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On April 18, 2022, the U.S. Government announced that it was committing itself not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile tests. This declaration solidifies what has been implicit U.S. […]
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The space environment is becoming increasingly polluted, due to the proliferation of objects orbiting in an uncontrolled manner around the Earth, particularly in low and geostationary orbits (the most interesting […]
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Astronaut Tim Peake said he was only ever really frightened by one major thing during his time in space: space debris colliding with the space station Astroscale Ltd., the UK […]
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Space Systems Command (SSC)’s Space Command and Control (Space C2) program began the decommissioning of Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) Mission System (JMS) Service Pack 9 (SP-9) this month, marking […]
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The Space Development Agency (SDA) has released a DRAFT solicitation for a potential Tracking Layer for Tranche 1 of the National Defense Space Architecture. The draft solicitation provides an opportunity […]
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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed the critical design review (CDR) of the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) prototype for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The […]
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ECAPS, a leading manufacturer of non-toxic propulsion systems a Swedish space company that was established in 2000 by the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Volvo Aero, have signed an Memorandum […]
Read MoreThe Space Development Agency (SDA) is seeking responses to their Request for Proposal (RFP) to help build the Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL). T1TL is a mesh network of more […]
Read MoreThe Space Development Agency has an upcoming June launch (scheduled for the 25th of the month) of their first satellite mission, two years after the agency’s establishment. This is their […]
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exactEarth Ltd. (“the Company”) (TSX: XCT) has launched exactAIS® Platinum Plus, the newest member of the company’s exactAIS® family of global real-time AIS vessel identification and tracking data services. The […]
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