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Ursa Major to Supply Ten Hadley Engines for Collaboration with Sirius Technologies
Ursa Major and Sirius Technologies, the United States subsidiary of Tokyo-based Innovative Space Carrier (ISC), reached a significant milestone by entering into an agreement for the procurement of ten Ursa Major Hadley, small launch, engines and collaboration on the development of a medium-launch engine scaled from Ursa Major’s Arroway model. The agreement follows the approval…
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Northrop Grumman Unveils EPIC Facility in Alabama for US Army Air and Missile Defense
Northrop Grumman Corporation has opened a new state-of-the-art integration center in Madison, Alabama, in support of the United States Army’s accelerated modernization plan for air and missile defense. The new Enhanced Production and Integration Center (EPIC) builds on the company’s ability to scale production and manufacture critical capabilities at speed, expanding capacity for high-rate production…
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D-Orbit sets course to expand beyond space transportation services
Italian company D-Orbit has been launching customer payloads aboard its Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs) for the past five years. In that time, the company has positioned itself as a reliable space transportation provider and hosting platform. The company now plans to extend into on-orbit servicing and refueling missions, end-of-mission disposal, and cross-orbit transportation, including to…
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Artemis 2’s rocket assembly continues, finishing Core Stage
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) team moves quickly to prepare Artemis 2 for launch in early 2026. In March, EGS successfully stacked the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage onto the mobile launcher between the two solid rocket boosters (SRBs). The Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA) is now part of the core stage. Alongside core…
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Taiwan Telco Invests in MicroGEO Satellite Built by Astranis
Taiwan’s largest telco, Chunghwa Telecom, is investing in a dedicated MicroGEO satellite built by Astranis, to increase access to satellite capacity. The companies said this will be the first communications satellite to be exclusively dedicated to Taiwan. Announced April 15, the satellite is scheduled for launch by the end of this year, with full bandwidth…
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Hughes and Eutelsat Partners to Expand LEO Satellite Connectivity Across Europe
Hughes Network Systems, a leader in managed network connectivity solutions, announces the availability of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service. Using Eutelsat‘s OneWeb high-speed, low-latency, LEO satellite broadband services with Hughes ground equipment, installation, and network management, enterprises across Europe will experience enhanced connectivity from European-based providers. As an engineering partner, Hughes is developing gateway…
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Outpost Space Secures $1.8M US Space Force SBIR Contract for Re-entry Shield Tech Development
Outpost Technologies Corporation (Outpost Space), a leader in pioneering multi-ton returnable space platforms and delivering innovative and persistent capabilities to the American warfighter, has been awarded a $1.8M contract from the U.S. Space Force SPACEWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, awarded through the Innovative Cargo Exoatmospheric Delivery Technology (ICED-T) Topic, funds Outpost’s…
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Vast welcomes new Haven-1 payload partners, eyes 2026 launch
Vast Space CEO Max Haot, Vast Space Lead Astronaut Andrew Feustel, Exobiosphere CEO Kyle Acierno, Interstellar Lab CEO Barbara Belvisi, and JAMSS President Teru Aruga, standing inside the Haven-1 Experience mockup. Image: Vast Space Biotechnology and sustainability in orbit France and U.S.-based Interstellar Lab wants to use the facility to test its autonomous biopods and…
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Hughes Now Offering OneWeb LEO Managed Service in Europe
Rendering of a OneWeb satellite. Photo: Eutelsat Group Hughes Network Systems Ltd (Hughes Europe) is bringing a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity service to enterprise customers across Europe. Using Eutelsat‘s OneWeb LEO satellite broadband services with Hughes ground equipment, installation, and network management, businesses across Europe have another option for LEO-based connectivity services. Hughes Europe…
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Top Takeaways and Video Interviews from AIX 2025
Satellite players had a strong presence last week at Aircraft Interiors (AIX) in Hamburg, Germany, one of the biggest aviation shows in the calendar. It was clear that in-flight connectivity (IFC) remains a fertile market for satellite as airlines look to bring better and stronger connectivity, both to improve the passenger experience and operations. Satellite…