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On August 27, 2026, Arianespace successfully launched the MTG-I2 weather satellite aboard an Ariane 62 vehicle from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space […]
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ICEYE has established national entities in Germany, Portugal, India, the Netherlands and Korea inside 49 days and named a country chief executive for the UAE in the same window. CEO Rafal Modrzewski and ICEYE UAE chief Christos Kolimenakis told SatNews what the country-leadership model is actually selling: schedule. Poland went from contract signature to a constellation its own military operators fly in under 12 months, while France's first sovereign radar demonstrator does not enter service until 2029.
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On August 24, 2026, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operator ICEYE announced the formal establishment of ICEYE India, a new corporate entity operating out of New Delhi. The subsidiary is […]
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SAN FRANCISCO – August 3, 2026 – Expanding its commercial Earth observation footprint across European civil government agencies, Planet Labs PBC announced on July 30, 2026, a one-year multi-million-dollar contract […]
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On Tuesday, July 28, 2026, space operations service provider Telespazio—a Leonardo company—announced the completed installation of a new proprietary S/X-band satellite tracking antenna on the island of Santa Maria in […]
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Addressing requirements for resilient, on-the-move communications in contested environments, multi-link terminal developer ALL.SPACE announced on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, that its second-generation Hydra MAX terminal has achieved operational certification on […]
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Targeting tight delivery schedules for orbital camera systems, optical specialist Resolve Optics Ltd. announced on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the adaptation and delivery of a flight-ready 6mm focal length lens […]
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In a development that marks the end of a highly contentious period of information control, satellite remote sensing pioneer Planet Labs PBC has quietly rolled back administrative restrictions on its […]
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FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA — On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, Kuva US, Inc., the domestic subsidiary of Finnish hyperspectral Earth observation company Kuva Space, announced its selection under NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data […]
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ICEYE has proven that European-owned, sovereign-operated reconnaissance works at scale; the continent's task now is to build a deeper bench of champions on the model it pioneered.
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