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On August 31, 2026, space situational awareness (SSA) provider NorthStar Earth & Space was selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the FALCON initiative, an international industrial and […]
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On August 31, 2026, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved an orbital milestone by deploying its first geostationary Earth observation imager. The satellite platform provides persistent meteorological imaging and […]
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On August 31, 2026, Dutch shipping operator Royal Wagenborg contracted maritime technology provider De Boer Marine to execute a multiyear, phased deployment of onboard connectivity, IT infrastructure, and cybersecurity systems […]
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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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Addressing simulation bottlenecks in complex flight dynamics modeling, aerospace engineering firm a.i. solutions launched FreeFlyer 8 on August 25, 2026. Unveiled at the Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, […]
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On August 24, 2026, speaking at the Evercore Partners TMT Global Conference, T-Mobile Chief Financial Officer Peter Osvaldik addressed the structural limitations of direct-to-device (D2D) satellite architectures. In response to […]
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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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Targeting the vendor lock-in and closed ecosystem limitations of proprietary mega-constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink, Lithuanian optical communications developer Astrolight is scaling an open-standard, interoperable laser communication architecture across space, ground, […]
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On August 17, 2026, direct-to-device (D2D) satellite operators Lynk Global and Omnispace announced the formal completion of their corporate merger, launching a combined operational entity rebranded as Elveo Mobile (Elveo). […]
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