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The European Commission has confirmed a significant upgrade to EGNOS, Europe’s satellite-based flight and positioning augmentation system. On August 25th, the GEO-3 satellite Eutelsat 5 West B moved from test […]
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The first weather data from Beyond Gravity’s next generation radio occultation instrument for a new European weather satellite reveal how the instrument enhances future weather forecasts. Mid-of August, the first […]
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Space42 has signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Angola’s Military Intelligence and Security Service (SISM)—this landmark agreement was formalized during the state visit of UAE President His Highness […]
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CNES has awarded €31 million in strategic funding to UNIVITY—formerly Constellation Technologies & Operations— as part of a France 2030 call for projects operated by CNES—this support marks a decisive […]
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The Flight Ticket Initiative is a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission for European companies and institutions to test and prove new products and applications […]
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Charleroi, Belgium-based, Aerospacelab has raised $110 million (€94.5m) of fresh cash to expand its manufacturing capacity and improve its bid for a role in IRIS², Europe’s planned highly-secure multi-orbit broadband […]
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AST SpaceMobile needs to get its second-generation satellites into orbit speedily. The first of these craft, weighing some 6500 kgs, is much-delayed in its promised launch date. Now, AST insists […]
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L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has begun manufacturing electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems at a 2,000-square-meter facility in Katowice—this facility provides European operators with Targeting, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (T-ISR) sensors for […]
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched a new Earth-observation satellite along with several smaller spacecraft from California on Tuesday (Aug. 26). Photos captured by Satnews. NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the […]
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The EU-backed IRIS2 mega-constellation of super-secure satellites has seen the SpaceRISE consortium, which is managing the project, launch its first contest for the building of the 270-satellite LEO segment of […]
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