Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025
Muon Space has introduced its most capable spacecraft to date, the MuSat XL, a 500 kg-class satellite platform engineered for high-demand low Earth orbit missions. Hubble Network will be the first customer, leveraging the platform for its satellite-powered Bluetooth network. The MuSat XL extends the flight-proven Halo stack, delivering increased payload capacity, higher power output, and a

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025
Voyager Technologies [NYSE: VOYG] has acquired California-based ElectroMagnetic Systems, Inc. (EMSI), a leader in AI-driven automated target recognition and intelligence analytics for space-based radar. "AI is no longer optional; it's the critical advantage that turns data into dominance, accelerating decision-making and ensuring we outpace and outthink adversaries," said Dylan Taylor, CEO

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
Space-ng has introduced a rugged, low-cost Hardware Development Kit (HDK) for its space-qualified Sol3 Vision System, alongside a free Software Development Kit (SDK) for evaluation, academic research, and non-commercial use. This open architecture approach aims to make advanced computer vision tools accessible to universities, startups, and aerospace firms. The Sol3 ecosystem, comprising b

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 08, 2025
China has placed another batch of internet satellites into orbit, marking the third deployment in just over a week. The latest mission, launched Monday evening from the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center, carried the seventh group of low-orbit satellites in the national internet network. A Long March 12 rocket lifted off at 6:21 pm and delivered the spacecraft to their plann

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Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission –  has launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 13 August at 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 Kourou time).

MetOp-SG-A1 is the first in a series of three successive pairs of satellites. The mission as a whole not only ensures the continued delivery of global observations from polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate analysis for more than 20 years, but also offers enhanced accuracy and resolution compared to the original MetOp mission –

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Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission –  has launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 13 August at 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 Kourou time).

MetOp-SG-A1 is the first in a series of three successive pairs of satellites. The mission as a whole not only ensures the continued delivery of global observations from polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate analysis for more than 20 years, but also offers enhanced accuracy and resolution compared to the original MetOp mission –

Ushering in a new era of weather and climate monitoring from polar orbit, the first in a new series of satellites, MetOp Second Generation, has been lofted into orbit aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. As part of this new satellite’s sophisticated instrument package is the new Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument, which is designed to deliver critical data on air pollutants, ozone and climate-related gases.

Image: Ariane 6 infographic: countdown to liftoff

Image: MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 ready for liftoff