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Maxar Secures $205 Million in Strategic Contracts to Advance Sovereign Capabilities in Middle East and Africa
Maxar Intelligence, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, announced three new multi-year strategic contracts totaling $204.7 million that will help accelerate sovereign defense and intelligence capabilities and space leadership across the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The contracts, which expand on Maxar’s two decades-long leadership in the region, are built around Maxar’s Direct…
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Int’l Deep Space Exploration Association launched in China
The International Deep Space Exploration Association (IDSEA), an international academic organization dedicated to deep space exploration, was officially launched on Monday in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province. The move marks a key step in global collaboration to advance space technology and build a community with a shared future for humanity in outer space.…
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UK’s SatVu Secures ESA Contract to Power Climate and Security Intelligence
SatVu, the UK-based leader in high-resolution thermal imaging, has been awarded a contract worth up to €3 million by the European Space Agency (ESA) to supply advanced thermal data to the Copernicus Contributing Mission (CCM) programme. Spanning a three-year period, the agreement marks the first Category 1 CCM contract for a UK company and was…
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Serenum Space Advances CubeSat Innovation with Advanced Satellite Systems
Serenum Space, a Czech-based CubeSat subsystem manufacturer and service provider, is setting new benchmarks in the small satellite sector through a suite of advanced space technologies and customizable nanosatellite platforms. As a commercially oriented subsidiary of the Czech Aerospace Research Center, Serenum brings decades of aerospace expertise into modern, affordable, and flight-proven solutions for CubeSat…
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SDA Names Dr. Gurpartap Sandhoo as New Deputy Director
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has named Dr. Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo as the new deputy director, with the departure of Deputy Director Ryan Frigm. SDA announced Sandhoo’s appointment on July 8. He will support SDA Director Derek Tournear in managing the organization and executing the development, fielding, and operation of the SDA’s constellation, the Proliferated…
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Maxar Nabs $205M in International Contracts for Defense and Intel Capabilities
Maxar Intelligence on Tuesday said it received $204.7 million in new multi-year contracts from three existing customers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region to boost sovereign defense and intelligence capabilities for the undisclosed customers. The awards exemplify the demand the company is seeing from customers in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and MEA regions for “guaranteed…
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Indian Companies Target Quantum-Secure Satellite in New Partnership
Space TS, an Indian space systems engineering and satellite solutions company, and Synergy Quantum, a company specializing in military-grade post-quantum cybersecurity, have agreed to jointly develop what could be India’s first indigenous quantum-secure satellite and space-based technologies. The two companies announced the MoU, July 8. The aim of this partnership is to build a sovereign, quantum-resilient space infrastructure…
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Top Space Industry Organizations Petition Congress Over Planned Cuts to Space Traffic Management System
Top space industry organizations are urging Congress to fund the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and its space traffic coordination system after NOAA’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 details steep cuts to its funding. A group of space industry organizations representing more than 450 space, satellite, and defense companies sent a letter to House…
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ULA set to ramp up Vulcan launches and national security missions with USSF-106
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is starting launch processing for its long-awaited national security launch debut after investigating an issue that affected Vulcan’s second mission — a mission required for certification to fly national security missions. ULA will also start flying other Vulcan configurations than the VC2S, which includes two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) and a…
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Measat Receives Authorization for Satellite Services in India
Malaysian satellite operator Measat has received authorization to provide satellite services in India through NewSpace India Limited as a local partner. Measat announced July 8 that it secured authorization from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) to offer satellite services in India through NSIL, which is India’s government-owned satellite owner and operator. …