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Interlune announced on Monday, May 4, that it has been awarded a $6.9 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract from NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate. The 18-month […]
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The global small satellite ecosystem is undergoing a structural transformation, shifting from an era of experimental “NewSpace” concepts into a mature industrial sector defined by sovereign security requirements and mass-production […]
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SpaceX successfully launched its second CAS500 (Compact Advanced Satellite 500) mission on Sunday, May 3, carrying three milestone satellites built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics. The mission, which lifted off from Vandenberg […]
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Viasat, Inc. announced the successful launch and initial signal acquisition of its ViaSat-3 Flight 3 (F3) satellite on Wednesday, April 29. The mission, which lifted off at 10:13 a.m. EDT […]
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to technology multinational GMV to lead the development and operational maintenance of mission planning functions (MPFs) for the Copernicus expansion missions. […]
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The Canadian government has introduced sweeping new regulatory measures to oversee satellite re-entry and orbital debris, directly coinciding with a massive reconfiguration of SpaceX’s Starlink fleet. On April 27, Transport […]
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The FCC votes Thursday, April 30, to replace 1990s EPFD limits with a performance-based coordination framework. SpaceX got its waiver January 9; Amazon Kuiper followed in February. By the time the Commission codifies the new rules, the two largest LEO operators will have been running under them for three to four months. The vote is not the starting gun. It is the regularization of a head start.
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics is preparing to launch three technically distinct satellites—SNAPPY, QUBE II, and Eycore-1—on the upcoming SpaceX CAS500-2 mission. Scheduled for liftoff on Sunday, May 3, from Vandenberg Space Force […]
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As the global wearables market shifts away from a single-device focus toward a fragmented ecosystem of smart glasses and rings, satellite connectivity is emerging as the critical technology for maintaining […]
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In a structural shift toward intelligent manufacturing, industry leaders have committed more than $262 million in strategic investments toward AI-enabled R&D and materials production. According to the “AI Impact on […]
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