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Apex Raises Another $200M to Expand Satellite Bus Production Capacity
Excited by strong customer demand, investors are pouring another $200 million into satellite bus developer and manufacturer Apex to enable the company to continue buttressing efforts to accelerate production and vertically integrate. The new funding round follows a $200 million Series C round four months ago that positioned Apex to be able to go from 12 spacecraft…
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NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?
NASA’s interim administrator, Sean Duffy, was fired up on Wednesday when he joined a teleconference to talk about new scientific findings that concerned the potential for life to have once existed on Mars. “This is exciting news,” said Duffy about an arrow-shaped rock on Mars found by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The rock contained chemical signatures…
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GSMA Outlines Spectrum Regulatory Guidance for D2D Services
GSMA, a group that represents the mobile ecosystem, has released a policy paper for direct-to-device services, recommending priorities for policymakers enacting D2D regulatory frameworks. GSMA has had a spectrum task force since last year bringing together more than 50 mobile and satellite operators, which informed the guidance for D2D regulations. There are two spectrum approaches…
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Rocket Report: Russia’s rocket engine predicament; 300th launch to the ISS
Welcome to Edition 8.10 of the Rocket Report! Dear readers, if everything goes according to plan, four astronauts are less than six months away from traveling around the far side of the Moon and breaking free of low-Earth orbit for the first time in more than 53 years. Yes, there are good reasons to question…
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NATO Adopts Front Door Approach to Engage With Space Startups
NATO is looking to make it easier for space startups in NATO nations to get their tech deployed in the field. James Appathurai, interim managing director of NATO DIANA, said at DSEI in London this week that NATO is trying to dramatically simplify engagement for startups with a new ‘front door’ for commercial space companies.…
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Intellian Debuts Manpack Terminal for Eutelsat’s OneWeb Network
Intellian Technologies and Eutelsat have developed an ultra-portable military-grade manpack terminal for Eutelsat’s OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network. This expands the portfolio of OneWeb user terminals. Intellian said the terminal will be a cornerstone of its government sector growth strategy for the global military antenna market. It aims to address the need for next-generation LEO capabilities…
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Department of the Air Force, FAA clear SpaceX to launch up to 120 Falcon 9 rockets annually from Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Crew Dragon atop a Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) for the first time on the Crew-9 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now The Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of the Air Force gave the green light for SpaceX to more than double its launch cadence from its…
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Aechelon Technology Launches Project Orbion to Build Live Earth Digital Twin in Synthetic Reality
Aechelon Technology, a global defense leader in geospatial simulation technology and human/machine AI training systems, announced ‘Project Orbion’ together with its partners. Project Orbion is a groundbreaking new initiative that will integrate best-of-class technology solutions to create a live Digital Twin of the Earth. All of this is complete with accurate physics, real-time weather, and more…
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Flight 11 closing in as Booster 15 completes testing, Pad 1 awaits Ship 38
With Booster 15-2’s static fire out of the way and crews setting up Pad 1(A) to static fire Ship 38, the Starship program stands near the end of an era, with this being the last launch from Pad 1(A) and the final Block 2 to fly. There is also confirmation on the flight plans for…
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Optical Ground Station Startup Cailabs Raises 57M Euro, With EIB Backing
French photonics technology startup Cailabs has raised 57 million euro ($67 million), led by financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to scale up production of its optical ground stations. The round of structured financing announced Friday combines a 37 million euro financing from the EIB and a 20 million euros in investment from. Two…