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BlackSky Secures NGA Contract to Advance AI-Powered Change Detection Capabilities
BlackSky Technology Inc. secures another National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Luno A delivery order for automated general change detection. This foundational space-based analytics award leverages BlackSky’s proprietary computer vision and other AI capabilities to identify areas of change caused by human activity. “This Luno A award underscores the maturity and quality of BlackSky’s in-house AI capabilities…
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China expands space internet satellite network
A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Sept 16, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China launched several experimental satellites into space on Tuesday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and…
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Anduril and Impulse Partners to Conduct RPO Mission Demonstration in GEO
Anduril and Impulse Space are partnering to conduct a high-precision Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) mission in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO), targeted for 2026. Together, Anduril and Impulse are deepening their collaboration through the combination of core technologies to advance critical space-based capabilities for the United States and its allies. As the space domain becomes increasingly…
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Es’hailSat Partners with neXat to Enhance Satellite Managed Services in Middle East and Africa
Qatari satellite operator Es’hailSat – Qatar Satellite Company has announced a strategic partnership with neXat, creators of the first satellite-specific open OSS/BSS platform, which will improve the way managed services are accessed and delivered across the Middle East and Africa. Es’hailSat will use the award-winning neXat platform to make it easier for its channel partners…
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SES and K2 Space Partners to Drive Next-Generation MEO Network Development
SES, a leading space solutions company, and K2 Space, an innovative new space technology firm, announced a strategic collaboration to advance the development of SES’s future medium Earth orbit (MEO) network. The collaboration combines SES’s decades of experience operating global multi-orbit networks, including its O3b mPOWER MEO network, with K2 Space’s agile engineering capabilities to…
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from California following back-to-back weather scrubs
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-12 mission on Sept. 19, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Sept. 19, 3 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed deployment of the satellites. Update Sept. 18, 12:09 p.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the mission and is targeting launch…
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Deutsche Telekom Partners with Iridium to Launch Integrated Satellite, Terrestrial 5G NTN Service
Iridium Communications and Deutsche Telekom are teaming up to deliver global Iridium NTN Direct connectivity service under the terms of a partnership agreement the companies announced September 16. The partnership will see Deutsche Telekom gain roaming access to Iridium’s upcoming 3GPP standards-based 5G service, which includes NB-IoT direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity from pole to pole. The…
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Moving Toward a Realistic Appraisal of China’s Potential in Space
A realistic appraisal of China’s potential in space requires us to suspend the natural but distortive habit of projecting our own views onto another. This is one of the great risks of intelligence. As Americans, we tend to think of space as an orderly, professional domain where science and government come together for the achievement…
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WSBW Video Interview with Comtech’s Daniel Gizinski
Via Satellite Managing Editor Rachel Jewett interviews Daniel Gizinski, president of Comtech’s Satellite and Space Communications segment, during World Space Business Week. Comtech recently received Government Terminal Certification to operate on SES’s O3b mPOWER constellation, and Gizinski talked about what this certification means for Comtech’s government customers. Gizinski also gives an update on the Digital…
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Northrop Grumman’s new spacecraft is a real chonker
What happens when you use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship? A record-setting resupply mission to the International Space Station. The first flight of Northrop’s upgraded Cygnus spacecraft, called Cygnus XL, is on its way to the international research lab after launching Sunday evening from Cape Canaveral Space Force…