Tag: Satellite
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Novaspace Projects Satellite Internet to Connect 780M People and Unlocks $320B Global Market
Novaspace released the third edition of Universal Broadband Access, highlighting satellite’s unique role in expanding global connectivity. As of 2024, satellite broadband services can reach more than 780 million people, unlocking an addressable market opportunity of over $320 billion through 2033. “Satellite services are essential for achieving universal access, especially in areas where terrestrial networks…
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Reflex Aerospace and Umbra Partners to Deliver SAR Satellite for Europe
Reflex Aerospace and Umbra are proud to announce an agreement to collaborate on providing turnkey, cutting-edge synthetic aperture radar (SAR) solutions to Europe. As established in the plans, Umbra will customize and build its world-class, high-performance SAR solutions for integration by Reflex into a dedicated satellite bus hosting the payload. The satellite solution will utilize a…
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Phase Four: Pioneering Next-Generation In-Space Propulsion Systems
Phase Four, Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, is at the forefront of developing advanced in-space propulsion systems. The company’s mission is to provide versatile electric propulsion solutions for a variety of satellites, fuels, and mission types, ensuring constellation operators have the broadest set of options to perform their missions. Phase Four’s focus…
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Aerospacelab Secures Contract with JAXA through Mitsui Bussan Aerospace
Aerospacelab, in partnership with Mitsui Bussan Aerospace (MBA), has announced its selection by the Japan Exploration Agency (JAXA) to supply the platform that will host JAXA’s SAMRAI payload as part of a demonstration mission. This contract represents an important step in showcasing innovative international satellite solutions. This first partnership with both MBA and JAXA highlights…
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Terran Orbital Selected by US Space Force for $237M Contract to Develop New Space Technology
Terran Orbital Corporation, a leading manufacturer of small satellites primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced it has been selected by the U.S. Space Force as one of 12 companies awarded a position on the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract. This 10-year, $237 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, administered by Space…
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Amazon exec shares views of Project Kuiper satellites getting off to an ‘entirely nominal’ start
A video shows Project Kuiper satellites being deployed in orbit. (Amazon / ULA / Rajeev Badyal via LinkedIn) Several days after the launch of the first full-scale satellites in Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation, the mission team is still on an adrenaline high, according to the team’s leader. “It’s early in the mission and we still…
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Near Space Raises $20M Series B Round to Scale Stratospheric Imaging for the AI Age
Near Space Labs announced $20 million in Series B funding to accelerate delivery of its ultra-high-resolution, frequent aerial imagery across the continental United States. Bold Capital Partners, founded by entrepreneur Peter Diamandis of XPRIZE and Singularity University, led the round, with participation from USAA, Climate Capital, Gaingels, and River Park Ventures, joined by existing investors…
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Lynk Global Granted License Modification for Commercial D2D Service in U.S
Lynk Global, a leading satellite-direct-to-device (D2D) provider, expressed appreciation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the below statement from Amy Mehlman, EVP and Chief Global Affairs Officer of Lynk: “We want to thank the FCC for quickly granting our license modification to provide service in the United States. Lynk previously received the world’s first…
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Apex Secures $200M Series C Funding to Scale Production of Satellite Bus Platforms
Apex, the world’s first spacecraft manufacturer to offer productized, high-rate configurable satellite bus platforms, announced its $200 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Point72 Ventures and co-led by 8VC, alongside existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz and new firms Washington Harbour Partners and StepStone Group. This fundraiser will allow Apex to scale…
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UP42 and Maxar Partners to Broaden Global Access
UP42 has partnered with Maxar, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, to make Maxar’s very high-resolution satellite imagery and tasking products available in the UP42 platform, broadening global access to the most advanced commercial geospatial intelligence. UP42 customers can now directly task Maxar’s very high-resolution constellation, including its WorldView Legion satellites. With Maxar’s…