Lynk + Omnispace reveal plans to merge to deliver global D2D connectivity with partner SES
Lynk Global and Omnispace plans to merge to deliver a comprehensive, Direct-to-Device (D2D), connectivity solution, bridging the gap between today’s satellite and terrestrial networks. Following the merger, SES will become a major strategic shareholder, facilitating a robust deployment of D2D ...
Rocket Lab’s next Electron Launch will be the 6th mission for iQPS
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the launch window for its next mission for multi-launch customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japan-based Earth imaging company—this mission will be Electron’s 74th launch to date and 16th ...
INNOSPACE obtains launch authorization for 1st commercial launch mission ‘SPACEWARD’
INNOSPACE (KS:462350), a South Korean satellite launch service company, announced that it has become the first private company to obtain a commercial launch authorization from the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA)—with this authorization, INNOSPACE has completed all approval procedures for the maiden ...
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Hubble Network raises $70 million Series B to scale global Bluetooth®-to-Satellite connectivity + presenting at Silicon Valley Space Week
Hubble Network recently announced a major step forward as the firm raised $70 million in Series B funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $100 million since its founding in 2021. This raise fuels their growth and also validates the ...
SpaceX’s Bandwagon 4 ready to rideshare launch on Saturday from the Cape
SpaceX plans Bandwagon 4 a rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, November 1, from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, from 10:09 PM - 11:03 PM PDT. This dedicated to a mid-inclination orbit is designed ...
Europe turns to space to boost resilience
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius, set the stage for discussions on the potential for space to support security at a conference entitled "Space for European Resilience: rising to the collective challenge", citing ...
Lockheed Martin’s X-59 soars—a new era in supersonic flight begins
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA, has completed the first flight of the X-59, a revolutionary, quiet, supersonic aircraft designed to pave the way for faster commercial air travel. The X-59 took off from Skunk Works' ...
Northrop Grumman collaborates on AI-designed spacecraft propulsion element
A new physics AI model, built by Northrop Grumman and Luminary Cloud, with support from NVIDIA, could dramatically speed design of components and, one day, entire spacecraft. Using Luminary Cloud’s Physics AI platform, with help from NVIDIA’s Computer Aided Engineering ...
UC Davis + Proteus Space to launch 1st dynamic digital twin into space
UC Davis graduate students Ayush Patnaik (left) and Adam Zufall (right) working on a payload that will travel into space this fall. The payload is a digital twin that will use AI software to measure the activity and predict the ...
Falcon 9 launches 28 smallsats as Starlink Group 11-21 soars on Monday from sunny California
On Monday, October 27, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched of 28 Starlink Group 11-21 smallsats to low-Earth orbit to from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The satellites will join the Starlink constellation. Space ...
China’s Chang Zheng 2F/G ready for Friday launch with three astronauts in Shenzhou 21 capsule
Shenzhou 21 rolls out for launch. (Credit: Xinhua News) On Friday, October 31, at 15:44 UTC China’s Tiangong space station is ready to receive three new taikonauts (Chinese astronauts) at the Shenzhou 21 mission Site 901 at the Jiuquan Satellite ...
WTA announces Provisional Certification of Saudi Net Link’s Khobar HUB Teleport in Khobar, Saudi Arabia
The World Teleport Association (WTA) announced that Saudi Net Link has achieved provisional certification of its Khobar HUB Teleport in Saudi Arabia, under WTA’s Teleport Certification Program. The Khobar Teleport certification marks the 73rd issued since the program was launched at IBC ...
Mil/Gov win to optimize Gogo multi-orbit 5G ATG, LEO, and GEO connectivity networks
SD Government (SDG), the division of Gogo (NASDAQ: GOGO) that provides SATCOM to global governments, has received a five-year, federal contract to deliver multi-band, multi-orbit, airborne global satellite communications to a U.S. government agency. The new agreement, initially valued at ...
