Tag: Ground
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HawkEye 360’s Cluster 12 Officially Reaches Full Operational Capability
HawkEye 360, the global leader in signals intelligence data and analytics, announced that Cluster 12 has officially reached Full Operational Capability (FOC). The three formation-flying satellites, launched on June 26 (ET) aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket, are now fully calibrated, commissioned, and integrated into HawkEye 360’s constellation delivering mission-ready signals intelligence across key global…
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Starcloud and Mission Space Partner to Merge Orbital Datacenters with Space Weather Data
Mission Space, a space weather intelligence company, announced a strategic partnership with Starcloud, the orbital data center provider, to integrate real-time space weather intelligence into Starcloud’s orbital AI compute platform. The collaboration will provide Starcloud’s orbital data centers with high-resolution space weather data and predictive analytics, enabling dynamic optimization of power and thermal management to…
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ReOrbit Secures €45 Million Series A funding to Advance Space and Defense Technologies
ReOrbit, a European space technology company, announced the closing of its €45 million Series A funding round, the largest all-equity Series A round in Finland and one of the most significant deals overall in the European space and defence sector. The round was led by Springvest, with participation from both new and existing investors, including…
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Teledyne Fuel Cell Launched Aboard on Blue Origin’s New Shepard Mission
Teledyne Energy Systems, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, launched its Hydrogen Electrical Power System (HEPS) fuel cell aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket through NASA’s Tipping Point opportunity. Launched successfully on September 18, this flight advances fuel cell technology for future lunar and deep space missions. HEPS is designed to deliver efficient, scalable, air-independent…
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SES O3b mPOWER Satcom Powers French Navy’s Charles de Gaulle Mission Connectivity
SES announced that the French Navy’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle leveraged its secure and reliable O3b mPOWER satcom service, Managed Naval mPOWERED during the Clemenceau 25 mission. This high-throughput, low-latency Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) connectivity solution supported all of the aircraft carrier’s operations, while facilitating collaboration with mission partners. During the five-month deployment, the…
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Maxar Intelligence and Ecopia AI Launch Vivid Features for Global 2D and 3D Mapping
Maxar Intelligence, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, has partnered with Ecopia AI to launch Vivid Features, the most accurate 2D and 3D vector maps offered at a global scale. This product delivers interoperable vector features of building footprints, road centerlines, and land cover anywhere on Earth, transforming the speed and ease of…
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Iridium Commences Integration of NTN Direct with Deutsche Telekom
Iridium Communications, a leading provider of global voice, data, and PNT satellite services, announced a new partnership with Deutsche Telekom (DTAG) intended to deliver global connectivity to its customers through the Iridium NTN DirectSM service. Deutsche Telekom will gain roaming access to Iridium’s forthcoming 3GPP standards-based 5G service, providing NB-IoT direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity that will keep…
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Collins Aerospace Secures NATO Contract for Electronic Warfare Planning and Battle Management Solution
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, has been awarded a contract by the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) to provide its Electronic Warfare Planning and Battle Management (EWPBM) solution to NATO. This integrated software tool is designed to plan, direct, coordinate, synchronize, and assess electromagnetic warfare activities. The EWPBM solution will deliver a Recognized Electromagnetic…
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Space42 and Viasat to Launch Equatys for Global Direct-to-Device 5G Satellite Services
Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, and Viasat, a global leader in satellite and secure communications, announced they intend to form Equatys, a jointly held entity, to enable global Direct-to-Device (D2D) services and evolve existing and planned Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) to a 5G network environment. Equatys is expected to unite satellite and terrestrial networks, leveraging…
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NOAA Awards $24.3 Million Contract to PlanetiQ Largest Commercial Satellite Weather Data
PlanetiQ, a leading provider of commercial weather and space weather data, has been awarded a $24.3 million contract from NOAA‘s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). The award, issued under the Commercial Data Program’s Radio Occultation Data Buy 2 (RODB-2), is NOAA’s single largest commercial satellite weather data purchase. Under the agreement, PlanetiQ…