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Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile European Joint Venture ‘SatCo’ Plans D2D Offering in 2026
Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile plan to offer satellite direct-to-device services to mobile network operators in Europe starting in 2026 under a new joint venture between the companies called SatCo. The partners announced plans for SatCo in March, but released more details on Monday, that the joint venture will be established in Luxembourg. SatCo will exclusively…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX completes east coast doubleheader, Russia to resupply ISS
With the month of June coming to a close and July on the horizon, the global launch manifest remains jam-packed. SpaceX has kicked off the week with two Falcon 9 launches from Florida, with a Starlink mission and the launch of a geostationary weather satellite. This doubleheader will be followed by a Chinese launch from…
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The second launch of New Glenn will aim for Mars
Blue Origin is making steady progress toward the second launch of its New Glenn rocket, which could occur sometime this fall. The company already ignited the second stage of this rocket, in a pre-launch test, in April. And two sources say the first stage for this launch is in the final stages of preparation at…
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Space Force Awards SpaceX $81M Task Order for USSF-178
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Friday that it has awarded SpaceX a nearly $82 million contract to launch the USSF-178 mission under a National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3, Lane 1 task order. With its Falcon 9 rockets, SpaceX has become Space Force’s go-to provider of launches. The USSF-178 “multi-manifest…
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The Roadmap to the Satellite-Connected Car with BMW Group and 5GAA
BMW Group experts and 5GAA members Olaf Eckart, above, and Georg Schmitt, below. While the satellite connected car has long been seen as a future market for the satellite industry, it hasn’t broken through into the mainstream yet. But recent developments in standards and technology are bringing this closer to reality. This week’s episode features…
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Skynopy Secures 15 Million Euros in Funding for Ground Network Service
Skynopy, a French startup, has raised another 15 million euros ($17.57 million) in funding, just over 18 months since the company was created. This investment supports the Skynopy’s ambition to deploy a global network of high-throughput ground stations (S-, X-, and Ka-bands), with the aim of enabling real-time satellite data downlink services for Earth Observation…
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Blue Canyon Technologies Launches CubeSat for NASA’s Arcstone Mission
Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX’s small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, announced the successful launch of a CubeSat in support of Arcstone, a NASA mission to measure lunar spectral reflectance, or the way sunlight is reflected from the Moon’s surface at different wavelengths of light. The Arcstone mission will use the data it collects to…
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Arianespace to Launch CO3D and MicroCarb Satellites on July 25
Arianespace is to launch Airbus Defence and Space‘s CO3D satellites, On Friday, July 25th, 2025, at 11:03 p.m. local time, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite. This mission, called “VV27”, will be performed using an Arianespace-operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The main passengers, the four satellites composing the CO3D…
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SSC and Firefly Advance Toward First Orbital Launch from Esrange After Sweden-U.S TSA Agreement
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Firefly Aerospace are moving closer to a historic first satellite launch from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, following a Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) that was signed between Sweden and the United States on June 20. The bilateral agreement, signed at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C., provides the…
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Maxar Intelligence Secures NGA Deal for AI-Based Geospatial Monitoring
Maxar Intelligence, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, announced that it was awarded Delivery Order 01 under the Luno A program by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This award is focused on delivering commercial analytic services, specifically automated AI/ML-generated object detections over many specified locations at once. Maxar is primarily identifying various classes…