Space Technology

Satellites, space missions, and next-generation aerospace technologies.

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Military SATCOM Bands Explained, From UHF Whispers to Ka Firehoses

Military SATCOM Bands Explained, From UHF Whispers to Ka Firehoses

Military satellite communications run on a handful of frequency bands, UHF, X, Ku, Ka and the protected EHF range, and the 10 Wideband Global SATCOM...

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Avio USA Breaks Ground on Virginia Solid Rocket Motor Plant

Avio USA Breaks Ground on Virginia Solid Rocket Motor Plant

Avio USA has broken ground on a 900,000-square-foot solid rocket motor factory in Hurt, Virginia, the first US facility of its kind for the Italian...

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Rheinmetall and Argotec Launch First Satellite for Air Defence Surveillance

Rheinmetall and Argotec Launch First Satellite for Air Defence Surveillance

Rheinmetall Italia and the Turin-based satellite maker Argotec have launched their first satellite for military airspace surveillance on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Rheinmetall announced...

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ICEYE, the Finnish Radar Fleet Watching the World’s Wars

ICEYE, the Finnish Radar Fleet Watching the World’s Wars

ICEYE built the world's largest radar-satellite fleet out of a Finnish university project, and its through-cloud imaging has watched the war in Ukraine since 2022....

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Avio USA Breaks Ground on Virginia Solid Rocket Motor Plant

Avio USA Breaks Ground on Virginia Solid Rocket Motor Plant

Avio USA has broken ground on its first US manufacturing site, a solid rocket motor factory at the Southern Virginia Multimodal Park in Hurt, Virginia....

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Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly Build GHOST-R Reconnaissance Satellites

Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly Build GHOST-R Reconnaissance Satellites

The Defense Innovation Unit and the Space Force have picked Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly to build prototype satellites under GHOST-R, a programme to image...

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L3Harris Company Profile, Products, Employees and Revenue

L3Harris Company Profile, Products, Employees and Revenue

L3Harris Technologies is a defense and aerospace company headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, that makes tactical radios, space sensors, electronic warfare systems and, through its Missile...

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Airbus Defence and Space Company Profile, Products, Employees and Revenue

Airbus Defence and Space Company Profile, Products, Employees and Revenue

Airbus Defence and Space is the military aircraft, space and secure communications division of Airbus, based in Taufkirchen, Germany, and best known for the Eurofighter...