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May 21, 2024
Via Satellite Rising Stars is a new nomination program launching in 2024 to highlight the achievements and contributions of young professionals in the space and satellite industry. We are asking readers to highlight young professionals who have made tangible contributions to the industry whether it be business or technical achievement or industry advocacy work. Via…
May 21, 2024
U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) on Monday said it has awarded Starfish Space a $37.5 million contract in which the company’s Otter space vehicle will dock with, and augment maneuvers of, national security space assets in a first of its kind mission. Under the $37.5 million Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract, Seattle-based Starfish is required to provide…
May 21, 2024
Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company Sidus Space and L3Harris Technologies announced Tuesday that they will continue working together to support the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) for another year. The DoD Mentor-Protégé Program was designed to foster partnerships between established defense contractors and smaller, emerging businesses, and to help smaller firms expand…
May 21, 2024
German smart agriculture company BASF Digital Farming GmbH will expand the scope of its existing contract with Planet Labs in order to access more data from Planet's Crop Biomass Planetary Variable analysis feed. In an announcement published Tuesday, BASF Digital Farming said it will increase its use of Planet's satellite data products to power its…