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Edge computing startup Armada has raised $40 million in a funding round led by M12, Microsoft‘s venture fund. Armada also announced a separate agreement with Microsoft where its products are now available in the Microsoft Azure cloud software marketplace.  Armada, which emerged from stealth mode in December, sells modular data centers that work with the...

European venture capital firm Alpine Space Ventures closed its first fund with 170 million euros ($185 million) in capital to target space startups.  The fund is targeting Series A funding rounds of companies in the space sector, primarily in Europe but also in the U.S. and beyond. The fund has a special focus on companies...

Moog is rolling out a new space computer designed to support the next-generation of on-orbit computing needs. The company announced the Moog Cascade Single Board Computer (SBC) on July 9. It is a radiation-hardened space computer for multi-mission, bus/payload applications for all orbital regimes. The SBC also incorporates Layer 2 ethernet switch capabilities for data...

AvL Technologies has announced changes to its executive team with the retirement of CEO Guy Clerici. The company’s owner and founder Jim Oliver semi-retired in 2022 and appointed Clerici to serve as interim CEO during this transitional period and while a new chairman of the board was selected. AVL announced July 10 the company has...

Neo Space Group (NSG) has appointed Martijn Blanken as its new CEO. NSG aims to become a new player in satellite communications in the Middle East. The company announced the appointment, July 8. NSG is a wholly owned company of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the nation’s sovereign wealth fund. NSG will focus on pursuing...

Redwire Space and Phase Four have a new strategic cooperation to jointly develop Hall effect thrusters (HETs). The companies announced Tuesday they are developing the Valkyrie System family of propulsion systems based on the NASA-designed H71M Hall effect thruster.  The Valkyrie system will be designed to be re-programmable after launch; provide multiple set-points for optimization;...

International mining company Barrick Gold is using a Fleet Space Technologies solution for copper exploration at its Reko Diq project in Pakistan. Barrick Gold is using Fleet Space’s ExoSphere product to generate 3D subsurface maps to find zones of interest for copper mining. ExoSphere combines Fleet Space’s satellite network in Low-Earth Orbit and seismic sensors...

Italian space logistics company D-Orbit is expanding to the U.S., establishing D-Orbit USA. D-Orbit announced the company on Wednesday, a  joint venture led by CEO Mike Cassidy, along with Mark Krebs, Miles Gazic, Danny Field, and David Harrower. D-Orbit USA is a joint venture with D-Orbit and based in Boulder, Colorado. The D-Orbit USA team will...

Eutelsat has won a new broadcast deal in Poland, one of Eastern Europe’s biggest markets. TVN Warner Bros Discovery, the Polish subsidiary of Warner Bros Discovery, has signed a new, multi-year, multi-transponder agreement renewing and expanding the group’s capacity at Eutelsat’s Hotbird video neighborhood. Eutelsat announced the deal, July 8. TVN Warner Bros. Discovery will...

SpaceX launched Turksat 6A on July 8, Turkey’s first communications satellite built by the country. The telecommunications satellite will expand national satellite operator Turksat’s area of coverage with four new countries.  Turksat operates a number of other satellites, but this is the country’s first indigenously developed satellite. According to Turksat, 90 percent of the satellite...