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Mitsubishi Electric Invest in Solestial to Advance Space Solar Cell Production
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that its ME Innovation Fund has invested in Solestial, a US-based startup specializing in the development and production of solar cells for space applications using advanced silicon technology. This is the tenth investment that the fund has made to date. In recent years, the miniaturization and cost reduction of satellites have…
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AST SpaceMobile: Pioneering Direct-to-Cell Satellite Connectivity
AST SpaceMobile, Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Midland, Texas, is at the forefront of developing the first space-based cellular broadband network designed to connect directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices. The company’s mission is to eliminate connectivity gaps by providing seamless mobile broadband services globally. With strategic partnerships involving major telecommunications companies such as…
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to polar orbit from California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-1 mission on May 27, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update May 27, 2:09 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of the 24 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched Starlink satellites into a polar orbit for the first time…
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Ship 35 makes it past SECO, but Tumbles in Coast Phase
Starship Flight 9 had a lot riding on it heading into this flight, after back to back failures of Ship 33 and Ship 34 in the past two flights. After investigations SpaceX seemingly succeeded in solving these issues with Ship 35 making it past Second Stage Engine Cutoff (SECO), however another issue came up during…
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Dragonfly Aerospace and Unibap Partner to Advance Edge AI Imaging for Space Missions
Dragonfly Aerospace and Swedish edge-computing innovator Unibap Space Solutions have signed a strategic Compatibility Agreement that enables seamless integration between Dragonfly’s electro-optical imaging payloads — Gecko, Mantis, Chameleon (SWIR), Chameleon (Hyperspectral) and Caiman — and Unibap’s high-performance computer solutions, including the radiation-tolerant iX5 and iX10 edge-computers, the Ubuntu-based operating system Unibap SCOS, and hyperspectral pre-processing pipeline…
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Launch preview: SpaceX to launch its Starship-Super Heavy rocket on its 9th test flight
A SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy rocket stands stacked at Pad A at Starbase, Texas, ahead of the Starship Flight 9 mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is gearing up for a critical flight test for its Starship program. Launch teams are preparing to send the world’s largest rocket on its ninth test flight for the fully integrated vehicle…
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Mynaric: Connecting the World in Air and Space
Mynaric is a leading the industrial revolution of laser communications by producing optical communications terminals for air, space and mobile applications. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, with additional locations in Los Angeles, California, and Washington, D.C, Mynaric is under the mission to connect world in air and space. Myanric’s mission is to enable global connectivity by…
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Inmarsat Provides NexusWave Connectivity Services to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has signed an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) to upgrade their fleet from Fleet Xpress (FX) service to Inmarsat’s NexusWave. This fleet-wide transition to NexusWave will allow MOL to benefit from Inmarsat’s fully managed bonded connectivity service and accelerate the digitalisation strategy of the leading Japanese shipping company. Local…
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ICEYE and IHI Cooperate to Develop SAR Satellite Constellation in Japan
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations for earth observation, and IHI Corporation, the Japanese heavy industries company, start cooperating on the development of a SAR constellation of up to 24 satellites, to provide earth observation data for military, civilian and commercial purposes. A memorandum of understanding between the two companies…
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Redwire Secures Contract to Supply Key Avionics for Global Earth Observation Satellite Network
Redwire Corporation, a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it has been awarded a contract by SpaceTech GmbH to provide critical avionics technology for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM) satellites. The NGGM satellites are ESA’s contribution to a planned NASA and ESA Earth observation…