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Friday, 02 June 2023 11:59
BlackSky contracted for advanced tactical imagery services
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Herndon VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) won a multimillion dollar renewal contract to provide advanced subscription-based tactical imagery and analytics services to an international ministry of defense customer. "BlackSky's commercially available real-time intelligence services are bringing the tactical value of space-based assets into the hands of customers at unprecedented speed and reliab
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) won a multimillion dollar renewal contract to provide advanced subscription-based tactical imagery and analytics services to an international ministry of defense customer. "BlackSky's commercially available real-time intelligence services are bringing the tactical value of space-based assets into the hands of customers at unprecedented speed and reliab
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Friday, 02 June 2023 11:59
EU looks to boost boat tracking to fight overfishing
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Brussels (AFP) May 31, 2023
The EU is moving towards extra tracking and putting cameras on fishing boats to monitor their catches in order to prevent overfishing, under a deal Wednesday that environmentalists hailed as a "landmark moment". The planned overhaul of existing fishing rules for the bloc - the world's biggest seafood market - was worked out in talks between the 27 European Union member states and the Europ
The EU is moving towards extra tracking and putting cameras on fishing boats to monitor their catches in order to prevent overfishing, under a deal Wednesday that environmentalists hailed as a "landmark moment". The planned overhaul of existing fishing rules for the bloc - the world's biggest seafood market - was worked out in talks between the 27 European Union member states and the Europ
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Friday, 02 June 2023 11:59
Pixxel raises $36M for hyperspectral satellite constellation
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Bangalore, India (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
Pixxel, a leader in cutting-edge hyperspectral earth-imaging technology, announced $36 Million in a Series B funding round with participation from new investors such as Google, along with existing investors Radical Ventures, Lightspeed, Blume Ventures, growx, Sparta and Athera. The new funds will advance Pixxel's mission to build the world's first and highest-resolution hyperspectral satel
Pixxel, a leader in cutting-edge hyperspectral earth-imaging technology, announced $36 Million in a Series B funding round with participation from new investors such as Google, along with existing investors Radical Ventures, Lightspeed, Blume Ventures, growx, Sparta and Athera. The new funds will advance Pixxel's mission to build the world's first and highest-resolution hyperspectral satel
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Maritime Cleantech company selects Spire Global to provide ship-tracking data
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Vienna VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) was selected by Navidium, an innovative software company active in the maritime industry, to provide real-time automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. Navidium will integrate the data into its Voyage Optimization and Environmental Compliance products to help users track vessel position along a route, reoptimize routes based on various con
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) was selected by Navidium, an innovative software company active in the maritime industry, to provide real-time automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. Navidium will integrate the data into its Voyage Optimization and Environmental Compliance products to help users track vessel position along a route, reoptimize routes based on various con
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Friday, 02 June 2023 10:38
Flying frying in microgravity
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The food we eat determines how we feel, and nothing beats a good fry-up, although in moderation of course. As we prepare for missions to the Moon and on to Mars, astronauts will be happy to hear from researchers that one staple comfort food is not out of reach, even in space: fries.
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Friday, 02 June 2023 12:10
Week in images: 29 May - 02 June 2023
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Week in images: 29 May - 02 June 2023
Discover our week through the lens
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Friday, 02 June 2023 07:25
Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón's words to Jupiter
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Friday, 02 June 2023 07:31
Boeing's astronaut capsule faces more launch delays after latest problems
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Friday, 02 June 2023 07:00
Earth from Space: Anchorage, Alaska
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From the Chugach Mountains on the right to the Cook Inlet on the left, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the varied landscape surrounding Anchorage, the largest and most populous city in the state of Alaska in the United States.
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Friday, 02 June 2023 08:37
NASA looks back at 50 years of gamma-ray burst science
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
Fifty years ago, on June 1, 1973, astronomers around the world were introduced to a powerful and perplexing new phenomenon called GRBs (gamma-ray bursts). Today sensors on orbiting satellites like NASA's Swift and Fermi missions detect a GRB somewhere in the sky about once a day on average. Astronomers think the bursts arise from catastrophic occurrences involving stars in distant galaxies, even
Fifty years ago, on June 1, 1973, astronomers around the world were introduced to a powerful and perplexing new phenomenon called GRBs (gamma-ray bursts). Today sensors on orbiting satellites like NASA's Swift and Fermi missions detect a GRB somewhere in the sky about once a day on average. Astronomers think the bursts arise from catastrophic occurrences involving stars in distant galaxies, even
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