[ad_1] Inside the company’s Palo Alto, California manufacturing facility, Maxar Space imagery and infrastructure company Maxar on Friday announced an agreement to go private through an acquisition led by Advent International. The all-cash deal gives Maxar an enterprise value of about $6.4 billion. Private equity firm Advent is taking a …
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[ad_1] Will Marshall, Co-Founder & CEO of Planet Inc., celebrates his company’s listing on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, December 8, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Satellite imagery and data company Planet reported record third-quarter revenue on Wednesday, forecasting nearly $200 million …
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[ad_1] The Yeti logo is seen on a cooler for sale at the company’s flagship store in Austin, Texas. Sergio Flores | Bloomberg | Getty Images Over the past few months, Americans have been receiving emails promising them a free Yeti backpack cooler from Dick’s Sporting Goods — a $325 …
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[ad_1] A long exposure photo shows the path of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as it launched the ispace mission on Dec. 11, 2022, with the rocket booster’s return and landing visible as well. SpaceX Japanese lunar exploration company ispace began its long-anticipated first mission on Sunday, with a SpaceX Falcon …
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[ad_1] The Orion capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2022. NASA TV NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico on Sunday, completing the agency’s Artemis 1 mission. Just under 26 days since Artemis 1 launched on NASA’s Space …
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[ad_1] Benjamin Lyon, chief engineer and executive vice president of engineering and operations Astra Beleaguered rocket-builder Astra is losing its highly touted chief engineer, Benjamin Lyon, the company said in a securities filing Friday. Lyon resigned from his role as Astra’s chief engineer and executive vice president of operations and …
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[ad_1] A batch of Starlink satellites deploy in orbit after a launch on Nov. 13, 2021. SpaceX The Federal Communications Commission issued a key authorization to Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday, granting approval for the company to move forward with launching up to 7,500 next-generation satellites in its Starlink internet …
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[ad_1] An image captured by the ION Elysian Eleonara satellite in January 2022. D-Orbit Amazon’s cloud computing division successfully ran a software suite on a satellite in orbit, in a “first-of-its-kind” experiment, the company announced Tuesday. AWS, or Amazon Web Services, conducted the prototype satellite software demonstration through partnerships with …
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[ad_1] NASA’s Orion spacecraft approaches the moon, with Earth visible in the background, on Nov. 21, 2022. NASA TV NASA’s Orion spacecraft made its closest approach to the moon on Monday morning during day five of the Artemis 1 mission. The uncrewed capsule flew about 81 miles above the lunar …
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[ad_1] SpaceX headquarters in Los Angeles, California. AaronP/Bauer-Griffin | GC Images | Getty Images Former employees of SpaceX have filed federal complaints against the company, alleging Elon Musk’s venture illegally fired them in response to the concerns they expressed, including about sexual misconduct allegations directed at the CEO. Eight complaints, …
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