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Lynk Global has completed its merger with Omnispace and rebranded as Elveo Mobile, combining Lynk’s direct-to-device satellite capabilities with globally coordinated S-band spectrum. The company aims to move beyond basic messaging and broaden satellite connectivity for standard mobile devices.
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Lynk Global has completed its merger with Omnispace and rebranded as Elveo Mobile, combining Lynk’s direct-to-device satellite capabilities with globally coordinated S-band spectrum. The company aims to move beyond basic messaging and broaden satellite connectivity for standard mobile devices.
With launch capacity constrained, satellite operators are highlighting signed launch agreements to investors and customers. Securing rides to orbit is becoming a commercial differentiator, linking constellation deployment schedules and customer commitments more directly to launch-provider availability.
Skyband Systems, a Kirkland, Washington-based startup founded by former Starlink Aviation engineers and executives, is developing an aviation-grade positioning, navigation and timing unit that uses low Earth orbit signals to help aircraft detect and mitigate GNSS jamming and spoofing, an increasingly significant operational threat.
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Emirates SkyCargo transported the Altair-1 satellite from Dubai to Los Angeles, marking a milestone for the United Arab Emirates’ space sector. The shipment highlights the role of specialized air-cargo logistics in moving national space hardware between production, integration and launch-related locations.
The Pentagon has chosen three companies to examine options for providing satellite disposal services to the U.S. government. The study will assess whether aging spacecraft can be deorbited by commercial operators, potentially replacing a dedicated government capability with an externally procured service.
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Ukraine says long-range Flamingo cruise missiles struck the Progress Rocket and Space Center in Samara, a producer of Soyuz-2 and Soyuz-5 launch vehicles, as well as the Savasleyka military airfield. The facility is also linked to Russian military satellites and a Starlink-style communications network.
The U.S. Space Force has deployed a second space-surveillance sensor aboard Japan’s navigation-satellite constellation, strengthening its ability to monitor objects in geosynchronous orbit. The bilateral program uses allied spacecraft and launch systems to field U.S. military payloads, broadening surveillance capacity without relying solely on dedicated U.S. platforms.
NOAA has selected Spire Global and PlanetiQ to provide radio-occultation data supporting terrestrial weather forecasts and space-weather forecasting. The awards reinforce the role of commercial satellite-derived measurements in supplying data for operational meteorological and space-environment monitoring.
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