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Lego announces NASA Artemis SLS rocket set to lift off (literally) in 2026
How do you top a highly detailed scale model of NASA’s new moon-bound rocket and its support tower? If you’re Lego, you make it so it can actually lift off. Lego’s NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket, part of its Technic line of advanced building sets, will land on store shelves for $60 on January…
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NASA nominee appears before Congress, defends plans to revamp space agency
Private astronaut Jared Isaacman returned to Congress on Wednesday for a second confirmation hearing to become NASA administrator before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in Washington, DC. There appeared to be no showstoppers during the hearing, in which Isaacman reiterated his commitment to the space agency’s Artemis Program and defended his…
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Al Jazeera and Es’hailSat Signs MoU for Strengthening Satellite Communication
Al Jazeera Media Network and Es’hailSat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening cooperation in satellite communication services, ground station infrastructure, and crisis and disaster management systems, to ensure the continuity of services and the enhancement of operations. Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Obaidli, Deputy Director General of Al Jazeera Media Network, said, “This memorandum represents…
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High-Precision Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes for Spacecraft Attitude Control and Navigation
Exail, headquartered in La Défense, Paris (France) with manufacturing and R&D centers in Brest and Lannion, develops advanced inertial navigation systems and fiber-optic inertial sensors for aerospace, defense and commercial space operators. Within the satellite domain, Exail’s Astrix series of space-qualified fiber-optic gyroscopes (FOGs) has become a long-standing heritage product line, used across Earth-observation, telecommunications,…
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Shield AI and Sedaro Partners to Expand Autonomous Space Operations
Shield AI and Sedaro announced a strategic partnership to advance autonomous operations in orbit. The collaboration establishes Shield AI’s Hivemind Pilot as Sedaro’s preferred autonomy software for on-orbit demonstrations, extending the company’s proven edge autonomy from air and sea into space. Under the agreement, Shield AI will use the Sedaro Platform as its primary environment…
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Astrobotic Wins NASA SBIR Award to Develop Clavius-S Tracking Sensor for Cislunar Space
Astrobotic has received a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase I award to develop Clavius-S (Cis-Lunar Automated Vision-based Identification of Unknown Satellites), a visible-band imaging sensor that detects and tracks spacecraft in real time in low lunar orbit from the Moon. This modular sensor payload can be integrated into any lunar lander mission…
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Inmarsat Maritime Launches NexusWave Evolution with ViaSat-3 Network
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has unveiled the next phase in the evolution of its NexusWave bonded connectivity service, following the successful launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 satellite and in anticipation of the launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite. As the two ViaSat-3 satellites are scheduled to enter service in 2026, NexusWave customers…
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Connector Technology by Enduralock Delivers Reliable & Repeatable Spaceflight Connections
Enduralock, headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas (USA), develops mechanically locking fasteners and structural interfaces engineered for aerospace, defense and commercial applications. The company’s product suite centers on secure, vibration-resistant fastening mechanisms designed to maintain clamping force under extreme thermal, mechanical and dynamic loads. Within this portfolio, the Universal Connector represents one of Enduralock’s key contributions to…
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HawkEye 360 Chosen by NRO to Advance Tactical RF Data and Analytics
HawkEye 360, the global leader in commercially shareable signals intelligence data and analytics, announced the award of 23 months of dedicated funding from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO) to expand its ongoing work. Building on a relationship that began in January 2022, this expansion enables HawkEye 360 to deliver…
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Space Leasing International to Purchase 2 AscendArc GEO Sats
SLI, Space Leasing International has signed a letter of intent to purchase two Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites from AscendArc at a combined value of more than $200 million. On Wednesday, the companies announced a wider partnership in which all future AscendArc customers will have the option to lease their satellites from SLI, an aerospace asset…