Tag: Global
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Globalstar Completes Major South Korea Ground Expansion with New C-3 Antennas
Globalstar, a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, announced the addition of three new six-meter C-3 tracking antennas being installed at its ground station in Yeo Ju, South Korea. For more than two decades, Globalstar has provided mobile satellite services across East Asia via its ground station located in Yeo Ju, South Korea, which has…
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Aalyria Joins Airbus Demonstration to Advance Space-Based 5G Connectivity
Aalyria has been selected to take part in the new Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN (Space Radio Access Network) demonstrator, whose mission is to test standardized global 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity. It will combine Airbus’s software-defined satellite platform with Aalyria’s intelligent network orchestration and optimization capabilities to showcase advanced 5G communications from space. The Airbus UpNext…
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SkyFi Secures Funding to Advance Access to Satellite Imagery and Analytics
SkyFi, an AI-first Earth intelligence platform, announced that it has raised a $12.7 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Buoyant Ventures and IronGate Capital Advisors, with new participation from DNV Ventures, TFX Capital, Beyond Earth Ventures, Nova Threshold, and Chris Morisoli, and existing investors RSquared VC and J2…
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Space BD Completes Launch Support for 10 Satellites in 2025 via SpaceX Falcon 9
Space BD, a leading Japanese space business operator, has announced the successful completion of three satellite launch missions in 2025 through SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rideshare program. The missions enabled the deployment of ten small satellites developed by both domestic and international partners, marking a significant achievement in Space BD’s ongoing efforts to provide stable and…
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SpaceX Launches Next Second-Gen Italian COSMO-SkyMed Satellite
The third satellite part of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) constellation, owned by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense, built by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) and operated in orbit by Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), has successfully been…
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Array Labs Raises $20m to Scale Radar Satellite Technology
Array Labs announced a $20M Series A financing led by Catapult Ventures, with participation from Washington Harbour Partners, Kompas VC, and other new and existing investors, including Y Combinator, Maiora Capital, Animal Capital, Aera VC, Cultivation Capital, and Clearance Ventures. The round brings Array’s total funding to $35M since going through Y Combinator. The company…
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Kratos Awarded $30 Million in National Security Contracts for Air Defense and C5ISR Systems
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a leader in defense, national security and global markets, announced that it has recently received approximately $30 million in Air Defense and C5ISR system national-security-related, military-grade custom hardware production contracts. Kratos is an industry leader in the development, engineering, design, and large-scale production of military-grade hardware and integrated systems for…
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Malaysia Adopted Aireon’s Space-Based ADS-B for Oceanic Airspace Monitoring
The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) and Aireon announced a strategic collaboration to deploy Aireon’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) data for air traffic surveillance across the oceanic sector of the Kuala Lumpur Flight Information Region (FIR). This initiative marks a major milestone in strengthening Malaysia’s air traffic management capabilities and enhancing operational safety and…
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Swedish Space Corporation to Conduct Inaugural Wideband Polylingual Direct-to-Earth Demonstration
Swedish Space Corporation to demonstrate direct-to-Earth, forward and return links on Ka-band via its global ground station network for NASA’s groundbreaking PExT (Polylingual Experimental Terminal) technology demonstration. Managed by NASA and the agency’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Program in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, the Polylingual Experiment Terminal, or PExT, is…
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Severn Trent and ICEYE Launch Satellite-Based Flood and Wastewater Monitoring in UK
In a groundbreaking move to boost climate resilience and protect the environment, Severn Trent is working with satellite technology leader ICEYE to enhance flood and wastewater management capabilities across its network in the Midlands. Severn Trent, one of the UK’s largest water utility companies serving over 8 million customers, is leveraging ICEYE’s Flood Insights Solution, powered…