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Samara Aerospace has been awarded a Phase I contract under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to advance its Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control (MSAC)—a cutting- edge technology designed […]
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The Luxembourg government is to invest $350 million (€298.6 million) in its joint-venture GovSat-2 project with SES. The government will also put in place $233 million for a “strategic capacity […]
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While U.S.-based companies are launching more payloads into orbit than ever before, they’re still limited by the inefficiency of conventional rockets—with rockets, most of the weight is in the propellant, […]
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Solestial, Inc. (“Solestial”), the solar energy company for space, today announced that it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II contract in the amount of $1.2 million dollars […]
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Alphabet, the parent company of Google, Waymo self-driving cars and dozens of other subsidiaries, is further investing in would-be satellite direct-to-consumer cellular activity AST SpaceMobile. Google is already a strategic […]
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Gilmour Space plans a Tuesday, July 15, launch for the maiden flight of Eris Test Flight1 at 2:30 PM – 12:30 AM PDT. The launch will be from Bowen Orbital […]
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An intriguing idea been floated around by Defence news expert Larry Ramer, suggesting that Amazon should buy — or make a considerable investment — in AST SpaceMobile. Ramer explained: “In […]
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The UK Space Agency recently announced that it has launched a major new procurement process to tackle the growing threat of space debris initiating a £75.6 million tender for the […]
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Muon Space has closed their oversubscribed $89.5 million Series B1 round, bringing total Series B funding to $146 million—this new capital includes $44.5 million in equity and $45 million in […]
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Vodafone, now more accurately called VodafoneThree following its £15 billion merger with Three, says it will connect its 27 million customers wherever they are in the UK, and “by this […]
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