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Firefly Aerospace Selects Zeno Power Radioisotope Heating Unit for Lunar Lander Operations

Submit on Thursday, August 20th, 2026 07:39

On August 19, 2026, Firefly Aerospace announced an agreement with radioisotope power developer Zeno Power to integrate a radioisotope heating unit (RHU) aboard an upcoming Blue Ghost lunar lander mission. […]

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HEO Expands Non-Earth Imaging Network via Planet Labs’ SkySat Constellation Integration

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On August 18, 2026, Australian space situational awareness vendor HEO announced a strategic partnership with Earth observation operator Planet Labs PBC to integrate Planet’s SkySat constellation into HEO’s Non-Earth Imaging […]

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Moog Expands METEORITE Satellite Bus Capacity with High Delta-V Configuration for Agile Orbital Missions

Submit on Thursday, August 20th, 2026 07:39

Motion and fluid control systems manufacturer Moog Inc. announced a new High Delta-V configuration for its flight-proven METEORITE satellite bus platform. The platform variant provides increased thrust and expanded propellant […]

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Silicon Valley Space Week Speaker Focus: Phil Carrai, Kratos

Submit on Thursday, August 20th, 2026 07:39

The Golden Dome interceptor layer has twelve companies competing against a 2028 clock and a fiscal 2027 request that Congress has not funded. Phil Carrai, whose Kratos division holds an agreement worth up to $446.8 million for ground management and integration on the Space Force’s medium orbit missile warning and tracking architecture, moderates the industrial capacity panel at the MilSat Symposium.

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Elve Achieves TRL-8 Space Qualification for 100 W mmWave Space TWTA Platform

Submit on Thursday, August 20th, 2026 07:39

On August 19, 2026, Davis, California-based high-power amplifier manufacturer Elve announced that its 100 W millimeter-wave (mmWave) Space Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) platform achieved Technology Readiness Level 8 (TRL-8) […]

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Enterprise Sector Adopts Vertical Analytics Platforms and APIs to Replace Raw Satellite Imagery

Submit on Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 07:40

Targeting the operational friction and processing overhead of raw satellite data, Earth observation operators are transitioning from selling unprocessed imagery to delivering vertical-specific analytics platforms via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). […]

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All Points Awarded On-Ramp to NASA Spacecraft Processing and Operations Contract

Submit on Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 07:40

On August 18, 2026, Merritt Island-based technical services firm All Points Logistics announced it received an on-ramp selection for NASA’s multi-award Spacecraft Processing and Operations Contract (SPOC). The contract addition […]

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Apple’s Space Strategy: Capital Orchestration Over Orbital Hardware Operations

Submit on Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 07:40

On August 16, 2026, Rocket Lab confirmed the successful orbital deployment of eight 500-kilogram satellite platforms manufactured for MDA Space, marking a major operational milestone in the replenishment of Globalstar’s […]

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