Tag: Satellite
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Tomorrow.io Expands with $210 Million Series-F Funding from Pitango and Harel
Tomorrow.io, the world’s leading Resilience Platform, announced an additional $35 million investment from existing partner Pitango, and their partner Harel Insurance, joining Stonecourt Capital and HarbourVest Partners, bringing the company’s previously announced Series F to $210 million. The expanded investment reflects a multi-year partnership and deepening conviction in Tomorrow.io’s role as critical AI weather intelligence infrastructure…
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GITAI Expands Space Robotics Services for On-Orbit Operations and Lunar Infrastructure
GITAI, a US-based space robotics company focused on autonomous robotic systems for space applications, is developing a portfolio of robotic service technologies designed to support on-orbit servicing, satellite maintenance, lunar infrastructure construction and future industrial operations in space. Through its integrated robotics and spacecraft technologies, the company aims to reduce the cost of labor in…
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ICEYE Supplies MikroSAR System to Polish Armed Forces in Under a Year
ICEYE, the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, has officially handed over MikroSAR, Poland’s sovereign radar satellite reconnaissance system, to the Polish Armed Forces less than 12 months after contract signing. According to publicly available data, this marks the fastest deployment of an operational satellite program in the world and among the fastest-implemented procurement…
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Planet Lab’s Pelican First-light Images Features Sweden’s Sovereign Satellite Imagery
Planet Labs, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, released first light images from its latest Pelican launch, including the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF)’s first ever sovereign satellite. Planet launched these three Pelican spacecraft to orbit aboard the CAS500-2 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California…
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Mission Space Develops Zohar Detector for Real-Time Orbital Radiation Monitoring
Mission Space, a Luxembourg-based space technology company focused on space weather intelligence and orbital radiation monitoring, is advancing in-space environmental sensing through its Zohar Space Weather Detector platform. The compact sensor system is designed to provide real-time monitoring of radiation conditions in orbit, supporting satellite operators, spacecraft manufacturers and mission planners requiring continuous awareness of…
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Planet Labs Secures 7-Figure Czech Government Contract for AI-Based Agriculture Monitoring
Planet Labs Germany, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced Planet’s subsidiary Sinergise Solutions d.o.o. has signed a 2-year, 7-figure contract to provide satellite imagery and AI-powered analytics to the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) of the Czech Republic. This deal will support the country-wide agricultural payments and monitoring…
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AST SpaceMobile Commends Proposed D2D Joint Venture by U.S Mobile Network Operators
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, commends the announcement by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon to form a joint venture to extend mobile connectivity for wireless customers by using satellite-based, direct-to-service technologies. The proposed collaboration by the…
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Iridium to Acquire Aireon to Lead the Future of Aviation Safety
Iridium Communications, a leading provider of global voice, data and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aireon LLC, operator of the world’s only space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic surveillance system. The acquisition of Aireon is a defining step in Iridium’s strategy…
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Space42 Advances Persistent Earth Observation with Foresight SAR and HAPS Systems
Space42 is expanding the Earth observation and geospatial intelligence capabilities through the development of sovereign Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite systems, AI-driven analytics platforms and High Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS). The company is building a multi-layer intelligence and monitoring architecture designed to provide continuous situational awareness, persistent surveillance and operational insight for governments, infrastructure operators…
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MinoSpace seeks $736M IPO for China satellite expansion
Will MinoSpace’s $736M IPO accelerate China’s satellite manufacturing? MinoSpace, a Chinese satellite manufacturer, has received acceptance for its initial public offering application targeting $736 million in funding. The IPO represents the largest satellite sector public offering in China since 2024, positioning the company to scale satellite constellation deployment and expand manufacturing capacity at a critical…