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Rocket Lab Completes Acquisition of Geost to Expand National Security Capabilities
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed the acquisition of the parent holding company of Geost, LLC, a leading developer of electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems for national security space missions, from Lightridge Solutions, a portfolio company of ATL Partners. The acquisition, first announced on…
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Anywaves Goes from International to Multinational with the Launch of Anywaves US
Anywaves, a provider of space antennas, is moving forward with its global growth by launching Anywaves US, making its transition from an international to a truly multinational organization. To lead this new phase, Nicolas Hine has been appointed General Manager of the American entity. Backed by its two Excellence Supplier Awards from Maxar in 2023…
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AI and a New Era of Geospatial Intelligence with Esri’s Beau Legeer
In this week’s episode, On Orbit interviews Beau Legeer, director of Imagery and Remote Sensing at Esri. While Esri doesn’t operate its own satellites, the company integrates commercial satellite data into its ArcGIS software offering, working to make satellite imagery accessible and user friendly for its customers. Beau talks about how the barrier to entry…
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Video Interview from the Small Satellite Conference: A Conversation With Xiphos
Via Satellite Executive Editor Jeffrey Hill interviews Elizabeth Mathew, who serves as Xiphos Senior Director of Business Development, at the Small Satellite Conference in Utah. Xiphos is a Canadian company based out of Montreal owned by Epiq Solutions that offers payload processing solutions and bus processing solutions. Mathew talks about the just-released Q9 Versal AI-based…
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Launch preview: ULA to launch first national security mission on a Vulcan rocket
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launch of the USSF-106 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now More than four months after it was certified to fly national security payloads for the United States government, United Launch Alliance is on the cusp…
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B1091 “A Heavy Core in Falcon 9 Clothing”
SpaceX’s recent launch involved another successful landing of its Falcon 9 booster, but this time marked a Falcon Heavy center core booster launching and landing as a single-stick Falcon 9 rocket. The booster, designated B1091, powered the KF-02 mission, deploying 24 satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation into low Earth orbit. This event marks…
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Why does Jeff Bezos keep buying launches from Elon Musk?
Early Monday morning, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its original launch site in Florida. Remarkably, it was SpaceX’s 100th launch of the year. Perhaps even more notable was the rocket’s payload: two-dozen Project Kuiper satellites, which were dispensed into low-Earth orbit on target. This was SpaceX’s second launch of satellites for Amazon, which…
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India’s IN-SPACe Selects Pixxel to Lead National EO Constellation Project
India is investing in a national Earth Observation (EO) constellation, selecting Pixxel to lead a consortium of companies under a public-private partnership framework. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) announced the initiative on Tuesday, led by Pixxel with the consortium including Piersight Space, Satsure Analytics India, and Dhruva Space. The consortium has…
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French Space Command Orders Micro GEO Surveillance Satellite from Infinite Orbits
Infinite Orbits and the French Ministry of Defence have signed a framework agreement for a micro surveillance satellite in Geostationary Orbit (GEO) for French Space Command. The Orbit Guard satellite announced Tuesday has a planned launch date of 2027. The mission has been named Paladin, from the line of Orbit Guard servicing satellites — micro satellites…
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Arianespace Launches European Weather Satellite in Ariane 6 Mission
Arianespace launched the second commercial Ariane 6 mission on Tuesday evening, launching EUMETSAT‘s Metop-SGA1 satellite. The Ariane 6 rocket took off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 9:37 p.m. local time (8:37 p.m. EDT). This was the second commercial mission for the Ariane 6 rocket. The first commercial mission was in March of…