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Portuguese space traffic management startup Neuraspace has secured approximately $18 million in fresh funding to expand European space domain awareness and defense capabilities. The investment will support the company’s growth as demand increases for sovereign tools to monitor and manage activity in orbit.
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Portuguese space traffic management startup Neuraspace has secured approximately $18 million in fresh funding to expand European space domain awareness and defense capabilities. The investment will support the company’s growth as demand increases for sovereign tools to monitor and manage activity in orbit.
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Telesat secured its largest-ever Canadian defense contract, valued at roughly $1.63 billion to $1.9 billion, requiring 69 additional Lightspeed satellites for Arctic communications. Separately, the U.S. Space Force awarded $615 million for space-based airborne-target tracking, while Bombardier evaluates a Canadian GlobalEye modification facility.
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True Anomaly said it became the first company to conduct an in-space pursuit of an evading target, as part of VICTUS HAZE. The U.S. Space Force mission is intended to demonstrate operational capabilities for tracking and pursuing maneuvering objects in orbit.
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