Slingshot Aerospace Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:58:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Slingshot Aerospace Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Russian spy satellite reportedly continues suspicious maneuvers https://spacenews.com/russian-spy-satellite-reportedly-continues-suspicious-maneuvers/ https://spacenews.com/russian-spy-satellite-reportedly-continues-suspicious-maneuvers/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:58:52 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=464750

Slingshot Aerospace predicts Russia’s Luch 2 is now approaching an Intelsat communications satellite

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AI powering commercial insights into the final frontier https://spacenews.com/ai-powering-commercial-insights-into-the-final-frontier/ https://spacenews.com/ai-powering-commercial-insights-into-the-final-frontier/#respond Fri, 07 Jun 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=441229

The U.S. Space Force, which is responsible for providing space domain awareness data for military operations, is currently refining its plan to leverage commercial innovations. 

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Slingshot unveils AI that spots satellite anomalies and potential bad actors https://spacenews.com/slingshot-unveils-ai-that-spots-satellite-anomalies-and-potential-bad-actors/ https://spacenews.com/slingshot-unveils-ai-that-spots-satellite-anomalies-and-potential-bad-actors/#respond Wed, 05 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=429014

The AI tool named ‘Agatha’ was developed under a DARPA contract

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Orbital congestion reaching critical levels, warns new report https://spacenews.com/orbital-congestion-reaching-critical-levels-warns-new-report/ https://spacenews.com/orbital-congestion-reaching-critical-levels-warns-new-report/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=370920

Slingshot Aerospace publishes its first “State of Satellite Deployments & Orbital Operations"

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Slingshot Aerospace sets up UK base for global expansion https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-sets-up-uk-base-for-global-expansion/ https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-sets-up-uk-base-for-global-expansion/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=351965

U.S.-based Slingshot Aerospace is opening offices in the United Kingdom to expand its space traffic coordination and analysis business globally.

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Tech executive Tim Solms named CEO of Slingshot Aerospace https://spacenews.com/tech-executive-tim-solms-named-ceo-of-slingshot-aerospace/ https://spacenews.com/tech-executive-tim-solms-named-ceo-of-slingshot-aerospace/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:44:54 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=344624

Founded in 2017, Slingshot is based in El Segundo, California; and Austin, Texas.

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Office of Space Commerce starts commercial pathfinder project for civil space traffic coordination system https://spacenews.com/office-of-space-commerce-starts-commercial-pathfinder-project-for-civil-space-traffic-coordination-system/ https://spacenews.com/office-of-space-commerce-starts-commercial-pathfinder-project-for-civil-space-traffic-coordination-system/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:03:48 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=229512

The Office of Space Commerce has selected three companies to participate in a pathfinder program that could lead to the incorporation of commercial data into its space traffic coordination system.

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Slingshot Aerospace harnessing AI to track suspicious satellites https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-harnessing-ai-to-track-suspicious-satellites/ https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-harnessing-ai-to-track-suspicious-satellites/#respond Fri, 06 Oct 2023 19:13:46 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=192876

Slingshot Aerospace unveiled data that shows Russia’s new spy satellite Luch-2 is conducting operations akin to those of its predecessor Luch-1

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Former White House space policy official Audrey Schaffer joins Slingshot Aerospace https://spacenews.com/former-white-house-space-policy-official-audrey-schaffer-joins-slingshot-aerospace/ https://spacenews.com/former-white-house-space-policy-official-audrey-schaffer-joins-slingshot-aerospace/#respond Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:50:34 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=182351

Former White House space policy official Audrey Schaffer has joined Slingshot Aerospace, a space data analytics and tracking firm focused on spaceflight safety.

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Slingshot Aerospace Creates The World’s Largest Commercial Optical Tracking System for LEO Satellites https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-creates-the-worlds-largest-commercial-optical-tracking-system-for-leo-satellites/ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:58:09 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=207720 Slingshot Aerospace Expands Global Sensor Network
Slingshot Aerospace Expands Global Sensor Network

Slingshot Aerospace, the innovative technology company dedicated to improving spaceflight safety and optimizing orbital operations, today announced a significant expansion to the Slingshot Global Sensor Network’s low-Earth orbit (LEO) tracking […]

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Slingshot’s space-tracking network to extend coverage of low Earth orbit https://spacenews.com/slingshots-space-tracking-network-to-extend-coverage-of-low-earth-orbit/ https://spacenews.com/slingshots-space-tracking-network-to-extend-coverage-of-low-earth-orbit/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=149606

Slingshot Aerospace, a space tracking and data analytics company, announced April 12 it is expanding its network of ground-based optical telescopes to increase coverage of low Earth orbit. 

