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Exolaunch Secures €18M DLR Contract - Featured in Space Explored
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Exolaunch Covered in Bloomberg
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Exolaunch and Capella Sign Launch Services Contract
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Astro Digital on NPR's Planet Money
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Space is easier to get to than ever and it will change life on earth. That's the premise of NPR's recent series featuring MaintainPR client Astro Digital
In Episode 3, the Planet Money team explores new options and a redefined landscape for launch services. Having synced up with the Astro Digital team during Small Sat Symposium in Utah, the results include some thought compelling commentary.
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/12/01/567267573/planet-money-goes-to-space
Astro Digital Launches First Imaging Satellites
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MaintainPR client Astro Digital sent their imaging satellites into space early Friday morning as part of larger payload launched by the Russian company Glavkosmos! Quality images that capture crisp details are needed to measure trends on how the earth is changing. Astro Digital’s differentiator is in a system specifically designed for large scale change monitoring, from spacecraft size, optics, power, and orbit to the unique downlink solution that fires bits from 600km above earth to a antenna at the north pole at rate 10x faster than a typical small satellite. Read more on TechCrunch, SpaceFlightNow, Spacenews and Silicon Valley Business Journal below.
- Astro Digital launched its first imaging satellites -- TechCrunch
- Soyuz Set to Launch -- Space News
- Soyuz Rolled out for Launch of Multinational Satellite Cluster -- Space Flight Now
- Mountain View Startup Launches First of 30 HD Imaging Satellites -- Silicon Valley Business Journal
Astro Digital - Kongsberg Satellite Partnership in Satellite Magazine
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MaintainPR client Astro Digital is pushing the limits of data downlink capacity, requiring a ground station partner that could capture the data at an industry leading velocity and cost equation.
Read more about Astro Digital's partnership with Norway’s Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) that enables them to run lean and fast in Satellite Magazine below.
Delivering The Globe: An Interview with KSAT and Astro Digital -- Satellite Magazine