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ThinKom Secures SpaceWERX Contract for Containerized Ground Stations
ThinKom announced it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II (D2P2) SBIR contract in the amount of $1.9 million to provide a containerized, transportable phased array ground entry point (GEP) to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and SpaceWERX, the innovation…
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Aalyria Joins Airbus Demonstration to Advance Space-Based 5G Connectivity
Aalyria has been selected to take part in the new Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN (Space Radio Access Network) demonstrator, whose mission is to test standardized global 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity. It will combine Airbus’s software-defined satellite platform with Aalyria’s intelligent network orchestration and optimization capabilities to showcase advanced 5G communications from space. The Airbus UpNext…
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China’s Long March-8A rocket launches new satellite group
China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket on Tuesday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new group of internet satellites into space. The rocket lifted off at 11:25 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 18th group of low-orbit internet satellites, into preset…
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Rogue Space Systems Expands Space Services Portfolio for Proximity Operations and On-Orbit Mission
Rogue Space Systems, a US-based space company focused on on-orbit operations and proximity-based space services, highlights the portfolio of space services designed to support satellite operators, government agencies and institutional customers operating in increasingly congested orbital environments. Rogue Space Systems delivers mission-focused spacecraft and operational services that address practical needs in space domain awareness, satellite…
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NASA’s Pandora Mission Receives Full Acquisition of Signal
NASA’s Pandora satellite mission controllers received full acquisition of signal from the spacecraft on Jan. 11 on the first ground pass after liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Pandora will study planets outside our solar system – called exoplanets, discovered by other missions to gain information about…
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Key Senate staffer is “begging” NASA to get on with commercial space stations
In remarks this week to a Texas space organization, a key Senate staff member said an “extension” of the International Space Station is on the table and that NASA needs to accelerate a program to replace the aging station with commercial alternatives. Maddy Davis, a space policy staff member for US Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas,…
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Crew 11 safely splashes down after shortened mission
(Left to Right) Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya You inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour shortly after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls. Four space station crewmates undocked and…
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Sodern Execs Detail Expansion to Establish Star Tracker Manufacturing in US
Sodern is expanding to the U.S., adding manufacturing for its star trackers in Colorado. The French company announced the establishment of Sodern America on Jan. 14, hiring longtime space executive Tiphaine Louradour as CEO of the subsidiary. Louradour and Sodern CEO Vincent Dedieu told Via Satellite the goal of the expansion is to better meet…
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Space Force Awards Slingshot Aerospace $27M to Integrate AI Agent into Scenario Training
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Slingshot Aerospace a $27 million contract to integrate its Talos AI agent into Space Force scenario training. Slingshot Aerospace debuted Talos in July last year. Its name Talos stands for Talos Thinking Agent for Logical Operations and Strategy and it is designed to imitate satellite behavior for training and…
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Lynk Global Tests D2D in Philippines With Smart Communications
Lynk Global has tested its direct-to-device satellite service on the island of Catanduanes in the Philippines, working with partner Smart Communications. Smart’s Network Strategy and Architecture team conducted the tests with Lynk’s technical team, successfully sending text messages between a phone in Catanduanes and a phone in Manila, as well as two phones located within…