Copernical Team
NRL develops satellite servicing robotics, enhancing U.S. space infrastructure resilience
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST), in collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), successfully completed the development of a spaceflight-ready robotics suite designed for satellite servicing on October 8. Supported by DARPA funding, NRL created the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) Integrated
Globalstar secures terrestrial spectrum authorization in Mexico
Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT), a leader in next-generation mobile satellite and communications services, announced that its Mexican subsidiary, Mobile Satellite Services Mexico S. De R.L. DE C.V., has been declared the winner of Auction #13 (Licitacion No. IFT-13) by Mexico's Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT). This auction pertains to the Complementary Terrestrial Service fo
CUSP and Quadsat collaborate to launch satellite emulation services in Africa
Quadsat has announced a partnership with CUSP Technologies to expand its satellite network emulation services across Africa. This collaboration is part of Quadsat's newly introduced global Service Partner Network, designed to offer customers around the world streamlined access to its advanced drone-based satellite emulation technology. CUSP Technologies,
Booz Allen invests in Starfish Space to support satellite servicing
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) announced that its venture capital unit, Booz Allen Ventures, LLC, has made a strategic investment in Starfish Space, a company pioneering satellite servicing technology, including life extension and end-of-life disposal services. This investment is aimed at reinforcing the sustainability and resilience of space infrastructure for both government and commercial mi
China tests building Moon base with lunar soil bricks
China is expected to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base on Friday, launching an in-space experiment to test whether the station's bricks could be made from the Moon's own soil. Brick samples will blast off aboard a cargo rocket heading for China's Tiangong space station, part of Beijing's mission to put humans on the Moon by 2030 and build a permanent base there by 2035.
X-59 engine tests begin, Lockheed Martin nears final ground trial
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works (NYSE: LMT), collaborating with NASA Aeronautics, has commenced engine run testing on the X-59, marking the last significant system evaluation before taxi trials and the aircraft's inaugural flight. This milestone represents the first instance of the X-59 operating entirely on its internal power systems. During this phase, Lockheed Martin aims to confirm the per
AST SpaceMobile secures launch agreements for global space-based broadband network
AST SpaceMobile has revealed new launch services agreements that will provide the orbital capacity needed to establish continuous space-based cellular broadband coverage across critical global markets. This initiative will initially focus on areas including the United States, Europe, Japan, the U.S. Government, and other targeted strategic regions. The launch c
Earth from Space: Clouds or snow?
Sidus Space Completes $7m public stock offering
Sidus Space, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIDU) has successfully closed its recently announced public offering, issuing 5,600,000 shares of Class A common stock or equivalent pre-funded warrants. The shares were offered at $1.25 each, including the exercise price of the Pre-funded Warrants, resulting in gross proceeds of $7.0 million before underwriting discounts and related costs. Sidus Space plans to u
First-of-its-kind study of Alfven waves possibly key to mystery of solar corona heating
Syed Ayaz, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has published a paper in Scientific Reports that builds on an earlier first-of-its-kind study that examined kinetic Alfven waves (KAW) as a possible explanation for why the solar corona, the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere, is approximately 200 times hotter than the surface of the sun itself. The new study, also a