Via Satellite Senior Managing Editor
Rachel Jewett
Articles By Rachel
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Intelligence CommunityBlackSky Wins IARPA Award to Support Analysis Automation Project SMART
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has awarded BlackSky [BKSY] a second award to support a research program to automate analysis of satellite imagery. On Thursday, BlackSky announced the $4.4 million award […]
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SpaceNorway’s Kongsberg to Acquire Smallsat Manufacturer NanoAvionics
Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace is acquiring smallsat manufacturer NanoAvionics under a deal announced Tuesday, valuing NanoAvionics at 65 million euros ($67 million). Kongsberg will acquire 77% of the company, and […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Selects Airbus for SDA Satellite Platforms
Airbus will supply Northrop Grumman [NOC] with satellite platforms for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer award, the companies said Tuesday. The Airbus U.S. Space & Defense subsidiary will […]
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SpaceRocket Lab Launches NASA Capstone Mission to Unique Lunar Orbit
Rocket Lab launched the CAPSTONE mission for NASA early Tuesday morning, sending the spacecraft on a journey to a unique lunar orbit. CAPSTONE — Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment — is […]
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SpaceUS Space Force Establishes National Space Intelligence Center
The U.S. Space Force established the National Space Intelligence Centerin Dayton, Ohio on Friday, to provide intelligence and technical expertise in the space domain. NSIC is led by the Space Force’s newest unit, […]
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SpaceBlackSky Wins AI Contract from Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded BlackSky Technologies a contract worth up to $241 million over five years to create and optimize data sets for use in DoD AI models and applications. The […]
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SpaceMDA to Build Antennas for Lockheed Martin SDA Tranche 1 Satellites
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has awarded Canadian manufacturer MDA a subcontract for work on its Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer program. Under the deal announced Tuesday, MDA will design and build antennas and […]
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Awards ULA and SpaceX Launch Task Orders
Space Systems Command ordered five launches from United Launch Alliance (ULA) and three launches from SpaceX for national security missions on May 26. ULA was awarded five missions using the Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle — GPS […]
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SpaceNRO Awards Imagery Contracts to Maxar, BlackSky, and Planet Worth Billions
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awarded contracts to Maxar Technologies, BlackSky, and Planet, for satellite imagery worth billions of dollars over the next 10 years. The NRO said the awards […]
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SpaceCACI Demonstrates Optical Intersatellite Links for DARPA, SDA
CACI International Inc demonstrated space-to-space optical communications links in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) as part of the Mandrake II mission. CACI announced the tests Tuesday, in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects […]
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