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April 19, 2024
Apogeo Space, an Italian space company, is teaming up with Korean launch company Innospace as looks to launch and complete its IoT picosatellite constellation by 2027. Apogeo Space aims to create Italy's first private satellite constellation to provide telecoms services for IoT devices. The deal was announced April 18. The deal with Innospace sees Apogeo…
April 18, 2024
Orbex, the U.K. rocket company, received 16.7 million pounds ($20.8 million) in funding from a group of six significant investors in an update to its Series C funding round. Investors involved in the deal include 10.5 million pounds ($13 million) of follow-on investment from the Scottish National Investment Bank, venture capital firms Octopus Ventures, BGF,…
April 10, 2024
United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket launched the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the final launch of the Delta IV Heavy rocket. It launched April 9 at 12:53 p.m from the Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The NRO develops reconnaissance systems to collect intelligence…
April 8, 2024
SpaceX launched six radio frequency geolocation micro satellites developed for HawkEye 360. Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) confirmed the satellites have successfully communicated with ground control. The HawkEye 360 Cluster 8 and 9 satellites were launched on April 7, from Florida, aboard the Falcon 9 Rocket for SpaceX's first Bandwagon-1 Rideshare. Including the new pair of…