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New Startup Kapta Space Targets Spaceborne Radar Technology
Startup Kapta Space emerged from stealth mode on Friday with plans to develop advanced spaceborne electronically-steered, radar-based imaging technology. Milton Perque, formerly of Echodyne, and Adam Bily, formerly of Apple and Astranis, founded the company in 2023. Kapta Space has raised a $5 million seed round, led by MetaVC Partners, a metamaterials-focused VC firm, with…
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OQ Technology and O2 Telefónica Partner to Enable Global 5G IoT Roaming via NTN
OQ Technology, the world’s first and fastest-growing 5G NTN IoT LEO satellite operator, has signed a commercial agreement with O2 Telefónica, a leading German telecommunications provider. This partnership will enable 5G roaming for Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) solutions worldwide, combining O2 Telefónica’s cellular connectivity with OQ Technology’s non-terrestrial network (NTN) services. For business customers across industries…
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PLD Space Picks Oman’s Etlaq Spaceport as a Second Global Launch Base
PLD Space partnered with Oman’s Etlaq spaceport, establishing it as the second global launch base for its Miura launch vehicle family, PLD Space announced on Feb. 20. The spaceport will add to PLD’s launch complex at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The company is set to collaborate with Etlaq on the construction of…
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Mere weeks after Starship’s breakup, the vehicle may soon fly again
A little over a month after SpaceX’s large Starship launch ended in an explosion over several Caribbean islands, the company is preparing its next rocket for a test flight. According to a notice posted by the Federal Aviation Administration, the eighth test flight of the Starship vehicle could take place as early as February 26…
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SpaceX launches 450th Falcon rocket on Starlink 12-14 mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the Starlink 12-14 mission on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. Image: John Pisani Updated 6:26 a.m. EST: SpaceX confirms booster landing on the droneship. SpaceX launched its latest batch of 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit Friday morning. The…
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SpaceX engineers brought on at FAA after probationary employees were fired
Engineers who work for Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been brought on as senior advisers to the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sources tell WIRED. On Sunday, Sean Duffy, secretary of the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA, announced in a post on X that SpaceX engineers would be visiting the Air…
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Cailabs Partners with DataPath to Deploy a New Class of Transportable Optical SATCOM Terminals
Cailabs, a global pioneer in photonics and optical communications systems since 2013 with an established product line of fixed space-to-ground optical communications terminals, is partnering with DataPath Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilat and leading satellite communications (SATCOM) solutions and services provider that has deployed over 6,000 advanced Radio Frequency (RF) systems and terminals, to deploy a new class…
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Isar Aerospace Completes Static Firing Ahead of First Launch
European launch startup Isar Aerospace successfully completed static firings of both stages of its Spectrum launch vehicle in a key milestone for the company. Isar Aerospace announced the successful tests on Feb. 21 as it approaches its inaugural test flight. On February 14, Isar Aerospace completed the pre-flight stage testing operations with a 30-second integrated…
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L3Harris Completes Assembly of the First RS-25 Engine for NASA’s Artemis V Mission
Preparations are underway for NASA’s Artemis V mission, with the first RS-25 engine for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket now fully assembled at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The engine is one of four new RS-25s that will help power the core stage of the heavy-lift exploration rocket during the Artemis V mission.…
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Gilat Launches Dedicated Defense Division to Advance Mission-Critical SATCOM Solutions
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd, a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced the formation of its new Defense Division, a strategic move designed to target the increasing demand for government and defense SATCOM solutions. Gilad Landsberg has been appointed President of Gilat’s Defense Division, bringing over 20 years of experience in the…