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Verizon teams with Skylo for satellite IoT and emergency messaging

Alun Williams — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:06:11 +0000

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 – ...

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Glasgow next week: Space-Comm Expo Scotland

Steve Bush — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:18:21 +0000

Scotland is welcoming its biggest ever space industry event next week: the inaugural Space-Comm Expo Scotland, at SEC Glasgow over 11-12 September. The organisers are expecting 3,000 delegates and 70 ...

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NASA selects Intuitive Machines for lunar South Pole payload delivery

Alun Williams — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 05:06:27 +0000

Nasa has announced that a new set of science experiments and technology demonstrations will arrive at the lunar South Pole in 2027 following the agency’s latest CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload ...

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SBQuantum takes quantum diamond magnetometers to space

Alun Williams — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 05:06:56 +0000

SBQuantum is celebrating a pair of new contracts with government space agencies: the European Space Agency (ESA) and the the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The Canadian company – based in ...

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Norway’s Andøya Spaceport closes in on first European satellite launch

Alun Williams — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 05:06:44 +0000

The Andøya Spaceport in Norway has officially received its Launch Site Operator licence from the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. Less than one year after its opening, the ...

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UK site to boost DARC deep space radar capability

Alun Williams — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:03:37 +0000

The U.S. Space Force has awarded its Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 2 contract. This is for a location in the UK as part of its role as an ...

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AstroForge raises Series A for asteroid mining

Alun Williams — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:06:01 +0000

AstroForge, the asteroid mining startup, has raised $40 million in Series A funding to “unlock a cost-effective and sustainable mining solution”. The company’s aim is to establish an untapped supply ...

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Axiom Space, Nokia integrate 4G/LTE comms into next-gen spacesuits

Alun Williams — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 05:06:03 +0000

Axiom Space and Nokia are partnering to integrate advanced 4G/LTE comms into the former’s next-generation spacesuits. They are what the astronauts will be wearing when they return to the Moon ...

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UKSA funds 10 satellite data pilots for Unlocking Space for Business

Alun Williams — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 05:06:52 +0000

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has awarded £2.5 million to ten pilot projects as part of its Unlocking Space for Business programme. The projects will trial systems that use satellite ...

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Eutelsat carves out ground segment entity for private equity

Alun Williams — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 05:06:25 +0000

Eutelsat is entering into exclusive negotiations with a private equity company, EQT, for the partial sale of its ground segment infrastructure assets. The parties are looking to carve out Eutelsat’s ...

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