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China builds space alliances in Africa as Trump cuts foreign aid
On the outskirts of Cairo, a cutting-edge space lab was supposed to be the first in Africa to produce homegrown satellites. Step inside the plant, though, and the made-in-Africa im...
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Indian space tech firm Digantara eyes $30 million revenue with US expansion
Indian space tech firm Digantara said on Tuesday it is targeting $25 million to $30 million in revenue over the next two years by expanding into the U.S., aiming to secure large-sc...
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MDA Space expands contract with Globalstar to C$1.1 billion for next-gen satellites
Canadian MDA Space said on Monday that it has expanded its contract with Globalstar to develop the next generation of low Earth orbit satellites, bringing the total contract value ...
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Taiwanese microsatellite shows world-class optical capabilities, Japan's ArkEdge says
Japanese startup ArkEdge Space said on Friday an observation satellite it helped build for Taiwan's space agency has captured what could be the world's best-quality Earth imagery f...
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Kremlin says space agency needs to develop 'dynamically' after firing its boss
The Kremlin said on Thursday that it had named a new head of Russia's space agency to ensure its ability to develop "dymanically" but rejected the suggestion that his fired predece...
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Kremlin fires boss of Russia's space agency
The Kremlin on Thursday removed the head of Russia's space agency after a tenure of less than three years that was scarred by the spectacular failure of Russia's first mission to t...
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SpaceX's rise under Trump 2.0 is welcome, Asia's No.1 satellite company says
For Asia's biggest satellite company, SKY Perfect JSAT , the rise of Elon Musk's rocket and satellite internet giant SpaceX under the second Donald Trump U.S. presidency is not a h...
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Japan's SKY Perfect JSAT to invest $230 mln in observation satellites
Japan's SKY Perfect JSAT will invest about $230 million to build a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites using U.S. company Planet Labs' Pelican satellite, the company said o...
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Thales Alenia Space strikes deal with the Emirates for space station module
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) has clinched an order from the UAE's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre to develop an airlock module for the Lunar Gateway space station, the joint venture ...
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Thales Alenia Space strikes 862 million euro deal with European Space Agency
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo , on Thursday announced a 862 million euro ($896.9 million) order from the European Space Agency for the developmen...
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Trump, Musk suggest sped-up return of NASA astronauts, but details scarce
President Donald Trump said Tuesday night he had asked Elon Musk's SpaceX to return two NASA astronauts from the International Space Station, who were already scheduled to fly back...
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India sends navigation satellite into orbit on ISRO rocket in landmark launch
India successfully launched into orbit on Wednesday a new navigation satellite aboard a home-grown rocket, strengthening its independent satellite positioning system at a time when...
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Leonardo CEO meets Airbus head to discuss satellite alliance
Leonardo Chief Executive Roberto Cingolani said he had met the head of French peer Airbus on Tuesday to discuss possible alliances in the satellite industry which would allow Europ...
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Lonestar's moonshot: Firm aims to place data center on lunar surface
Lonestar Data Holdings is reaching for the moon in its quest to place the first physical data center on the lunar landscape.
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US FAA opens probe into SpaceX's Starship explosion
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it will oversee an investigation by Elon Musk's SpaceX into an explosive Starship test flight the previous day that forced a...
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Pakistan launches first home-made observation satellite
Pakistan launched its first home-made observation satellite on Friday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China, Pakistan's space agency said.
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Exclusive: First Indian space startups picked for Indo-US defence programme
Seven Indian firms including space imaging companies and rocket makers have been chosen.
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SpaceX's Starship breaks up in space, forcing flights to divert
A SpaceX Starship prototype failed in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris ...
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