Tag: Ground
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Varda and Southern Launch Announce Agreement for 20 Reentries from Orbit Through 2028
Varda Space Industries, a microgravity-enabled life sciences and reentry company, and Southern Launch, a space mission service provider, announced that they have reached an agreement to extend their partnership for 20 reentries into the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia through 2028. Since Varda’s W-2 and W-3 missions reentered in February and May 2025, Varda…
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Astroscale and HEO Signs Three-Year MoU to Advance Space Sustainability
Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, announced it has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with High Earth Orbit Robotics Pty Ltd (“HEO”), the market leader in non-Earth imaging and space-based space domain awareness (SDA). The agreement deepens an existing partnership to develop and deliver…
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Starlab Space Welcomes Space Applications Services as Joint Venture Partner
Starlab Space LLC at the 76th International Astronautical Congress announced that Space Applications Services, a Belgium-based leader in space engineering and payload integration, has joined the company as a joint venture partner and investor. The partnership expands Starlab’s global footprint and extends the capabilities available to Starlab customers. SpaceApps contributes deep experience in space systems,…
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SSTL Expands Satellite Support for AquaWatch-AUK Water Monitoring
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), in partnership with CSIRO, University of Stirling, Pixalytics, RAL Space, Assimila, and Deloitte, is advancing the AquaWatch programme through the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund (IBF) Call 2. Building on the successes of the earlier IBF Call 2 AquaWatch-AUK project, this initiative strengthens the UK-Australia Space Bridge, enabling satellite…
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Kayhan Launches Free GPU-Accelerated Satellite Propagation Tool
Kayhan Space, a leading provider of advanced spaceflight intelligence and autonomous safety solutions, announced the launch of sgp4.gl, a GPU-accelerated SGP4 propagator purpose-built for large-scale satellite modeling. By enabling smooth, real-time propagation directly in the browser, sgp4.gl makes high-fidelity satellite visualization possible at catalog scale – handling thousands of satellites simultaneously. Also Read: Satellite Launches…
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OQ Technology Partners with KPN to Deliver Global 5G IoT Connectivity
OQ Technology, a world leading 5G NTN satellite operator, and Dutch telecom provider KPN have announced a strategic roaming partnership. This collaboration enables KPN customers to seamlessly connect to OQ’s satellite network, unlocking global 5G IoT coverage across land and sea. “Our partnership truly reaches for the stars by combining OQ Technology’s Low Earth Orbit…
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Beyond Gravity Contracted to Deliver Thruster Pointing Mechanisms from SWISSto12
The international space supplier Beyond Gravity secured a major contract to deliver thruster pointing mechanisms in the form of a robotic arm for a new fleet of small geostationary (GEO) telecommunications satellites of SWISSto12 called HummingSat. The international space supplier Beyond Gravity will develop and build electric propulsion pointing mechanisms for five HummingSat satellites. The…
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Dawn Aerospace Flies First U.S Research Payload on Reusable Aurora Spaceplane
Dawn Aerospace has successfully flown the Aurora spaceplane carrying California Polytechnic State University’s student-built payload, reaching Mach 0.79 and an altitude of 37,000 feet. This flight on June 24th, Aurora’s first from Dawn’s newly operational launch facility at Tawhaki National Aerospace Centre carried Cal Poly’s payload, making it the first U.S. student-built experiment to fly…
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Indra Joins 5G-HUB with SATCOM for Emergency Connectivity
Indra Group is taking part in the European 5G-HUB project with its innovative SATCOM solution, a satellite communications system developed to guarantee robust, secure, and resilient connectivity in emergency situations and remote environments without any terrestrial coverage. As part of this strategic project, which is funded by the Horizon Europe program and coordinated by the University…
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European Space Agency and Avio Partners for Reusable Upper Stage Demonstration Mission
European Space Agency and Avio signed a contract for 24 months of development activities aiming at the in-flight demonstration of a reusable upper stage. Frequent flights to space would benefit from completely reusable rockets, and this signature kicks off industrial activity to assess the technologies needed and design concepts for an upper-stage demonstration mission. Building…