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Greenerwave, the Paris-based satcoms specialist, has won a €10 million contract to help provide French armed forces with satellite connectivity. It is part of a wider contract from the French Defence Procurement Agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement – DGA). This is led by Airbus Defence and Space and also involves the satellite operator Eutelsat OneWeb. Greenerwave will play a role ...
Astroscale UK has won a £5.15 million satellite contract for the Orpheus space domain awareness mission. This aims to both characterise the ionosphere (the ionised portion of Earth’s upper atmosphere) and capture image data to support Space Domain Awareness. The space debris company was selected by the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to operate the mission. Collaboration The ...
Redwire is celebrating its lunar and Martian manufacturing technology, Mason, passing a Critical Design Review (CDR) with NASA. Mason is a tool suite for the construction of berms (mounds), landing pads and roads for future lunar and Martian habitats. The project is part of a $12.9 million award from NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate. This is to prototype Mason for ...
Impulse Space – a Californian in-space transportation startup – has raised $300 million in a Series C funding round. The round, which was led by Linse Capital, brings Impulse’s total capital raised to $525 million. There was also participation from new investor DFJ Growth and returning investors included Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, RTX Ventures, and Airbus Ventures ...
Mouser is now stocking TriMate rugged circular connectors from AirBorn, pitching them against larger legacy MIL-DTL-38999 connectors “while delivering equal or superior performance”, claimed the component distributor. These come in three mating-retention forms on the plug side: traditional 38999-style ratcheting tri-start threaded, push-pull latch, and break-away for quick de-mating. “Each plug type mates with the same receptacle to reduce manufacturing ...
Following Intelsat shareholder approval last week, and the UK competition authority’s recent green light, the European Commission has now given final approval for the SES acquisition of Intelsat. SES SES is the Luxembourg-based multi-orbit satellite comms giant, providing video and data connectivity to broadcasters and ISPs. It has 70 satellites in operation in MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) and GEO (Geostationary ...
The UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is studying the results of a test of an underwater robot. The system aims to prevent adversaries from sabotaging undersea cables and pipelines. The robot will enable the “disarming or removing threats” says Dstl. As well as operating at depths greater than divers can reach, the robot can also work safely for ...
The UK’s major space event, the UK Space Conference 2025, is heading to Manchester Central in July. Running from Wednesday 16 to Thursday 17 July, the event is aimed at government bodies, industry, and academia. With the theme of Space for Growth, the conference will cover questions such as how space can drive long-term economic growth for the UK. And ...
Two space startups have been selected to receive the MassChallenge Technology in Space Prize, receiving a total of more than $650,000 to advance their research through the orbiting laboratory on the ISS. Boeing and CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space) are the program’s funders. CASIS manages the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory. The two winners are ...
Astroscale is celebrating the completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for its UK Space Agency-backed ELSA-M (End-of-Life by Astroscale-Multiple) In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) spacecraft. Specifically, Astroscale UK – a subsidiary of Japan-based Astroscale Holdings – describes it as a world-first Rendezvous Proximity Operations (RPO) mission. The system is being designed, manufactured and operated by Astroscale UK at the Harwell Campus ...
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