The mission launched on January 11, 2026, aboard SpaceX’s “Twilight” rideshare mission. The BlackCAT mission, led…
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PowerBank Corporation Unveils Real-Time Satellite Tracking Dashboard
PowerBank Corporation, a North American renewable energy company focused on solar energy infrastructure, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and advanced data centre solutions, emphasised the role of Orbit AI’s publicly accessible real-time satellite tracking dashboard as a reference point for monitoring the on-orbit status and uptime of Orbit AI’s Genesis-1 satellite. Genesis-1 operates using space…
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Orbex’s Danish Unit to File for Bankruptcy as Operations Wind Down
Orbex’s Danish subsidiary, Orbital Express Launch ApS, is set to file for bankruptcy after closing its facilities on Jan. 20, resulting in the loss of around 90 jobs, according to people familiar with the matter. UK-based small-launch developer Orbex established the Danish business in October 2016. Based in Copenhagen, Orbital Express Launch ApS supported group-wide…
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TerraWave enters the scene with lasers and game-changing data speeds
Blue Origin has unveiled TeraWave, an ambitious satellite communications network poised to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 terabits per second (Tbps). This capability dwarfs current consumer satellite broadband offerings and positions TeraWave as a high-performance backbone for enterprise, government, and data center users rather than a direct rival to mass-market services. The…
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Telesat Calls Creditor Lawsuits ‘Without Merit’
Telesat confirmed reports that certain creditors have filed lawsuits against the company, calling the lawsuits “without merit” in a statement on Jan. 21. The Canadian operator confirmed that creditors holding portions of the company’s Geostationary Orbit (GEO) debut filed lawsuits in New York and Ontario about an equity distribution that took place in September 2025. …