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LatConnect 60 Unveils Proprietary AI Capabilities Following Growing Indo-Pacific Defence Interest in SWIRSAT

LatConnect 60 (“LC60”), an Australian satellite Earth observation and AI company, today unveiled a proprietary ...
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Office of Space Commerce to move ahead on mission authorization

Taylor Jordan, director of the Office of Space Commerce, testifies at a July 15 House Science Committee hearing. Credit: House Science Committee WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department is moving ahead ...
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Lightning strikes Long March 3B after liftoff, Kinetica-1 launches 5 satellites

Lightning strikes Long March 3B after liftoff, Kinetica-1 launches 5 satellites China conducted a pair of launches Thursday, ...
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EU delays release of Copernicus imagery over Gulf of Oman

JOHANNESBURG — The European Union has ordered a 24-hour delay in the release of some Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery following a request from the United States based on concerns that the Earth ...
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Air Force takes over troubled military GPS receiver program

U.S. military troops use GPS receivers during emergency close-air-support training. Credit: U.S. Army WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has taken control of the Pentagon’s long-delayed effort to field ...
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Poland commits $745 million to EU’s IRIS² constellation project

The Polish government has agreed to invest around $745 million in the development of the planned IRIS² multi-orbit satellite internet constellation with the European Union. The money will go toward ...
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Airbus space business takes advantage of growing demand for satellite systems

Airbus Defence and Space will build the Aeolus-2 wind-monitoring satellite for the European Space Agency. Credit: Airbus Defence and Space WASHINGTON — Airbus executives say the turnaround in the ...
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China’s Shijian-31 satellite is sweeping GEO using a unique orbit

HELSINKI — A classified satellite launched by China in June is operating in a creative orbit, giving it a unique vantage point over the geostationary belt. Shijian-31 launched on a Long March 3B June ...
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FCC approves sweeping space reforms while clearing more C-band for 5G

The FCC voted July 22 to push satellite operators out of more C-band spectrum for a 5G auction next year, while approving a ...
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Vast establishes division for national security projects

Vast hired Melanie Stricklan as senior vice president of special programs to support work on national security space projects. Credit: Vast WASHINGTON — Commercial space station and spacecraft ...
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Relativity Space to expand Terran R production in Florida

Relativity Space struck a deal with Space Florida to build manufacturing and test facilities for its Terran R rocket on ...
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Artemis 2 astronaut advocates for equatorial lunar landings

Astronaut Victor Glover observes the moon during the Artemis 2 mission. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — The pilot of the Artemis 2 mission says NASA’s return to the moon should start with human landings in ...