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Thales Alenia Space has secured new contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the ground mission segment and system engineering activities of Galileo Second Generation (GSG). The contracts are valued at 300 million euros ($333 million). Additionally, Thales...
Danish architecture studio SAGA Space Architects, a startup incubated in the ESA BIC Denmark programme, is tackling the significant challenge of sleep deprivation among astronauts in space in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Danish Ministry...
Millennium Space Systems has successfully completed a program design review (PDR) for a missile tracking satellite for the U.S. Space Force, according to an announcement made by the company on Wednesday. The PDR was completed in just four months,...
Muon Space, a space technology company, has been granted an option to expand its contract with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC) to gather ionospheric data through its MuSat-2 satellite mission. The Department of Defense (DoD) will...
iRocket, the Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc., has been granted an additional $1.8 million in funding by the U.S. Space Force to further develop its reusable rocket engine. This funding comes as part of a Phase II SBIR contract and...
The U.S. Space Force's budget request for fiscal year 2024 has raised concerns among House GOP appropriators. The request, which amounts to over $30 billion, represents a 15% increase from last year's enacted level. However, legislators warn that the...
SES Space & Defense has been awarded a five-year X-Band Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with an estimated value of $134 million. The contract, announced on Wednesday, is for global X-Band satellite capacity,...
India has joined the Artemis Accords, a multinational agreement for space exploration, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to the United States. The Artemis Accords, which began in 2020, now have 27 countries committed to peaceful, sustainable, and...
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) has successfully launched the National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO) NROL-68 satellite on June 22, 2023, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch was the second-to-last rocket mission for the ULA Delta IV...
Revolv Space is a startup currently incubated at ESA BIC Noordwijk and working towards the goal of maximising mission return for small satellite constellations. The aerospace engineers who founded Revolv have developed an autonomous and fail-safe solar array drive...
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