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Aalyria Reports Milestones With Tightbeam Laser Communications
Aalyria reported two technical milestones with its atmospheric laser communications technology, Tightbeam. Aalyria reported demonstrating a 65-kilometer atmospheric optical link delivering sustained 100 Gbps speeds through real-world atmospheric conditions. The company said this marks a speed and distance combination that has never been sustained before in atmospheric conditions, comparing it to streaming 4,000 4k videos…
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Arabsat Names Dr. Badr Alsuwaidan as President and CEO
Arabsat has new leadership, appointing Dr. Badr Alsuwaidan as president and CEO. Alsuwaidan has more than 25 years of experience in the space industry and has served as Arabsat’s senior vice president and CTO since 2020. Alsuwaidan is credited with elevating Arabsat’s capabilities and its position in the satellite communications sector. He previously served as…
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Arabsat Names Dr. Badr Alsuwaidan as President and CEO
Arabsat has new leadership, appointing Dr. Badr Alsuwaidan as president and CEO. Alsuwaidan has more than 25 years of experience in the space industry and has served as Arabsat’s senior vice president and CTO since 2020. Alsuwaidan is credited with elevating Arabsat’s capabilities and its position in the satellite communications sector. He previously served as…
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ULA launches Vulcan rocket on first Space Force mission
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket roared off the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 to begin the USSF-106 mission for the U.S. Space Force. This was the first national security launch using a Vulcan rocket and the 101st national security mission for ULA. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now United Launch Alliance fired off it’s first fully…
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SatSure, Pixxel, PierSight & Dhruva Space Teams up to Build India’s Earth Observation Constellation
In a historic move for the country, a private Indian consortium will deliver the nation’s first Earth Observation Satellite System (EOSS), a 12-satellite network to be developed over the next four to five years with an investment of more than 1,200 crores. The consortium of SatSure, Pixxel Space, PierSight, and Dhruva Space has been awarded…
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Blue Origin to Support NASA’s Mars Mission in 2028
Blue Origin designs and manufactures heavy-lift rockets, transporters, landers, and orbiters to explore the Red Planet efficiently and affordably. Built upon their existing and affordable Blue Ring platform, their Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO) is ready to support NASA’s Mars mission in 2028. MTO is designed to establish a high-speed communications relay network for continuous coverage…
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Infinite Orbit Selects Dawn Aerospace’s Propulsion Drive System for its Guard 3 Mission
Dawn Aerospace announces its selection by Infinite Orbits to develop a SatDrive propulsion system for their upcoming Orbit Guard #3 mission. Orbit Guard servicers developed by Infinite Orbits are geostationary surveillance microsatellites. Equipped with the rendezvous solution patented by Infinite Orbits, these agile satellites are capable of performing space-based SSA, such as proximity inspection of…
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ICEYE Launches Scan Wide Mode to Boost its SAR Imaging Capabilities
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, announces the launch of its newest imaging mode, Scan Wide. This latest addition to ICEYE’s suite of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imaging products offers customers the largest scene size available in its portfolio to date: with Scan Wide, customers can now image an area…
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Arianespace’s Ariane 6 Successfully Deploys EUMETSAT’s MetOp-SG A1 Satellite
Arianespace successfully launched EUMETSAT’s MetOp-SG A1 satellite aboard the Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport. This VA264 mission marked Ariane 6’s second commercial flight and its third launch overall. The satellite was placed into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 800 km, with spacecraft separation occurring 1 hour and 4 minutes after liftoff. Shortly…
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KP Labs and Simera Partner to Deliver Integrated AI-Powered Optical Payloads
KP Labs and Simera Sense have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the 39th Annual Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The agreement formalises a growing collaboration between the two companies, whose complementary technologies, optical payloads and onboard data processing can support upcoming Earth observation and planetary exploration missions. The MoU aims…