Tag: Ground
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Lux Aeterna Secures $4 Million to Revolutionize Reusable Orbital Infrastructure
Lux Aeterna, a next-generation space infrastructure company reinventing orbital operations through re-entry and reusability, emerged from stealth and announced its $4 million pre-seed funding round. The raise was led by Space Capital with participation from Dynamo Ventures, Mission One Capital, Alumni Ventures, Service Provider Capital, and strategic deep tech angels, including the co-founders of Dive…
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BlackSky Technologies Secures $24 Million NGA Contract for Luno A Monitoring
BlackSky Technology won a more than $24 million, four-year, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Luno A Facility Operational Monitoring (FOMO) delivery order for global monitoring of military and economic facilities. As part of the order, BlackSky has received an initial base and surge option award of $2 million. “Securing this Luno A task order continues BlackSky’s…
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Optical Surfaces Releases New Vacuum-Compatible Reflective Beam Expanders
Optical Surfaces Ltd. has announced that its reflective beam expanders are now available with the option to optimally operate in high vacuum environments, expanding or reducing high-power laser beams. Benefiting from a high-throughput off-axis design, these beam expanders provide an unobstructed output and highly efficient transmission. The reflective design of these beam expanders is achromatic,…
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Rocket Lab Reschedules Electron Launch to Lift-off in Two Days
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced a swift turnaround in Electron’s launch manifest to fly the next mission in a multi-launch contract for geospatial analytics company HawkEye 360. The mission will fly from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in just two days. The mission, named ‘Get The Hawk…
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York Space Systems Launches Dragoon Mission to Support Missile Warning and Connectivity
York Space Systems, a defense technology company transforming how the United States builds and operates space-based capabilities, announced the successful deployment and contact with its Dragoon mission, a contract executed under an accelerated timeline for the Space Development Agency. The satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 23,…
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ThrustMe Achieves 100th In-Orbit Propulsion System Launch on SpaceX Transporter-14
ThrustMe, a French provider of advanced in-orbit propulsion solutions for the industrial space era, has successfully launched its 100th propulsion system into space. This milestone was achieved aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-14 mission that launched to space this Monday, the 23rd of June. The launcher carried a total of 26 ThrustMe propulsion units across seven…
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Varda Space Launches W-4 with the FAA’s First Reentry Vehicle Operator License
Varda Space Industries, a microgravity enabled life sciences company, launched its fourth mission Sunday afternoon. The W-4 mission is the maiden flight for Varda’s next-generation spacecraft, designed and built in Varda’s El Segundo headquarters and manufacturing facility. This flight marks several other firsts for the company and the ever-expanding orbital economy. While the mission profile…
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Axelspace Corporation: Redefining Earth Observation with Smarter, Greener Satellites
Axelspace Corporation, founded in 2008 in Tokyo, Japan, has become a global leader in the development and deployment of microsatellites for Earth observation. With academic roots in the University of Tokyo and Tokyo Institute of Technology, the company has spent over 15 years transforming space technology into practical tools for industries like agriculture, disaster response,…
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United Launch Alliance and Amazon Advance Launches Kuiper 2 Mission for Global Connectivity
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Kuiper 2 mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on June 23 at 6:54 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This mission marks the next step in Amazon’s initiative to provide fast, reliable internet to customers around the world, including…
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ICEYE to Supply Advanced ISR Satellite Systems to Royal Netherlands Air Force
ICEYE, the European space and defense technology company and global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations for high-resolution Earth observation and persistent monitoring, has been selected to provide Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). This agreement marks a significant advancement in the Netherlands’ space-based defense capabilities…