The National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Office of Space Launch (OSL) has awarded three Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement contracts (BALISTA), to Cognitive Space, Impulse Space, and Starfish Space. Matter Intelligence has secured $12 million in seed funding. Skyrora, Viasat, and CGI complete ground testing for the European Space Agency’s InRange, a space-based launch vehicle telemetry relay system, and more.

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Selected Reading

NRO Awards BAA for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement (BALISTA) Contracts

Matter Intelligence Emerges from Stealth with $12 Million Seed Funding to Revolutionize Remote Sensing and Global Perception- Business Wire

Skyrora, Viasat, and CGI partner to develop a commercial space-based launch vehicle telemetry solution

Alén Space to Participate in ESA’s CyberCUBE Mission, Led by GMV

Sceye Partners with NASA and USGS to Address Climate Change from the Stratosphere USA

Raft Awarded Space Rapid Capabilities Office Contract

Voyager 1 Ghosts NASA, Forcing Use of Backup Radio Dormant Since 1981

Highest-altitude U.S. voters to cast their ballots from space

Voyager Space Appoints Matt Magaña as Executive Vice President, National Security

Halloween on the International Space Station - NASA

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