Tag: Satellite
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EUMETSAT Renews €3 Million Contract with Spire Global for Satellite Weather Data
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, has been awarded a €3 million contract renewal by EUMETSAT, Europe’s meteorological satellite agency. The renewal is part of a two-year operational contract starting August 14, 2024. Through the contract, the Company will continue to provide radio occultation (RO) data. The Company’s RO…
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Stoke Space Secures $510 Million to Scale Nova Reusable Rocket Production
Stoke Space raised $510 million in Series D funding led by Thomas Tull’s US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT) in conjunction with a $100 million debt facility led by Silicon Valley Bank. This new financing, which more than doubles the total capital raised to $990 million, will accelerate product development and expansion. The round also drew…
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Muon Space Secures $44.6 Million US Space Force Contract for Dual-Use Satellite Monitoring
Muon Space, a leading provider of end-to-end space systems specializing in mission-optimized satellite constellations, announced it has been awarded a $44.6 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Firm Fixed Price Phase III Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Agreement from the United States Space Force‘s Space Systems Command System Delta 810 (SYD 810). The OTA Agreement funds…
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Nordic, Sateliot and Gatehouse Satcom Pioneer LEO satellite IoT for Remote Connectivity
Nordic Semiconductor, a global leader in low-power wireless connectivity solutions, announces a significant milestone for NTN satellite communication: A successful chip-to-cloud communication using Nordic’s nRF9151 low-power cellular IoT module via Sateliot’s LEO satellites to Nordic’s nRF Cloud the company’s integrated platform for device management, embedded observability, and location services. Sateliot is the first company demonstrating…
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AST SpaceMobile Partners with Verizon to Launch Direct-to-Cell Satellite Service by 2026
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, today announced the signing of a definitive commercial agreement with Verizon to provide direct-to-cellular AST SpaceMobile service when needed for Verizon customers starting in 2026. This service will further enhance…
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Blue Origin and Luxembourg Collabs on Oasis-1 Mission to Map Lunar Resources
Blue Origin announced Project Oasis, a multi-phase initiative to identify key lunar resources from orbit, assess them on the ground, and harness them in situ. Oasis-1, alongside Luxembourg partners, is the first mission in the Oasis campaign. It will create the most detailed high-resolution maps to date of lunar water ice, Helium-3, radionuclides, rare earth…
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US Space Force Activates L3Harris’ ATLAS Mission to Advance Space Domain Awareness and Superiority
The U.S. Space Force has declared operational acceptance of the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) designed and built by L3Harris Technologies. ATLAS successfully integrates space domain awareness, space command and control (C2), intelligence, operational and system readiness-relevant data to enable warfighters to successfully respond to emerging anti-satellite threats. “This pivotal milestone aligns with…
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Globalstar and Conekt.ai Partner to Deliver Seamless Multi-Network Connectivity
Globalstar, a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, and Conekt.ai, a leading connectivity management platform provider, announced a strategic collaboration to deliver integrated Globalstar Band 53 spectrum and XCOM RAN private network solutions through Conekt.ai’s orchestration platform for seamless multi-network connectivity. The collaboration positions Conekt.ai as a partner providing enterprise customers with turnkey connectivity solutions…
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Planet Labs and VITO Deepen Partnership to Advance Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring
Planet Labs, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, and VITO, a leading European research and technology organization, announced an extension to their long-term partnership to accelerate the use of Earth observation for global impact. By bringing together Planet’s daily, global satellite imagery and advanced solutions with VITO’s proven analytics and service…
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Space Ocean and SNPC Partner to Explore Nuclear Power for Deep-Space Missions
Space Ocean, a leader in orbital logistics and in-space resource delivery, has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Space Nuclear Power Corporation (Space Nukes), a pioneer in advanced space nuclear power systems. The LOI outlines a strategic collaboration to explore integrating space nuclear reactor technology into future deep-space missions. Under the terms of…