Tag: Ground
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Rocket Lab Completes Critical Design Review for SDA’s T2TL-Beta Satellite Program
Rocket Lab National Security LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced the successful completion of its Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta (T2TL-Beta) program. The milestone follows Rocket Lab’s successful Preliminary Design Review in late 2024, confirms…
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Unibap Space Solutions: Leading the Shift to AI-Powered Edge Computing in Orbit
Unibap Space Solutions AB, Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, is driving innovation in edge computing hardware, software, and services for intelligent space missions. With a mission to deliver “trustworthy innovation in space,” Unibap specializes in rugged, space-hardened computing platforms that empower satellites to run advanced AI/ML workloads in orbit, enabling real-time data…
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Sidus Space and VORAGO Partner to Advance Radiation-Hardened Compute Capabilities
Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, announced a strategic collaboration with VORAGO Technologies to validate and integrate next-generation radiation-hardened microcontroller (MCU) technology through VORAGO’s Alpha Customer Program. They believe this partnership positions Sidus at the forefront of resilient space and defense systems, enabling the Company to test and integrate VORAGO’s new high-performance…
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Skynopy Secures €15 Million to Develop the First Real-Time High-Speed Satellite Ground Station Network
Skynopy, a French NewSpace startup providing ground station services for low Earth orbit satellites, has completed a record fundraising round less than 18 months after its creation. With this new €15 million funding round, closed in just one month, Skynopy welcomes funds Alven, Expansion, Omnes and CNES via the SpaceFounders program to its capital. The…
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SatSure and Dhruva Space Join Forces for Integrated Space Solutions
SatSure, a full-stack satellite Earth Observation (EO) and Decision Intelligence company, is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hyderabad-based Dhruva Space, a leading full-stack Space solutions provider with proven expertise in satellite platforms, launch services, and ground station infrastructure. This strategic partnership aims to unify the two companies’ end-to-end,…
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Thales Alenia Space to Develop SOLiS Laser Communications Demo for CNES
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been selected by the French space agency CNES, as part of the space component of the France 2030 program launched by the French government, to develop a very-high-throughput laser communications demonstrator. Called SOLiS — for Service Optique de Liaisons Spatiales Sécurisées (secure…
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Arianespace to Launch CO3D and MicroCarb Satellites on July 25
Arianespace is to launch Airbus Defence and Space‘s CO3D satellites, On Friday, July 25th, 2025, at 11:03 p.m. local time, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite. This mission, called “VV27”, will be performed using an Arianespace-operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The main passengers, the four satellites composing the CO3D…
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SSC and Firefly Advance Toward First Orbital Launch from Esrange After Sweden-U.S TSA Agreement
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Firefly Aerospace are moving closer to a historic first satellite launch from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, following a Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) that was signed between Sweden and the United States on June 20. The bilateral agreement, signed at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C., provides the…
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Maxar Intelligence Secures NGA Deal for AI-Based Geospatial Monitoring
Maxar Intelligence, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, announced that it was awarded Delivery Order 01 under the Luno A program by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This award is focused on delivering commercial analytic services, specifically automated AI/ML-generated object detections over many specified locations at once. Maxar is primarily identifying various classes…
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KONGSBERG Launches Final N3X Satellites for Maritime Surveillance
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has completed its N3X satellite constellation with the successful launch of two new microsatellites, ARVAKER 2 and 3, aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission from California. The N3X satellite constellation is designed to enhance Norway’s maritime domain awareness. “With our initial N3X satellite constellation in orbit, KONGSBERG’s role as one of Europe’s most…