Tag: Ground
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Portal Space Secures $50 Million Series A to Advance Maneuverable Spacecraft Capabilities
Portal Space Systems, a next-generation spacecraft manufacturer developing rapidly maneuverable vehicles for operations across and between orbital regimes, announced it has raised $50 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Geodesic Capital and Mach33, with participation from Booz Allen Ventures, ARK Invest, AlleyCorp and FUSE. The financing comes as a broader shift…
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Max Space Advances Commercial Orbital Habitats with Thunderbird Space Station Platform
Max Space is developing next-generation commercial orbital habitats through the Thunderbird space station platform, a modular and human-centered station architecture designed to support long-duration missions, commercial research, manufacturing and future deep-space operations. Built with a strong emphasis on astronaut wellbeing, operational flexibility and scalable mission support, Thunderbird is intended to provide expanded living and working…
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Varda Space Industries Successfully Completes W-6 Capsule Reentry Mission
Varda Space Industries, the leader in orbital pharmaceutical processing and hypersonic reentry, announced the successful reentry of its W-6 capsule. The capsule landed safely within the designated recovery zone at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia, operated by Southern Launch, marking the company’s second reentry of 2026. Similar to Varda’s previous missions with Department…
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Voyager Technologies Secures Subcontract by Redwire Space for DARPA Mission
Voyager Technologies was awarded a subcontract by Redwire, the prime contractor for the DARPA Otter program, to supply its high-precision Acceleration Measurement System (AMS). “Missions like Otter demand precise, repeatable thrust control, and that’s exactly what our system delivers,” said Matt Magaña, president, Space, Defense & National Security, Voyager. “This flight-proven hardware has performed flawlessly…
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Phantom Space Develops Laguna Rocket for SmallSat Launches
Phantom Space Corporation, a U.S-based space transportation company focused on low-cost launch systems and space infrastructure technologies, is developing the Laguna rocket family to support responsive and scalable small satellite launch operations. The launch architecture is designed to provide dedicated and rideshare launch capability for commercial, government and defense payloads requiring rapid and flexible access…
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Teledyne Space Imaging Sensors Launch Aboard ESA’s SMILE Mission
Teledyne Space Imaging, a leading supplier of space-qualified imaging sensors, focal plane arrays and integrated camera systems, announced it supplied two CCD370 imaging sensors for the Soft X-ray Imager on the European Space Agency’s SMILE mission (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer). SMILE successfully launched at 04:52 BST from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. SMILE…
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Astroscale and SKY Perfect JSAT Form Strategic Partnership for Space Infrastructure Development
Astroscale Holdings, the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation announced that SKY Perfect JSAT is investing in Astroscale as part of a strategic partnership to support the development of reliable and sustainable space infrastructure. Through the partnership, the companies will cooperate on on-orbit servicing…
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York Space Systems to Acquire Solestial for U.S-Built Space Solar Manufacturing
York Space Systems, a leading US-based national defense and commercial prime providing a comprehensive suite of mission-critical solutions, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Solestial, a leading provider of next-generation space solar technology. The acquisition secures a critical space solar capability within York’s supply chain through U.S-based manufacturing, strengthening control over…
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Anterix and Lynk Global Receive FCC Approval for 900 MHz Satellite Direct-to-Device Services
Anterix, the market leader in enabling mission-critical private wireless broadband networks, and satellite telecommunications provider Lynk Global, the pioneer of satellite Direct-to-Device (D2D) services, announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved an experimental license to explore the use of Lynk’s satellite direct-to-device communications network in Anterix’s licensed 900 MHz broadband spectrum. The integration of…
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Intuitive Machines Secures NASA Lunar Imaging Operations Contracts
Intuitive Machines, a space technology, infrastructure and services leader, is now the prime contractor for operations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (“LROC”), a key instrument aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (“LRO”), and the ShadowCam instrument, a specialized lunar imaging camera on board the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter that provides visibility in light obscured conditions…