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Spire Global Secures $1.2 Million NASA Contract Renewal to Advance Earth Observation Data
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, was awarded a $1.2 million, two-month task order extension modification from NASA to continue participation in its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. The award is an extension to a $6.7 million, 12-month task order awarded in August 2024. Under the task order,…
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Sierra Space Awarded Contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is building a platform in space to benefit and protect life on Earth, announced it has been awarded a contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to deliver key components for spacecraft docking on the International Space Station (ISS). This includes a Passive Common Berthing…
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BlackSky Secures Multimillion-Dollar Deal for Imagery and Analytics Services
BlackSky Technology won a competitive, multimillion-dollar contract with a new international customer that combines immediate Gen-3 and Gen-2 subscription-based imagery and analytics services and follow-on ground segment modernization services. “This contract illustrates how BlackSky’s reliable, fully integrated real-time, commercial space-based intelligence services can be used as an important tool for modern defense and intelligence organizations engaged…
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IonQ Acquires Capella Space to Advance Quantum-Secure Space Communications
IonQ, a leading commercial quantum computing and networking company, announced the completion of its acquisition of Capella Space Corporation, an American space tech company with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and satellite solutions for government and commercial applications. The closing marks a significant step in IonQ’s mission to develop the world’s first space-to-space and space-to-ground satellite…
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Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests Propulsion System for Exoplanet Ascent
Northrop Grumman has achieved a significant milestone in space exploration technology with the successful testing of an advanced second-stage motor for ascent propulsion from another planet. This crucial test ensures that when the first rocket launches from another planet, such as Mars, it will have the capability to launch samples from the planet’s surface into…
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‘Not that into peace doves’: The Apollo-Soyuz patch NASA rejected
Fifty years ago, on July 15, 1975, three NASA astronauts and two Russian cosmonauts lifted off to meet up in orbit for the first time. Representing the joint Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP, or Soyuz-Apollo in the Soviet Union), both crews wore a cloth patch that featured the artwork of an accomplished space artist. The design…
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SpaceX launches first of three missions for Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying 24 satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet constellation. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update July 16, 2:53 a.m. EDT: The Falcon 9 booster landed on the droneship. Amazon now has the third launch of its Project Kuiper…
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European Investment Bank Finances Space and Defense Investment from Spain’s Indra Group
Spain’s Indra Group has signed a new financing agreement with the European Investment Bank worth 385 million euros ($447 million) to invest in the defense and space sector. The loan announced July 15 is aimed at investments in radar, electronic defense, electro-optics, command and control communications, and advanced digitalization. Notably, this is the largest EIB’s…
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Canadian Telco Rogers Launches Satellite Messaging Trial With Starlink
One of the biggest telcos/wireless operators in Canada is bringing satellite messaging to market. Rogers is launching Rogers Satellite, a new satellite-to-mobile text messaging service, enabled by SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, the company announced July 15. Interestingly, Rogers did not name SpaceX as the partner, but Vice President of Starlink Engineering Michael Nicolls confirmed on X…