PUAKO, Hawaii — ClearSpace completed the second phase of the UK Space Agency’s Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission, by testing and refining technology to remove satellites from low-Earth orbit. In […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – German space traffic management startup Okapi:Orbits raised 13 million euros ($14.75 million) in a seed funding round announced April 24. With the new investment, Okapi will expand […]

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SAN FRANCISCO — Northwood Space raised $30 million in a Series A round to establish a global network of phased array ground stations. Alpine Space Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz led […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – A White House budget proposal calls for replacing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s future geostationary satellite constellation, GeoXO, with a far less expensive and ambitious program. […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS – Military space leaders continue looking for ways to inject commercial technologies into their architectures. For strategic communications and positioning, navigation and timing, though, true commercial alternatives may […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS – The space sector is likely to benefit from increased defense spending by NATO allies, European military leaders said at the Space Symposium. At the NATO Summit in […]

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Electrical engineer Ed Tate was skeptical of proposals for space-based solar power when he initially heard about the concept seven years ago. “My first reaction was, ‘That really sounds like […]

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Colorado Springs — Within days of each other in late February and early March, the Aerospace Corp. and Spire Global announced similar breakthroughs: demonstrating optical intersatellite links between cubesats. News […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS – Through government-backed lunar missions, companies are identifying customers for future flights. International space agencies, universities, companies and rideshare customers contributed about 10 percent of the money that […]

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Colorado Springs — L3Harris Technologies is preparing to modernize the development, production and testing of weather satellite instruments in a new 9,290-square-meter facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. “The new facility […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS – Aitech Systems, a California company known for military and aerospace electronics, revealed plans for a picosatellite that will be used for artificial-intelligence applications. The company announced the […]

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Colorado Springs — Change is underway at Boeing Space Mission Systems. To meet growing demand, the veteran satellite manufacturer is creating hot production lines to accelerate deliveries and investing in […]

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The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to update decades-old satellite power limits amid broader efforts to modernize and streamline regulations, the new head of the U.S. agency’s space division said April 7.

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Voyager Technologies plans to acquire LEOcloud, a startup focused on space-based cloud computing.

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SAN FRANCISCO – Miles Space has demonstrated a water-fueled electric thruster with unusually lower power demands. “We have a water-vapor-based plasma thruster that works at power levels so low, people […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – French antenna manufacturer Anywaves announced plans March 27 to begin producing satellite antennas and radio-frequency payloads in-house, a prelude to establishing a U.S. facility. To serve international […]

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Under the $95 million contract, Carbon Mapper will process and disseminate data gathered by Planet Tanager hyperspectral-imaging satellites.

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By 2030, Space Industries plans to assemble, integrate and test more than 220 satellites annually in a 3,000-square-meter clean room.

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Exlabs and Antares announced a strategic partnership March 19 to develop a nuclear-powered spacecraft for deep-space missions.

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Indian edge computing startup SkyServe is working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to test artificial intelligence models on a D-Orbit satellite.

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Samara Aerospace is preparing for spaceflight testing of its satellite-pointing technology with funds raised in a pre-seed investment round.

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German startup constellr released first-light imagery from the initial satellite in its thermal-imaging constellation.

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If satellite manufacturers don’t find ways to compete more effectively, SpaceX could dominate their market.

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RBC Signals is acquiring 10 six-meter antennas to expand its ground-station network.

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