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SatVu to Work With 5 Partners on NGA’s Luno A & B Programs
SatVu will support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) Luno A & B programs by partnering with five other companies to provide its thermal imagery. SatVu, based in the United Kingdom, collects high-resolution thermal imaging from space. The company said June 19 it will provide and integrate its state-of-the-art thermal imagery with the other imaging capabilities…
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SpaceX Launches Transporter-14 Rideshare Mission With 70 Payloads
SpaceX launched the Transporter-14 rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, carrying 70 payloads for a number of smallsat customers. This comes a few days after the company’s Starship rocket, which is in development, exploded on a test stand at Starbase in Texas late Wednesday. SpaceX said the Starship vehicle was in the process…
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Orion Space Prepares for Historic VLEO DARPA Ouija Mission Launch
Orion Space Solutions announced the successful completion of a test readiness review (TRR) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Ouija program very low Earth orbit (VLEO) mission, slated for launch in late summer 2025. The Ouija program, initiated in 2022, will mark a significant milestone in space exploration and data collection. The Ouija…
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Exotrail to Launch GEO Mission in 2028 with CNES Support Under France 2030
Exotrail is strengthening its spacevan manifest with a new mission to geostationary orbit scheduled for early 2028, commissioned by CNES as part of the France 2030 plan. This program, supported by the French space agency, CNES, aims to develop a perennial European capacity for the orbital deployment of small satellites from geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)…
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Vi and AST SpaceMobile Partner to Deliver Satellite-Powered Connectivity Solutions
Vi (Vodafone Idea), India’s leading telecom service provider, and AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, announced a strategic partnership to expand mobile connectivity across India’s unconnected regions. AST SpaceMobile made history by placing the first ever…
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NASA and German Aerospace Center to Expand Artemis Collaboration
NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro signed an agreement with DLR (German Aerospace Center, or Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) to continue a partnership in space medicine research while attending the Paris Air Show on June 16. This renewed collaboration builds on previous radiation mitigation efforts for human spaceflight. As NASA advances the Trump-Vance Administration’s goals for exploration on the…
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Astrobotic Technology: Pioneering Lunar Exploration with Advanced Robotics
Astrobotic Technology, founded in 2007, has established itself as a pioneer in space robotics, specializing in lunar and planetary missions. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company was founded by Carnegie Mellon professor Red Whittaker with the vision of making space exploration more accessible and commercially viable. Astrobotic has become a key player in NASA’s Commercial…
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Next Starship explodes on test stand
Starship Ship 36 explodes at SpaceX’s Massey test flight on June 18, 2025. Image: LabPadre Space. Update June 19, 10:51 p.m. EDT: Adding statements from SpaceX and Elon Musk. SpaceX’s next Starship vehicle was destroyed in a catastrophic explosion shortly after 11 p.m. CT (0400 UTC) Wednesday as it was being readied for a static…
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