Tag: Launch
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PLD Space Emerges as a Global Leader in Space Launchers Sector 2024
PLD Space, an international space services company with in-house engineering and manufacturing, has closed a successful 2024 marked by exponential growth and a strengthening of its position in the industry, which translates into more than 170 million euros in funding to date. In this sense, throughout the year, PLD Space has obtained funding from different…
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Gilat Secures $18 Million in Orders for In-Flight Connectivity Solutions
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced that it has secured over $18 million in orders for IFC solutions. These orders are mainly for Gilat SkyEdge platforms, related services, and SSPAs. The equipment and services are scheduled for delivery within the next 12 months. These orders highlight…
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Thales Alenia Space Successfully Launches Second Satellite of Korea “425 Project” Constellation
Thale‘s contributed second Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite of Korea 425 Project constellation was successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Thales Alenia Space’s contributes to this program cooperating with Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Hanwha Systems Corporation (HSC), for the Korean Agency for Defence and Development (ADD) as the prime…
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ISRO and ESA Signs an Agreement to Cooperate on Astronaut Activities
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and European Space Agency (ESA) have entered into an agreement to cooperate on activities related to Astronaut Training, Mission Implementation and Research Experiments. The agreement was signed by Dr. S Somanath, Chairman, ISRO / Secretary, DoS and Dr. Josef Aschbacher, Director General, ESA. The agreement provides a framework for cooperative…
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PLD Space Secures €11M Loan to Develop MIURA 5 Launch Site at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou
PLD Space, a Spanish company specializing in the development of reusable space launchers, has secured an €11 million loan from COFIDES to support the development of the launch site for its MIURA 5 rocket in Kourou, French Guiana. The company will initially invest a total of €16 million in the development, construction, and operation of…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Completes Hotfire Test for First Launch with Blue Ring Pathfinder
New Glenn completed an integrated launch vehicle hot-fire test, the final major milestone on our road to the first flight. NG-1 will carry a Blue Ring Pathfinder as its first manifested payload and will launch from Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, FL. The seven-engine hotfire lasted 24 seconds and marked the first time we…
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Mitsubishi Electric Partners with Synspective to Develop SAR Constellation for National Security
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it acquired a stake in Synspective Inc., a Tokyo-based startup company that develops and operates small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and provides solutions based on satellite data, on December 16. The companies recently signed a strategic partnership memorandum to build a satellite constellation and sell satellite images for national…
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Maxar Secures $35 Million in New Contracts from Two Asia-Pacific Government Clients
Maxar Intelligence, a provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, announced that it has been awarded a total of $35 million in new tasking contracts from two government customers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Both contracts are built around a Direct Access Program (DAP) offering and include several “firsts,” including the first purchase of direct access…
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ispace-EUROPE and Italian Space Signs Agreement to Transport LaRA2 on the Moon Surface
ispace EUROPE S.A., the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of ispace, and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) have signed a payload services agreement to transport a Laser Retroreflector Array (LaRA2) to enable accurate position measurements on the Moon via laser ranging experiments, the two organizations announced. The agreement marks the first full-scale contract between ispace-EUROPE and ASI, with…
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L3Harris Propulsion Powers NASA’s Parker Solar Probe for Close Encounter with the Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe spacecraft propelled by L3Harris propulsion will fly within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface on Dec. 24, 2024. With an assist from onboard thrusters supplied by L3Harris, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is on its way to its closest encounter with the Sun, the first of at least three such passes…