Tag: Satellite
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Planet Labs Ships Three Additional Pelicans to Launch Site
Planet Labs, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced the shipment of three Pelican satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of their launch aboard the upcoming CAS500/2 rideshare mission with SpaceX. By launching these satellites to orbit, Planet will further expand the Pelican fleet’s industry-leading capabilities…
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Astroscale Japan Unveils ISSA-J1 Mission to Inspect Retired Satellites in Orbit
Astroscale Japan, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc, the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, has unveiled the client satellites and concept of operations for its ISSA-J1 mission, scheduled for launch in 2027, which will inspect two retired Japanese satellites in orbit. The mission represents a major step forward…
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Space42 and Viasat Share Equatys Progress at Mobile World Congress
Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, and Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, discussed continued progress toward their planned direct-to-device (D2D) infrastructure and offered an early look at the priorities for Equatys, the companies’ forthcoming joint entity, during a co-hosted program at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week. The program marked the first…
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Phantom Space Acquires Thermal Management Technologies to Advance Orbital Data Centers
Phantom Space Corporation, a leader in responsive space transportation, announced it has completed the strategic acquisition of Thermal Management Technologies, a pioneer in advanced satellite thermal components. The acquisition strengthens Phantom’s vertical integration strategy and directly supports the rapid development of Phantom Cloud, the company’s orbital data center constellation. TMT brings decades of proven success…
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Renesas’ Radiation-Hardened ICs Launch on NASA’s Artemis II Crewed Lunar Mission
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced its radiation-hardened (rad-hard) ICs are being used in NASA’s Artemis II mission, which successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1. The first crewed mission around the moon in decades, Artemis II represents a major milestone in NASA’s plans to…
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Plextek Advances Low SWaP Satellite Solutions for Navigation and Space Safety
Plextek is expanding the role in the space sector by delivering low Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) satellite and space solutions designed to operate reliably in harsh orbital and deep space environments. With extensive expertise in advanced electronics, sensing technologies and RF systems, Plextek supports satellite developers and space innovators with engineering capabilities that span…
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GomSpace Secures 8.8 MSEK Authorization from Unseenlabs for Next Constellation Tranche
GomSpace has received an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) valued at 815.000 EUR (8.8 MSEK) from Unseenlabs, a leading European provider of maritime surveillance and radio-frequency intelligence services. The ATP enables GomSpace to initiate the procurement of key components required for the next tranche of Unseenlabs’ microsatellite constellation. This early authorisation is a critical milestone, allowing both…
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Redwire Corporation Awarded ESA QKDSat Quantum-Secure Spacecraft Contract
Redwire Corporation, a global leader in space and defence technology solutions, announced that it has been awarded a contract to develop a quantum-secure satellite under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Quantum Key Distribution Satellite (QKDSat), within ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Partnership Projects program. Redwire will manufacture and deliver its European-built Hammerhead spacecraft,…
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Starcloud Raises 170 Million USD Series A at 1.1 Billion USD Valuation
Starcloud, the company building data centers in space, announced it has raised a $170 million Series A, at a $1.1 billion valuation. Achieving unicorn status just 17 months after its Y Combinator demo day, Starcloud is now the fastest unicorn in Y Combinator history. The round is also more than double the size of the…
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OQ Technology Deploys Two ERMIS Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-16
OQ Technology, a Luxembourg-based satellite operator pioneering 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity through its direct-to-device (D2D) global satellite network, and its Greek subsidiary OQ Technology Hellas, announced the successful launch of ERMIS-1 and ERMIS-2, two satellites built by OQ Technology Hellas, aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The satellites were…