ATLAS Space Operations has raised $15 million in an investment round led by NewSpace Capital, a space-focused private equity firm. Existing investors – including Michigan Capital Network, Beringea, Wakestream Ventures and Boomerang Catapult – participated in the funding round. As did new investors Michigan Rise and Red Cedar Ventures. The investment will be used to meet industry demand and manage ...
Verizon, the telecommunications company, and Skylo, a non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider, have announced a partnership to launch a commercial direct-to-device messaging service via satellite. This will enable Verizon customers – starting this autumn, for customers on certain smartphones – to have access to emergency messaging and location sharing even when a terrestrial cellular network is not available. Next year, says ...
In partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), Open Cosmos has launched Phisat-2 (Φsat2), a 6U CubeSat to showcase in-orbit AI for Earth observations. The satellite carries a multispectral camera for imaging but also a computer to allow AI apps to run onboard, for adding intelligence to the processing of the data. This is done via the open source NanoSat ...
Kuva Space, a Finnish Earth observation company, is celebrating the successful launch of its hyperspectral microsatellite Hyperfield-1, intended to demonstrate its future subscription-based commercial services. It marks the initial stage of Kuva’s constellation, which aims to provide daily observation by 2027 and gapless subdaily global monitoring with 100 satellites by 2030. The microsatellite – launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 from ...
SES Space & Defense has been awarded a U.S. Air Force (USAF) Air Combat Command (ACC) contract to help support the force’s airborne operations. The company will provide geostationary (GEO) Ku-band satellite services to support the ACC’s remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) training and testing programme. This will involve SES’s GEO fleet of satellites to provide ground-to-air and air-to-ground transmissions coverage ...
The number of satellites in orbit that can be used for IoT connectivity will grow 150% over the next five years according to the latest findings from Juniper Research. The market analyst predicts the number of these satellites will grow from 10,000 in 2024 to over 24,000 by 2029. It attributes this to “increased demand for connectivity in nomadic locations ...
Ubotica, the space AI specialist, is highlighting what it describes as a significant milestone in Live Earth Intelligence for its CogniSAT-6 satellite mission. It is has achieved successful onboard AI detection of objects on Earth and also the immediate relay of insight data to users on the ground. The Dublin-based company says it marks the world’s first commercial deployment of ...
Dawn Aerospace, the Netherlands satellite propulsion specialist, has unveiled its new on-orbit docking and refueling system, its DFT port. Specifically, it is the Docking and Fluid Transfer (DFT) port. This is for its SatDrive propulsion systems, to enable in-space refueling for its customers. Note that the DFT port is only first scheduled to launch in 2025. However, the company said ...
With the certificate of occupancy secured on the building’s construction, Terran Orbital – the satellite manufacturer – is commencing construction of a new space vehicle assembly facility. The 94,000 square feet building – situated on a five-acre site – is located at 4 Goodyear in Irvine, California. The company says it is targeting occupancy in Q1 2025. Terran says it ...
The maritime satellite communication market saw significant growth in 2023, according to ‘Prospects for Maritime Satellite Communications’, with Starlink boosting take-up of satellite comms for ships. Produced by the space consulting and market intelligence firm Novaspace – the result of a merger between Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners – the release expects the market share of Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) solutions as ...
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