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Washington (AFP) Jan 9, 2024
A historic private mission to land on the Moon faced near-certain failure Monday after the spacecraft suffered a "critical loss" of fuel, dealing a major blow to America's hopes of placing its first robot on the lunar surface in five decades. Fixed to the top of United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan rocket, which was making its first flight, Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander blasted off over

Washington (AFP) Nov 21, 2023
The White House on Tuesday strongly condemned North Korea over its space launch, calling it a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions that could destabilize the region. The launch "raises tensions, and risks destabilizing the security situation in the region and beyond," National Security Council Spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement. North Korean state media reported early Wednes

The Ventures and Financing Office is pleased to report a substantial expansion in its investor network, welcoming five new esteemed investors. Elaia Bloc Ventures SemapaNext Indico Capital Future Planet Capital More than a network Collaborating in our investor network is not merely symbolic. Signatories gain exclusive...

Carlsbad CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2023
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), reports that Inmarsat Government, now part of Viasat, was awarded a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services (SBS) contract by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) on behalf of the U.S. Space Force's (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC). Inmarsat Government is one of 16 companies select

Voyager Space, a subsidiary of Valley Tech Systems, has been awarded a significant contract by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC). The contract, which has a ceiling value of $900 million, was granted by the AFLCMC's Architecture...

Syrenna, a current incubate of ESA BIC Norway, has developed a new type of autonomous underwater vehicle called a “WaterDrone”, able to collect vast amounts of ocean data to monitor the health of its ecosystem. The team has successfully...

Fairwinds Technologies has been awarded a $30 million contract by Comtech for its Troposcatter family of systems (FOS) to support U.S. Army tactical communications. The announcement was made by Comtech on July 13.Fairwinds, a tech systems integrator, secured the...

Danish Graphene is a developer and manufacturer of functional graphene for industrial applications incubated in ESA BIC Denmark to develop graphene-enhanced thermal adhesives to increase performance and lifetime of satellites. Founded in 2020, it has worked to develop a scalable...

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,...

New space companies in Europe are creating innovative business opportunities, such as the development of new rockets, small high-performance satellites, and disruptive software applications. Currently, European ventures are significantly undervalued compared to their counterparts in the US. This situation...