Tag: Satellite
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Astroscale Clears Design Milestone for Satellite Removal Mission in 2025
Astroscale’s British subsidiary has completed the critical design review (CDR) for its satellite servicer under the End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-Multiple (ELSA-M) program, the company said Tuesday. The milestone paves the way for the next phase of assembly, integration and testing, ahead of a mission to remove a defunct OneWeb broadband satellite from low Earth orbit…
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Maxar Intelligence Partners with Saab to Develop GPS-Independent Drone Navigation for Defense
Maxar Intelligence has signed an agreement with Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab to develop battlefield intelligence products leveraging satellite data, including Maxar’s new terrain-based navigation system that enables drones to operate without relying on GPS signals. The collaboration grants Saab access to Maxar’s geospatial intelligence products, which encompass high-resolution satellite imagery, 3D terrain data,…
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ispace’s Resilience Lander to Deliver Science, Art, and Lunar Samples Amid Ambitious Growth Plans
ispace’s upcoming lunar lander, Resilience, carries a range of payloads from Japanese companies and a Taiwanese university, including a water electrolyzer, food production experiments, and a deep space radiation study. Among the commercial payloads is a “commemorative alloy plate” from Bandai Namco Research Inc., the research division of the Japanese entertainment company Bandai Namco, with…
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Airbus, CNES and VAST to Strengthen Earth Observation Capabilities in Vietnam
Airbus Defence and Space, the French Space Agency (CNES), and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) have signed a Declaration of Intent (DoI) to strengthen their longstanding cooperation in the field of Earth observation, building on the success of the VNREDSat-1 space programme. This agreement was signed in Hanoi in the presence of French…
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Space Systems Command Awards $1.2B Contract to BAE for Epoch 2 Missile Tracking Satellites
Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a $1.2 billion contract for 10 Epoch 2 space vehicles for the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Resilient Missile Warning Tracking (MWT) architecture in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) to BAE Systems’ Space and Mission Systems on May 29, 2025, through a firm fixed price Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement. SSC’s…
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Reflect Orbital Selected to Advance Satellite-Based Sunlight Redirection Technology
Reflect Orbital announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a Phase II SBIR contract in the amount of $1.25 million focused on its sunlight-on-demand satellite reflector technology to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small…
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Tomorrow.io to Provide AI-Driven Weather Intelligence for Farmers in Philippines
Tomorrow.io, the global weather intelligence leader, headquartered in the United States, and a technology provider of U.S. agencies NOAA, NASA, and Department of Defense, has partnered with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to help farmers adapt to volatile and challenging climate conditions and boost productivity using Artificial Intelligence in the Philippines. In collaboration with the…
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Kongsberg Discovery and Silicon Sensing Partner to Develop Next-Gen Inertial Tech
Kongsberg Discovery AS and Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd have formally entered into a strategic cooperation agreement on Monday, June 2nd, during EXPO in Osaka in Japan. The purpose is to bring the companies together to co-develop next-generation inertial technology. Executive Vice President Anders Rønningen in Kongsberg Discovery states the importance of this agreement: “In the current…
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Axiom Space: Building the Commercial Gateway to Low Earth Orbit
Axiom Space, Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, is pioneering a new era of human spaceflight by developing the world’s first commercial space station and expanding access to low Earth orbit (LEO) for both governmental and private entities. Led by former NASA leadership and industry veterans, the company aims to create a thriving…
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Seventh and Eighth O3b mPOWER Satellites to Commence Connectivity Services
SES announced that the latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites launched in December 2024 is ready to offer services across the globe. Featuring redesigned payload power modules, the seventh and eighth O3b mPOWER satellites are bolstering the capabilities of SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system, supporting the delivery of high throughput and predictable low latency…