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Exclusive: EraDrive Lands $13M DoD Award For Autonomy Module
EraDrive won a $13M DoD award, under which the Space Force will buy an undisclosed number of the company’s Era-Node vision-based autonomy modules. The...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Q-KON and SISTEC Launch Sovereign Satellite Point of Presence in Angola
African satellite engineering provider Q-KON, in partnership with Angolan ICT company SISTEC and Eutelsat OneWeb, has launched a local point […] The p...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Flying under the radar: Russia's tacit reliance on Chinese SAR satellites (part 2)
Russian companies have turned to China for radar-imaging satellites and imagery from such satellites. Bart Hendrickx identifies more examples of Russi...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The commercial space station competition finally begins
After some contracting twists and turns, NASA released the final request for proposals earlier this month for commercial space stations. Jeff Foust re...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Kenya Advances Space Cooperation Through Industry Engagements in China
The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) has concluded a series of engagements with Chinese space companies and institutions, exploring partnerships spanning […] ...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The ghost beneath the shuttle Columbia: Kosmos 398, STS-73, and the last echo of the US/Soviet Moon race
More than 30 years ago, a shuttle orbiter had a fleeting encounter with a relic of the original Moon race. Robert Kelso describes the experience as wi...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside a payload container: the curious case of Defense Support Program Satellite F-11
The last of the Defense Support Program satellites were recently retired by the Space Force, but the program still has many unanswered questions. Dway...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The surprising case for space mining
There is renewed interest in mining asteroids or the Moon for resources ranging from water ice to precious metals. Alex Wood-Osterwald offers nine rea...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Polish satellite maker Creotech Instruments plans tenfold capacity boost by 2029
CEO Grzegorz Brona warned that Europe could remain reliant on US rockets to launch its satellites into orbit for years.
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
GGPEN and Portugal’s GEOSAT Sign Letter of Intent on EO and Geospatial Applications
The National Space Program Management Office (GGPEN), the agency overseen by Angola’s Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Soc...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
China Is a Peer Competitor in a Dangerous Space Race
Washington needs to take the realities of Chinese advances seriously.
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
EUMETSAT Completes 56-Station Network as African Forecasters Put MTG Data into Operational Use
National meteorological services across Africa can now receive data from EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites directly and apply it [...
Oct 19, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail