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D-Orbit has signed a launch service contract with Stellar Project, an Italian satellite component developer and manufacturer, for the launch and operations of Stellar Project’s LaserCube payload on D-Orbit’s upcoming […]
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Launched on June 17, 2021, the GPS III Space Vehicle 05 (GPS III SV05) is the latest, next-generation, GPS III satellite, a warfighting system owned and operated by the U.S. […]
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Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio have signed a contract with the Italian Ministry of Defense, represented by TELEDIFE / Secretariat General of Defense, for the development of the SICRAL 3 […]
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4iG Plc (“4iG” or “the Group”) has announced their first international transaction, which will allow the Group to continue building its telecommunications portfolio and expanding its space industry business. 4iG […]
Read MoreViasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) will integrate their In-line Network Encryptor (INE) into the world’s first Link 16-capable LEO satellite, which the company is developing for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory […]
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The U.S. Space Force successfully launched a classified payload on June 15 for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) aboard a Minotaur I rocket at 9:35 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Wallops Flight […]
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Orbital Sidekick (OSK) has revealed information regarding their upcoming launch of the firm’s newest and most powerful hyperspectral imaging satellite — Aurora. Aurora leverages OSK’s previous experience collecting and analyzing […]
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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) payload into orbit for the U.S. Space Force (USSF), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), using the […]
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The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 05 satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations […]
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Relativity Space, the first company to 3D print an entire rocket and build the largest metal 3D printers in the world, has closed a $650 million Series E equity funding […]
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