Intelsat has successfully powered up the first, space-based instrument to monitor major air pollutants across North America and send data back to Earth as part of the first phase of […]
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Northrop Grumman completes USSF’s DARC CDR
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) and software demonstration for the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability Program (DARC). Following the completion of […]
Airbus and TerraNIS to export Farmstar in Europe
Airbus Defence and Space has signed an agreement with TerraNIS to export Farmstar, the space-based precision farming and crop monitoring service, outside of France. Farmstar Export will be developed in […]
Sener Aerospace’s scanner mechanisms contracted for the Forum mission by ESA
Sener Aerospace has signed a contract to supply scanner and calibration mechanisms and electronics for the Forum mission (Far-Infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring), which will be the ninth Earth […]
Quindar raises million$ to streamline satellite testing + automate operations
Quindar has raised $2.5 million in capital from Y-Combinator, FCVC, Soma Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, K5 Global, and others — this latest round of funding allows the company to grow […]
Japan launches intelligence satellite to monitor weather and N Korean military sites
Japan successfully launched Thursday a rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering radar satellite to improve disaster response and monitor developments at North Korean military sites. The No. 46 H2A rocket, operated […]
Scotland’s Metahelios’ tech entrepreneurs funding will develop first long-distance camera to capture 100,000 frames per second
A Glasgow-based start-up, Metahelios, specializing in advanced imaging technology is hoping to send its cameras to space after securing support from the Start Up Loans program to take the business […]
Successful launch of Unseenlabs’ 8th constellation smallsat
Unseenlabs successfully has launched their eighth satellite since 2019, one dedicated to the geolocation of vessels at sea from space. BRO-8 was launched with Exolaunch as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-6 […]
GMV a key provider for the SouthPAN advanced positioning project in Australia and New Zealand
GMV is developing two core elements of the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) system, a joint initiative of the Australian and New Zealand governments to provide the two countries with […]
NanoAvionics developing two smallsats for Constellr
Kongsberg NanoAvionics has signed a contract with thermal data provider Constellr to supply that firm with two of NanoAvionic’s flagship MP42 smallsat buses. Having recently raised 10 million euros, Constellr […]