Tag: Ground
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GMV-Developed Satellite Celeste Launched Successfully
Celeste IOD-1, developed by GMV and Alén Space under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Celeste In-Orbit Demonstrator (IOD) program, was successfully launched on March 28 from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. The two satellites – built respectively by GMV and Thales Alenia Space – were launched at 10:14 CET and separated from…
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Bellatrix Aerospace Secures $20 M Pre-Series B Funding to Scale In-Space Propulsion Systems
Bellatrix Aerospace, a leading In-Space Mobility company from India with a presence in the USA, announced that it has closed a US$20 million Pre-Series B growth round led by Cactus Partners, marking a significant milestone as the company accelerates the commercialization and delivery of its propulsion systems. This capital infusion marks a strategic transition for the…
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Square Peg Expands MilSat Communications with RLS-2100 Radio Link Simulator
Square Peg Communications, a leader in satellite systems engineering and DSP-based satellite communication products, is enabling high-performance testing for MilSat communications through its advanced Radio Link simulator. The RLS-2100 enables users to model, simulate, and optimize mission-critical satellite links across a broad frequency range. In hostile environments, where failure is not an option and every…
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DISCO-2 Climate Satellite Set for Launch on the Transporter-16 Rideshare Mission
Space Inventor has announced that the DISCO-2 satellite, developed in collaboration with leading Danish universities, has completed launch integration via Exolaunch and is ready for launch aboard the Transporter-16 rideshare mission with SpaceX, scheduled no earlier than later this month from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission marks an important milestone for Denmark’s…
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Frontgrade Technologies Launches MAMBA Processing and Connectivity Solution for Space Missions
Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of high-reliability electronic solutions for space and national security missions, announced two complementary products delivering scalable, high-performance processing and high-speed connectivity for next-generation missions: the RPMG1-SVPX Reconfigurable Processing Module and the FIOM-RPMG1 Fiber Optic Mezzanine Card. Together, these products form the MAMBA (Modular Approach for Mission Processing in a Bifurcated Architecture)…
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ST Engineering iDirect and G&S SatCom Secures SIG Award for Network Innovation
ST Engineering iDirect and G&S SatCom received the Satellite Innovation Group (SIG) Cooperation of the Year award for their joint work to unify network and service management for satellite operators. The award recognizes how the integration of G&S SatConnect® into ST Engineering iDirect’s next-generation Intuition ground system addresses key industry challenges and drives innovation in satellite communications,…
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SatVu HotSat-2 to Launch on the SpaceX Transporter-16 Rideshare
SatVu, the UK-based leader in high-resolution thermal Earth observation, announced that HotSat-2 has completed launch integration and is ready for launch aboard the Transporter-16 rideshare mission with SpaceX no earlier than later this month from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. HotSat-2, the second satellite in the SatVu constellation, uses mid-wave infrared (MWIR) sensors to deliver…
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Kymeta Introduces KuKa Multi-Band Terminal for Multi-Orbit Connectivity
Kymeta Corporation, the world-leading flat-panel satellite terminal manufacturer, reveals specifications for its first multi-band, multi-orbit, single aperture antenna as part of a revolutionary new user terminal set to make other SATCOM technologies secondary when mission comes first. Named in development as the ‘Kymeta KuKa 8 Series’, this next-generation electronically steered user terminal has the…
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Novi Space Advances AI-Driven Satellite Technology with Edge Computing
Novi Space is advancing satellite technology through a vertically integrated approach that combines on-board computing, smart satellite platforms and in-space AI processing. By shifting data processing from ground systems to space-based infrastructure, the company enables faster insights, reduced data transmission requirements and more efficient satellite operations across a wide range of missions. With a focus…
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SES to Deploy mesosphere MEO Satellite Network
SES, a space solutions company, announced it will deploy meoSphere, a next-generation medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite network targeted for operation by 2030 and designed to significantly boost the company’s MEO network capacity. The program launches with a close collaboration designed for efficient satellite production. SES will pair its own software-defined payloads, being developed and…