Tag: Ground
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ASTERRA to Showcase Satellite Water Solutions at IWA Water Loss 2026
ASTERRA is bringing satellite-based infrastructure solutions to IWA Water Loss 2026, the International Water Association’s global gathering for water loss management. Taking place April 26-29, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro, the conference is the sector’s leading international forum on non-revenue water (NRW), innovation, and sustainable water management. With a message built around turning water loss…
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Overview Energy and Meta Partner on Space Solar Power Deal
Overview Energy and Meta announced a first-of-its-kind agreement and partnership to advance American-built space solar energy with initial orbital demonstration in 2028 and commercial power delivery expected in 2030. To support AI infrastructure deployment across the United States, Meta is taking an innovative step to enable and secure access to new power technology designed for…
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Gatehouse Satcom and Rohde & Schwarz Partner to Enhance 5G GEO/LEO NTN Testing
Gatehouse Satcom, the fast-growing satellite communications software company specializing in 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks, announced a formalized collaboration with Rohde & Schwarz, one of the world’s leading providers of electronic test and measurement solutions. The collaboration is focused on strengthening validation and testing of 5G IoT-NTN and NR-NTN technologies as the market moves from specification work…
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True Anomaly Raises $650 Million Series D Funding for Space Superiority at Scale
True Anomaly announced its $650 million Series D funding round. This milestone marks a new chapter in the company’s mission to deliver decisive capabilities for space superiority. The funding round was co-led by Eclipse and Riot Ventures, with support from new investors Paradigm, Atreides, G Squared, The Private Shares Fund, VanEck, and others, in addition…
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Maverick Space Systems Expands Separation Systems and Space Mission Services
Maverick Space Systems is strengthening the role in spacecraft deployment and mission support through a portfolio of separation systems, engineering capabilities and integrated services designed for modern space missions. As launch cadences increase and satellite architectures evolve, reliable and precise separation mechanisms have become critical to mission success. Maverick Space Systems addresses this need with…
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AeroVironment Unveils Halo_Shield Tile-Based C-UAS Solution
AeroVironment, a global leader in multi-domain defence solutions, announced the release of Halo_Shield, a modular, distributed, and cost-effective counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) designed to predict, detect, track, identify and defeat advanced airborne threats including Group 1–5 UAS, coordinated drone swarms, and subsonic cruise missiles, protecting critical infrastructure and deployed forces worldwide. AV announced Modern Day Marine…
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RTX’s Raytheon Supplies Second Missile Warning Sensor to US Space Force
Raytheon, an RTX business, has delivered its second sensor to Lockheed Martin for the U S Space Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Block 0 satellite program. The satellites, commonly referred to as NGG, will provide enhanced missile warning and tracking to address evolving space-based threats. Raytheon’s sensor payloads use…
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General Atomics Advances to Phase 3 of Space Force Terminal Program
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been selected to perform Phase 3 of the U.S. Space Force’s Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program following successful government verification of the company’s optical communication terminal (OCT) at MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Optical Terminal Verification Testbed (OTVT). Phase 3 will transition the EST effort from prototype development into flight hardware production…
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Solstar Space Company Successfully Launches Deke Space Communicator to Orbit
Santa Fe-based Solstar Space Company announced that its Deke Space Communicator has been successfully launched to orbit and is now operating nominally in space, following its March 30, 2026 flight aboard a spacecraft operated by Momentus Inc. on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. After orbital insertion, the Deke system was…
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Ursa Major Reaches 10 Successful Hadley Engine Flights Proving Reusable Hypersonic Capability
Ursa Major’s Hadley liquid rocket engine has completed 10 consecutive successful flights, including multiple missions at sustained hypersonic speeds with Stratolaunch. The milestone underscores Ursa Major’s ability to deliver flight-proven, high-performing, reusable propulsion and defense systems at the speed and scale required for national security environment. Several of the 10 flights were conducted using previously…