The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded a contract to Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) subsidiary, ExactEarth Ltd., to deliver preparatory work for implementation phases of a wildfire monitoring satellite. […]
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CGI to extend machine learning to LEO satellite network optimization
CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) has been awarded a further contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) under ESA’s ARTES Core Competitiveness program, with the support of the UK Space Agency, […]
A NASA smallsat swarm to be launched by Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a deal to launch NASA’s Starling mission, a multi-CubeSat mission to test and demo autonomous swarm technologies, as well as automated space […]
SSTL + Oxford Space Systems to launch the CarbSAR in orbit demo mission to showcase wrapped rib antenna
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) and Oxford Space Systems (OSS) have confirmed a partnership to build and launch an OSS Wrapped Rib antenna mounted to an SSTL CarbSAR satellite. The […]
Warpspace partners with Australian EO satellite operator LatConnect60
Warpspace has signed a strategic partnership agreement with LatConnect 60 Ltd. to create a mechanism to monitor carbon emissions from space efficiently and in very high resolution. LatConnect 60 Ltd. […]
CesiumAstro to provide 7 multi-beam, active phased array comms payloads to Raytheon Technologies for SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer
CesiumAstro was selected by Raytheon Technologies to provide their Vireo active electronically scanned array (AESA) RF communications payload for integration into seven space vehicles that are supporting the Space Development […]
AICRAFT builds new partnerships to leverage its AI technologies in space
South Australian AI company AICRAFT has signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to develop and bring to market new solutions for space. Those MoUs are with Scanway (Poland—innovative smart imaging […]
UPDATE 3: Rocket Lab pushes NASA’s TROPICS mission to orbit… Rocket Lab’s official launch report…
The ‘Rocket Like a Hurricane’ launch lifted-off on May 8th. at 13:00 NZST (01:00 UTC) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula deploying two of the […]
ThrustMe selected to provide Turion Space with vital propulsion capacities
ThrustMe and Turion Space have announced the selection of the ThrustMe’s iodine electric propulsion system for the DROID.002 spacecraft. Turion Space will integrate several ThrustMe NPT30-I2-1.5U thrusters to enable the […]
Dragonette-001 smallsat to capture hyperspectral imagery
Wyvern‘s Dragonette-001 satellite, also known as EPICHyper-1, was recently launched on April 14th, 2023, as one of the smallsat payloads on the SpaceX Transporter 7 mission, a dedicated, rideshare flight […]