Maxar receives $192 million contract to supply imagery to U.S. allies
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency awarded Maxar a five-year $192 million contract to provide satellite imagery to U.S.
Skeptical investors are placing new demands on space startups
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 18:30![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Space startups will need to step up their fundraising efforts if they want to raise money this year from increasingly meticulous investors, according to a panel of early-stage space investment firms.
Don’t forget the ground segment
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 18:24![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Space startups often make the mistake of waiting too long to establish the ground infrastructure to support their satellites.
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Small launch industry warns of “bloodletting”
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 15:37![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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While demand for launches of smallsats is higher than ever, industry officials warned that price pressures and lack of access to capital could cause many companies to go out of business in the near future.
Firefly’s first U.S. Space Force launch targeted for May
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 15:09![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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The chief executive of Firefly Aerospace Bill Weber said Feb.
ESA’s Cheops finds an unexpected ring around dwarf planet Quaoar
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 15:00![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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During a break from looking at planets around other stars, ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (Cheops) mission has observed a dwarf planet in our own Solar System and made a decisive contribution to the discovery of a dense ring of material around it.
The dwarf planet is known as Quaoar. The presence of a ring at a distance of almost seven and a half times the radius of Quaoar, opens up a mystery for astronomers to solve: why has this material not coalesced into a small moon?
Fundamentals of Space Missions
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 09:37![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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SwRI models explain canyons on Pluto moon
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 09:37![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Researchers focus AI on finding exoplanets
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GEODNET offers centimeter precision and GNSS corrections for OEMS and Ag Sector
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 09:37![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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AI supercharges battle of web search titans
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 09:37![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Momentus Vigoride-5 Status Update #2
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 09:37![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Solving a machine-learning mystery
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 09:37![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Momentus to fly FOSSA systems PocketPod
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 09:37![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel releases 2022 Annual Report
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 09:37![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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