Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) is moving its largest form factor CubeSat – the XB16 CubeSat – into production. The company – a provider of small satellites and spacecraft systems components, ...
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Intelsat has completed its C-band frequency clearing process for which it will receive nearly $3.7 billion in payment from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The commission had set deadline ...
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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has opened its Extreme Computing centre, as a component of national defence research – with a focus on quantum computing. Described as a ...
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Northampton-based XCAM has been awarded grant funding from the UK Space Agency (UKSA), via its International Bilateral Fund (IBF) – Phase 1, to develop next generation X-ray instrumentation for the ...
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Leaf Space has raised capital for a total of €20 million ($22 million) on top of a loan by the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a further €15 million through Venture Debt. The company, which specialises in ground segment services for satellite operators, said the funding would help it expand its global network of ground ...
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Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has secured a €30m investment from KKR. It will help enable its upcoming integrated first stage test and complete its launch pad at SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland, said the Bavarian company. The first flight for the RFA ONE rocket is scheduled for 2024 Q2. Having successfully completed its upper stage hot ...
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Japan’s research institution RIKEN, Mitsui Bussan Aerospace and Vilnius-based NanoAvionics are collaborating on the astronomical NinjaSat X-ray observatory mission. The aim of the two-year mission is to observe X-ray photons from persistently bright X-ray objects in the universe. The organisations have announced that the NinjaSat team aims to observe black holes and neutron stars that ...
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The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) is celebrating the successful completion of its Girls into Electronics programme for 2023, which was done in collaboration with Apple. It launched the initiative to help inspire female students, aged 15-17, to consider a career in the electronics, and to address a gender imbalance in the industry.” The success ...
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The Space Foundation has released its 2023 Q2 report showing the annual growth of the global space economy reaching $546 billion. The U.S.-based nonprofit organisation said this represented an 8% growth for the space industry. Within this, commercial growth – accounting for 78% of the total space economy – was recorded at nearly 8%, reaching ...
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Maxar Technologies has announced it’s completed the first Critical Design Review of its Maxar 300 series bus. The platform will be produced for L3Harris Technologies in support of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer (T1TRK) programme. This mesh network of satellites is designed to provide global warning and tracking of advanced ...
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