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June 5, 2023
Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio joined a consortium of investors participating in Florida-based Earth observation company NUVIEW's latest financing round, the company announced Monday. The consortium, which includes DiCaprio, MaC Venture Capital, Broom Ventures, Cortado, Florida Funders, Industrious, Liquid2, and Veto Capital, is financing NUVIEW's effort to build the world's first commercial LiDAR light detection…
June 5, 2023
Hughes Network Systems announced Monday that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with LEO satellite constellation operator OneWeb to serve as a OneWeb connectivity services distributor to the global airline market. Hughes will package the OneWeb services in a new hybrid LEO in-flight connectivity solutions package anchored by Hughes' electronically steered antenna (ESA).…
June 5, 2023
Space infrastructure services company Momentus secured a contract with Italy's Apogeo Space to provide orbital transportation services for nine of Apogeo's IoT constellation picosatellites. The deal, announced Monday, represents the second nine-satellite batch Momentus that will deliver for Apogeo's planned 100-satellite constellation, which is schedule to enter service by the second half of 2023. Apogeo's…
June 5, 2023
John Deere made headlines last year announcing a satellite project — looking for industry partners to connect thousands of agricultural machines beyond cellular networks — a major opportunity for the satellite industry. In this week’s episode, we talk to Chung Hsieh, senior infrastructure engineer at John Deere. Chung has long worked with the satellite industry on John…