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Sky and Space Global misses payment to GomSpace on 200-cubesat order

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GomSpace is holding up production on a 200-cubesat order from telecom startup Sky and Space Global due to past-due payments.

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Luxembourg’s Crown Prince Guillaume (right) and Deputy Prime Minister Étienne Schneider (center) at the NewSpace Europe 2017 conference in Luxembourg City. (Credit: Dominique GAUL/Spaceresources.lu)

Luxembourg’s Kleos Space raises $8 million, stock trades in Australia

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Kleos Space, a Luxembourg-based satellite Earth observation startup, raised 6.96 million Euros ($8 million) from investors and began trading on the Australian Stock Exchange.

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This image of Cuba was taken by the HyperScout hyperspectral camera flying onboard the GomX-4B nanosatellite. Credit: Cosine Measurement Systems

Dutch firm Cosine releases first images from hyperspectral camera aboard nanosatellite

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The host satellite, built by Danish cubesat specialist GomSpace, is a so-called 6U cubesat measuring 20x30x10 centimeters.

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GomSpace taps Virgin Orbit to launch nanosatellites for tracking ships and planes

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Virgin Orbit, which expects to debut the air-launched LauncherOne rocket by summer, signed a contract Jan. 16 with GomSpace to send eight nanosatellites into orbit next year to track airplanes and ships.

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