Tag: Ground
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Ursa Major Successfully Tests Upgraded Hadley H13 Liquid Rocket Engine
Ursa Major’s latest variant of the flight-proven, production-rate Hadley liquid rocket engine, H13, has completed its first hot fires, following a series of design improvements and updated manufacturing processes. Hadley H13 is the mission-upgraded variant of Ursa Major’s Hadley H11 engine, which is flight-proven and designed for hypersonic applications. H13 increases engine reusability and improves…
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EECL Ultra-Low-Noise Amplifiers Achieves In-Orbit Milestone on ESA HydroGNSS Mission
European Engineering Consultancy Ltd (EECL), a precision engineering specialist in bespoke RF and microwave subsystems for space and industry, is celebrating a technical milestone on the ESA HydroGNSS climate mission, now operating in Low Earth Orbit following the November 2025 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base California. The achievement comes three years after the company…
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Starlab Space Signs Payload Agreement with United Semiconductors for In-Orbit Production
Starlab Space LLC, the commercial space station developer expanding access to low Earth orbit research, announced a payload reservation agreement with United Semiconductors LLC (USLLC) to support the transition of its space-based semiconductor crystal growth technology from demonstration aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to sustained commercial-scale production in low Earth orbit. Building on a successful…
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Ten Spire Global Satellites Arrive at Launch Site Ahead of Mission
Spire Global, a leading global provider of satellite data, analytics and intelligence, announced that all ten of its multipurpose satellites, integrated via Germany’s launch integrator Exolaunch, have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of their upcoming launch aboard the Transporter-16 rideshare mission with SpaceX. The satellites will support a mix of customer…
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TELUS and AST SpaceMobile Partner to Deliver Space-Based Cellular Broadband Across Canada
TELUS Corporation, a world-leading communications technology company, and AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for commercial and government applications, have signed a commercial agreement to bring space-based cellular broadband service to places it’s never reached before across Canada. As part of the…
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Redwire Space Announces Low-Mass Solar Array to Expand Roll-Out Product Line
Redwire Corporation, a global leader in aerospace and defense technology solutions, announced a new high-performance, low-mass solar array product, the Extensible Low-Profile Solar Array (ELSA), designed to meet the needs of mass-manufactured satellites that require standardised, modular power solutions to enable on-orbit operations. ELSA addresses current and future market demand from government and commercial entities…
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BlackSky Secures Seven-Figure NGA LunoA Monitoring Contract
BlackSky Technology has secured a seven-figure award under the company’s NGA Luno A Facility Monitoring Delivery Order. The decision to renew funding for the four-year award was prompted by customer satisfaction and the reliable performance of the company’s high-cadence, AI-enabled change detection analytics. “BlackSky’s successful performance on the Luno A program reflects the critical value…
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UK Atomic Energy Authority to Support Pulsar Fusion on Sunbird Neutron Shielding
Pulsar Fusion, the British space propulsion company developing advanced propulsion systems for the next era of deep-space exploration, announced that the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is supporting Pulsar through a specialist programme of neutron shielding and activation modelling for its Sunbird fusion propulsion initiative. The work will provide high-level modelling and analysis to…
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Vast Raises $500 Million to Accelerate Haven Space Station Production
Vast, the company developing next-generation space stations, announced that it has raised $500 million in new funding to advance its mission of enabling humanity to live and work in space long-term. Vast’s strategic roadmap includes low-Earth orbit space stations, future habitats for the Moon and Mars, and crewed systems that will expand the commercial space…
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Liftero to Supply BOOSTER Propulsion Systems to OrbitAID for In-Orbit Servicing Mission
Liftero, the developer of space-proven green chemical propulsion systems, announced a contract with OrbitAID, India’s emerging leader in commercial in-orbit servicing, to supply BOOSTER propulsion systems for a proximity operations, docking, and Life extension / refuelling mission. Two BOOSTERs will power two systems: the chaser and target spacecraft’s full mission sequence from long-range rendezvous through…