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Intuitive Machines Acquires KinetX to Strengthen Deep Space Navigation Capabilities
Intuitive Machines, a leading space technology, infrastructure, and services company, has completed its previously announced acquisition of KinetX, Inc., which specializes in deep space navigation, systems engineering, and constellation mission design. The acquisition enhances Intuitive Machines’ ability to provide customers secure, reliable communications and precision navigation for lunar and interplanetary missions by combining its data…
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Tele2 First Swedish Operator to Launch Satellite IoT Connectivity with Skylo
Tele2, in partnership with Skylo, is launching a new Global Satellite IoT Connectivity service. The launch makes Tele2 the first Swedish operator to offer a commercial 3GPP-based direct-to-device satellite IoT solution. The service ensures IoT devices stay connected even when traditional mobile coverage is out of reach, providing reliable connectivity across remote and hard-to-reach areas. Through…
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Telesat Expands Partnership with Calian to Build Data Platform for the Telesat Lightspeed Network
Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators and Calian Group Ltd., a trusted provider of mission-critical solutions for defence, space, healthcare and other critical infrastructure sectors, announced an engagement to develop the operational data platform for the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) network. Calian will design, develop, integrate and deploy…
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Kymeta Multi-Orbit Terminal Selected for U.S. Army NGC2 Pilot
Kymeta has been selected as a multi-orbit satellite communications capability provider in the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) pilot with its Osprey u8 terminal. NGC2 is an Army command and control (C2) modernization effort to deliver a technology stack to commanders including transport, infrastructure, data, and applications. Kymeta’s u8 terminal provides multi-orbit…
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Digitization at the Edge With ETL Systems
The satellite industry is going through a digital transformation. In this episode of On Orbit, we’re joined by a group of experts representing RF manufacturing, and both parabolic and electronically scanned antennas for a look at digitization at the edge. Guests include Simon Swift, engineering director of ETL Systems; Dave Nicoll, strategic business director of…
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Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to space
Hans Koenigsmann is one of SpaceX’s earliest, longest-tenured, and most-revered employees. When Elon Musk started the company in 2002, he was joined by two other “founding” employees, Tom Mueller in propulsion and Chris Thompson in structures. Koenigsmann was the next hire, brought on to develop avionics for the Falcon 1 rocket. Koenigsmann remained at the…
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SpaceX launches 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites following days of weather delays
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars away from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Kuiper Falcon 03 mission. The mission adds another 24 Project Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit for Amazon. Image: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 13, 11:27 p.m. EDT (0327 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment…
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Swedish Telco Tele2 Teams up with Skylo on IoT Service
Tele2 is the latest telco to team up with a satellite player to launch a satellite-based IoT service. The Swedish telco is teaming up with Skylo to launch a new Global Satellite IoT Connectivity service. Tele2 said that this partnership makes the company the first Swedish operator to offer a commercial 3GPP-based direct-to-device satellite IoT…
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ICEYE Showcases Operational ISR Cell at NATO Tiger Meet 2025
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, is demonstrating the operational capabilities of its newly launched ISR Cell at the NATO Tiger Meet (NTM25) exercise in Beja, Portugal (22–30 September), in close coordination with the Centre of Space Operations from the Portuguese Air Force. The international exercise involves around 1,700 military…
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Solstar Space and Momentus Partner on Relay Communications and Logistics
Solstar Space and Momentus are partnering to combine the companies’ capabilities and jointly market in-space data relay/communications and in-space logistics. The companies are preparing to launch a Solstar communications payload on the upcoming Vigoride-7 mission, planned for SpaceX’s rideshare mission this coming February. It will demonstrate Solstar’s Deke Space Communicator in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) for…