Fleet Space Technologies announces its collaboration with Thor Energy Plc (Thor) to redefine its mineral exploration approach through space-enabled technology. As a result, the collaboration has seen Fleet Space Technologies take an equity stake in Thor Energy, signifying both parties' long-term commitment to the project. This latest major commitment for Fleet follows the successful completion of the company's institutional Series C fundraising round and the signing of landmark contracts with some exploration companies, including Rio Tinto and Barrick Gold.
Read More »Andøya Spaceport Expands to the US
Andøya Spaceport has hired Vincent Ciccarelli as its Commercial Director of North America and Asia as it aims to expand to the US. His main task will be to make sure that launch operators outside of Europe recognize the opportunities Andøya has to offer. Until now, Andøya Spaceport had mainly focused on the European market for the spaceport that is currently under construction in Northern Norway. However, this has changed with Ciccarelli joining as the first US-based employee of Andøya Spaceport.
Read More »TNO Joins European Collaboration for Space Internet
TNO, the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), and a consortium of other European partners join forces in the LaiQa-project to develop space internet for cities and continents. Signal losses in fiber over distance are a major hindrance to the future of global quantum internet. Therefore, the project focuses on using satellites to connect cities and continents to eventually become a part of the global quantum internet and fully benefit from its promising applications.
Read More »Lockheed Martin Satellites Launch as Part of T0TL Mission
Lockheed Martin has successfully deployed ten of its satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO) in support of the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 0 Transport Layer (T0TL) mission. SDA's T0TL is a proliferated LEO constellation that will demonstrate low-latency communication and provide a resilient network of integrated capabilities. The company's 10 small satellites successfully separated from the launch vehicle and are now in orbit.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Summer Listening Series: Week Five – Women in the Space Sector
September is upon us, and as our gaze shifts towards the stars during those warm, clear nights, SpaceWatch.Global brings you its fifth and final collection of the Summer Listening Series. Based on the vote by our newsroom, we have mapped out an interstellar journey across five categories. After "Moon and Exploration," "Climate - Space - Earth," "Trendsetters," and "Space Debris and Regulations", this week is the turn of "Women in the Space Sector"
Read More »We Are IT and SES to Deliver Connectivity across the Philippines
SES, Luxembourg-based satellite telecommunications network provider, and We Are IT (WIT), a Philippines-based telecommunications service provider, have announced their first partnership to deliver connectivity services via the SES-9 satellite to 43 Filipino Commission of Elections (COMELEC) offices. WIT is the largest VSAT satellite network service provider in the Philippines.
Read More »NASA Completes Last OSIRIS-REx Test
A NASA team in Utah’s West Desert is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first U.S. asteroid sample. A mock-up of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample capsule was dropped on Wednesday from an aircraft and landed at the drop zone at the Department of Defence’s Utah Test and Training Range in the desert outside Salt Lake City.
Read More »EnduroSat to partner with NASA for Solar Mission
EnduroSat will partner with the University of Berkley and NASA in the Solar PolArization and Directivity X-Ray Experiment (PADRE). It is a NASA CubeSat mission designed to study the Sun. The X-ray polarimeter and Directivity sensor will be hosted on EnduroSat’s 12U satellite scheduled for launch in 2025. It will enable observation of the Sun in hard X-rays (HXRs) from LEO to determine the angular distribution of accelerated electrons from standalone and joint SOLO/STIX observations.
Read More »Spire Global Awarded $4.6 Million NASA Contract
Spire Global, a provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, announced it was awarded a $4.6 million, 12-month contract by NASA reports Business Wire. The contract has been awarded on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The contract is to participate in NOAA’s Sounder for Microwave-Base Applications (SMBA) Phase A study.
Read More »ReOrbit Completes Oversubscribed $7.4M Seed Funding Round
ReOrbit, a Helsinki-based provider of software-enabled satellites, has completed an oversubscribed Seed funding round for US $7.4M, led by Inventure VC alongside participation from 10xFounders, Icebreaker.vc, Expansion, and YesVC. ReOrbit provides real-time data flow in space and provides Earth Observation and SatCom operators with flight software, satellite platforms, and complete systems.
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