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IonQ Acquisition of Capella Space Paves Way for Quantum-Enabled SAR Imaging

IonQ’s acquisition of Capella Space brings together the quantum computing specialist’s hardware with Capella’s SAR satellite constellation in low Earth orbit, setting the stage for quantum-enhanced synthetic aperture radar imaging, secure space-based quantum key distribution and fortified encrypted communications.

2025-05-18T10:02:30.216039-07:00

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Pressure Anomaly in PSLV-C61 Third Stage Causes Failure of EOS-09 Launch

2025-05-17T18:58:30.369882-07:00

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Emirates Weighs SpaceX Starlink for Widebody Fleet amid A380 Certification Hurdles

2025-05-15T08:59:34.470830-07:00

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China launches first satellites for planned 2,800-unit AI space computing constellation

2025-05-14T15:51:53.474024-07:00

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Japan's iQPS Greenlights Eight SAR Satellite Launches Japan’s iQPS has lined up eight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite launches in a push to expand its all-weather imaging constellation. The accelerated schedule underscores Tokyo’s drive to bolster domestic intelligence, defense surveillance and environmental monitoring capabilities amid intensifying regional security dynamics.

2025-05-19T08:22:26.469439-07:00

Japan's iQPS Greenlights Eight SAR Satellite Launches

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Dry Processes, Not Brines, Create Martian Slope Streaks, Study Finds A machine-learning survey of over 86,000 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter images reveals that recurring slope lineae—the dark streaks once thought to stem from transient briny flows—are instead produced by dry processes, overturning longstanding assumptions about present-day liquid water activity on Martian slopes.

2025-05-19T08:02:25.812999-07:00

Dry Processes, Not Brines, Create Martian Slope Streaks, Study Finds

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12,350 BC Solar Superstorm Sets New Worst-Case Space Weather Scenario Around 14,300 years ago, an extreme solar particle storm battered Earth with intensities surpassing the 1859 Carrington Event by more than threefold, according to new isotopic analyses of ice cores. Researchers warn that a comparable solar superstorm today could trigger widespread satellite outages, power grid failures and aviation disruptions.

2025-05-19T07:03:57.862617-07:00

12,350 BC Solar Superstorm Sets New Worst-Case Space Weather Scenario

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Sophia Space Secures $3.5M Seed Round to Develop Orbital Data Centers Sophia Space has raised $3.5 million in a seed financing round to develop and deploy orbital data centers, aiming to host cloud computing resources in low Earth orbit to reduce latency and address growing demand for space-based cloud services.

2025-05-19T06:11:12.038121-07:00

Sophia Space Secures $3.5M Seed Round to Develop Orbital Data Centers

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Spire Global Wins IDIQ Award Under USSF STEP 2.0 SmallSat Program The Space Systems Command has awarded Spire Global an IDIQ contract under the US Space Force’s Space Test Experiments Platform 2.0 program. The award positions Spire to compete for task orders across small-satellite bus development, payload integration and rapid technology demonstrations in support of defense and civil missions.

2025-05-19T03:46:29.449865-07:00

Spire Global Wins IDIQ Award Under USSF STEP 2.0 SmallSat Program

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Poland Secures $227 Million ICEYE SAR Trio for Autonomous All-Weather ISR Poland has signed a $227 million deal with ICEYE under its MikroSAR programme to add three high-resolution SAR satellites to its constellation, securing sovereign, real-time, military-grade all-weather intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities by 2025 and reducing reliance on allied space assets.

2025-05-18T23:04:31.342728-07:00

Poland Secures $227 Million ICEYE SAR Trio for Autonomous All-Weather ISR

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IonQ Acquisition of Capella Space Paves Way for Quantum-Enabled SAR Imaging IonQ’s acquisition of Capella Space brings together the quantum computing specialist’s hardware with Capella’s SAR satellite constellation in low Earth orbit, setting the stage for quantum-enhanced synthetic aperture radar imaging, secure space-based quantum key distribution and fortified encrypted communications.

2025-05-18T10:02:30.216039-07:00

IonQ Acquisition of Capella Space Paves Way for Quantum-Enabled SAR Imaging

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Pressure Anomaly in PSLV-C61 Third Stage Causes Failure of EOS-09 Launch India’s PSLV-C61 mission stalled after a pressure drop in the rocket’s third stage, preventing deployment of the EOS-09 earth observation satellite. The first two stages performed nominally, but ISRO chief V Narayanan confirmed the anomaly halted the mission midway.

2025-05-17T18:58:30.369882-07:00

Pressure Anomaly in PSLV-C61 Third Stage Causes Failure of EOS-09 Launch

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