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HawkEye 360 releases dark ship maritime analytics

April 25th, 2022 by

HawkEye 360 Inc. released a new maritime association analytics capability which analyses RF signal geolocations and third-party global AIS maritime geolocations to provide insight into potential dark ship activity in key areas of interest (AOI) across the world.

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Kleos announces new Mission-as-a-Service offering

April 25th, 2022 by

Kleos Space announced a new product offering, access to dedicated, taskable RF Reconnaissance satellite capacity i.e. a Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS).

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Orbital Insight announces partnership with Satellogic

April 25th, 2022 by

Orbital Insight announced that it has partnered with Satellogic. The partnership will integrate Satellogic’s high-frequency, high-resolution collections of satellite imagery and full-motion video into Orbital Insight’s platform and offer customers better access to high quality data, improve the revisit rate and reduce the cost of running analytics.

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NASA awards millions to six companies for satellite communications

April 24th, 2022 by

NASA awarded nearly US$280 million worth of contracts to private firms to begin developing near-Earth space communication services that may support future missions, the agency said last week.

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Planet unveils details about Pelican Constellation

April 24th, 2022 by

Planet Labs PBC unveiled details about plans for Pelican, its next-generation satellite constellation, which was previously announced at Planet Explore 2021.

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Russia to launch first GLONASS high-orbital satellite in 2028

April 21st, 2022 by

The first GLONASS navigational satellite that will make part of Russia’s high-orbital cluster will be launched in 2028, Head of the GLONASS Section of the Roskosmos Navigational Space Systems Department Ivan Revnivykh was quoted as saying.

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Planet joins ESA Third Party Mission programme

April 20th, 2022 by

Planet Labs PBC announced that Planet’s PlanetScope and SkySat data have joined the European Space Agency (ESA) Third Party Missions portfolio, enabling ESA to utilise Planet data for scientific, research, and pre-operational Earth Observation based applications development.

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D-Orbit enters agreement with Beyond Gravity for Space Rider components

April 19th, 2022 by

D-Orbit announced the signing of a subcontract with space company Beyond Gravity, under which D-Orbit will deliver lightweight carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) tools and metallic structural components for the European Space Agency’s Space Rider reusable space vehicle. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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