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Space industry undeterred by congestion and debris https://spacenews.com/space-industry-undeterred-by-congestion-and-debris/ https://spacenews.com/space-industry-undeterred-by-congestion-and-debris/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:20:58 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=142691 Panelists at the 2023 SmallSat Symposium in Mountain View, California, discuss the challenges of space congestion and what the industry is doing to tackle the problem. Credit: Debra Werner / SpaceNews
Panelists at the 2023 SmallSat Symposium in Mountain View, California, discuss the challenges of space congestion and what the industry is doing to tackle the problem. Credit: Debra Werner / SpaceNews

The space industry does not expect its growth to be dampened by congestion or doom-and-gloom narrative, executives said Feb. 7 at the SmallSat Symposium.

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Slingshot Aerospace Awards Contract to HawkEye 360 for Monitoring Global GPS Interference in Support of the U.S. Space Force https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-awards-contract-to-hawkeye-360-for-monitoring-global-gps-interference-in-support-of-the-u-s-space-force/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:36:00 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=205877 HawkEye 360
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HawkEye 360 Inc., the world’s leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced today that Slingshot Aerospace awarded the RF data provider a contract to provide […]

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HawkEye 360 satellites to provide data for U.S. Space Force threat-detection system https://spacenews.com/hawkeye-360-satellites-to-provide-data-for-u-s-space-force-threat-detection-system/ https://spacenews.com/hawkeye-360-satellites-to-provide-data-for-u-s-space-force-threat-detection-system/#respond Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:18:03 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=136254

Slingshot Aerospace is developing a system for the U.S. Space Force that will use data from HawkEye 360’s satellites to identify potential threats to GPS signals

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Slingshot Aerospace Raises $40.85 Million in Oversubscribed Series A2 Funds to Bolster Orbital Tracking and Space Safety https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-raises-40-85-million-in-oversubscribed-series-a2-funds-to-bolster-orbital-tracking-and-space-safety/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:33:00 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=204902 Slingshot Aerospace
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Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., a company building data and analytics products to make space operations safer, today announced that it has raised $40.85 million in an oversubscribed Series A2 funding round. […]

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Slingshot Aerospace completes $40.8 million funding round https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-completes-40-8-million-funding-round/ https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-completes-40-8-million-funding-round/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:00:06 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=135010

Slingshot Aerospace announced Dec. 6 it has raised $40.8 million in a Series A2 funding round.

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Slingshot Aerospace Offers Free ‘Air Traffic Control for Space’ Solution to Prevent Satellite Collisions in Orbit https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-offers-free-air-traffic-control-for-space-solution-to-prevent-satellite-collisions-in-orbit/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:12:09 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=203002 Slingshot Aerospace Beacon
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Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., a company building space simulation and analytics products to make space safer, today announced that it is offering a free version of Slingshot Beacon to help prevent […]

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Slingshot Aerospace rolls out free space-traffic control service https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-rolls-out-free-space-traffic-control-service/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:00:49 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=131567

Slingshot Aerospace, a space data analytics company, announced Sept. 13 it is offering a free version of its space traffic control software to satellite operators

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Numerica announces divestiture of space division https://spacenews.com/numerica-announces-divestiture-of-space-division/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 12:24:00 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=201961 Numerica
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A leader in air defense, missile defense and space domain awareness, Numerica is known for solving some of the nation’s most important defense challenges. After several years of innovation and […]

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Slingshot Aerospace Acquires Numerica’s Space Division and UK-Based Seradata https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-acquires-numericas-space-division-and-uk-based-seradata/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 12:21:00 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=201959 Slingshot Aerospace
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Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., a company building space simulation and analytics products to accelerate space sustainability, today announced that the company has acquired Numerica’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) division and UK-based […]

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Slingshot acquires Numerica’s space-tracking business and UK space data firm Seradata https://spacenews.com/slingshot-acquires-numericas-space-tracking-business-and-uk-space-data-firm-seradata/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 12:00:29 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=130049

Slingshot Aerospace announced Aug. 3 it has acquired Numerica’s space-tracking business and UK space data firm Seradata

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Slingshot Aerospace Adds Chief Operating Officer and Chief Scientist to Its Leadership Team to Catalyze the Commercialization of Its Space Simulation https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-adds-chief-operating-officer-and-chief-scientist-to-its-leadership-team-to-catalyze-the-commercialization-of-its-space-simulation/ Wed, 04 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=86397 Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., a company building world-class space simulation and analytics products to accelerate space sustainability, today announced that Erin Defossé is joining the company as Chief Operating Officer (COO) […]

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Slingshot wins $25 million Space Force contract to develop digital twin of the space environment https://spacenews.com/slingshot-wins-25-million-space-force-contract-to-develop-digital-twin-of-the-space-environment/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:00:17 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=125984

Slingshot Aerospace won a $25.2 million Space Force contract to develop a virtual replica of the space environment

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Space Force using Spire data to detect satellite jamming https://spacenews.com/space-force-using-spire-data-to-detect-satellite-jamming/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 22:33:01 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=125876

Spire is providing GPS telemetry data to help detect jamming as part of a project run by the U.S. Space Systems Command

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