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TORONTO — Canadian space technology provider MDA Space has secured an initial contract valued at more than C$100 million ($72 million) from prime contractor Thales Alenia Space to supply digital […]
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WASHINGTON — Earth observation startup Orbital Sentry is developing a persistent geostationary infrared monitoring system designed to provide continuous thermal intelligence and rapid wildfire detection across the western United States. […]
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WASHINGTON — NASA’s 22-year-old Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is projected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere and burn up on or around Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, following the failure of a commercial […]
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On the day the FCC approved Amazon’s Globalstar deal, analyst Tim Farrar told Silicon Valley Space Week that carriers have concluded relatively few people will pay for satellite-to-phone service.
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On Friday, October 23, 2026, Polish space optics manufacturer Scanway S.A. and Indian Earth observation firm Pixxel signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand strategic cooperation on advanced optical […]
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On Thursday, October 22, 2026, test and measurement provider Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL) has selected its New Radio Non-Terrestrial Network (NR-NTN) test solutions to expand […]
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On Thursday, October 1, 2026, British Earth observation company SatVu launched its HotSat-3 thermal imaging satellite aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The spacecraft […]
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On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, communications provider Speedcast and maritime systems integrator Soya IT Marine Solutions announced the completed deployment of upgraded digital connectivity suites across 41 roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessels […]
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On Monday, October 12, 2026, the UK Space Agency awarded grant funding to environmental consultancy Callala Ltd and the University of Strathclyde to develop an Earth observation emissions tracking platform […]
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On Friday, October 16, 2026, British communications infrastructure and media services provider Arqiva announced a three-year managed satellite services agreement with Kuwait-based satellite operator Gulfsat. The commercial contract expands Arqiva’s […]
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