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Ukraine Expands SAR Collaboration With Iceye
Finnish satellite imagery provider Iceye has expanded its work with a customer in the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to ensure Ukraine’s armed forces continue to receive a high volume of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. The agreement announced Jan. 19 provides the customer within Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence with expanded access to Iceye’s SAR…
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The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida—Preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon in more than 50 years took a big step forward this weekend with the rollout of the Artemis II rocket to its launch pad. The rocket reached a top speed of just 1 mph on the four-mile, 12-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly…
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Competing in All Fields: Technologies for Multi-Orbit Architectures
Fueled by strategic direction and an impending near-peer conflict, the Pentagon is creating resilient transport diversity across multiple constellations. Projects like the Army’s Multi-Orbit Modem, the Space Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office’s contracts for multi-orbit, multi-band satellite capabilities, and SES’s Secure Integrated Multi-Orbit Networking (SIMON) are investing in multi-orbit diversification. Similarly, commercial sectors — like…
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Gilmour Space Raises US$145 million to Expand Australia’s Domestic Space Capability
Gilmour Space Technologies has secured A$217 million (US$145 million) in private equity funding to support the next phase of growth in Australia’s domestic space industry, as the company advances plans to deliver sovereign launch and satellite capabilities. The Series E round was jointly led by the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation and Hostplus, with participation from…
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Florida Starship progress with launch sites at KSC and Cape
Although there has been a pause in launch operations as SpaceX transitions Starship to the Block 3 variant, the company continues to lay the foundations for a rapid launch cadence of its monster rocket out of Starbase and on the East Coast. Florida will see Starship launch out of LC-39A and SLC-37, with the former…
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ThrustMe Expands Flight-Proven In-Orbit Propulsion Systems for Small Satellites
ThrustMe, a French supplier of electric propulsion systems for small satellites, is highlighting the portfolio of in-orbit propulsion solutions designed to enable maneuverability, orbit control and end-of-life compliance for modern spacecraft. The company’s propulsion systems are already deployed on operational missions and address the growing demand for compact, efficient and flight-qualified propulsion technologies suited to…
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Evaluating Satellite Imagery Providers: What Enterprise Leaders Need to Know
Satellite imagery has moved far beyond the realm of government agencies and specialized scientific groups. Today, it’s a critical asset for enterprises across agriculture, insurance, energy, and logistics. If you need to monitor crop yields in Brazil, assess flood risk in Florida, or track shipping containers in Singapore, views from orbit provide the ground truth…
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ThinkOrbital Announces Seed Round Led by TFX Capital
ThinkOrbital, a company pioneering the next generation of space superiority and in-space infrastructure, announced the successful close of its Seed Round, led by TFX Capital. “This funding enables us to move faster on capabilities that will define how we defend and operate in orbit, whether that’s inspecting spacecraft with Space-to-Space X-ray to determine their capabilities…
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Sypris Wins Expanded Follow-On Contract for US Deep Space Program
Sypris Electronics announced that it has received an expanded follow-on award from a leading U.S. aerospace and defence contractor to produce and test circuit card assemblies for use in Orion spacecraft supporting the missions of NASA’s Artemis program. Production is scheduled to begin in 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Orion spacecraft is designed…