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Kepler Petitions FCC to Adjust its Constellation Plans for Optical Strategy
Kepler Communications petitioned the FCC this week to adjust its satellite constellation plans for the company’s updated optical data relay infrastructure. Instead of a network of 360 linked, radio frequency (RF) cubesats, Kepler plans to deploy a network of just 18 satellites — comprising a mix of its existing cubesats, optical pathfinders, and larger, more…
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Carbon Mapper Releases First Satellite Data on Global Methane and CO2 Super-Emitters
Carbon Mapper released over 300 methane and CO2 plume detections. its first tranche of emissions data based on observations from the Tanager-1 satellite launched in August. Tanager-1 is built and operated by Planet Labs PBC and made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition, a philanthropically backed public-private partnership including Planet Labs and NASA’s Jet Propulsion…
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Impulse Space Secures Three SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches for Helios and Mira Deployment
Impulse Space, a company in the development of in-space transportation services, has signed a contract with SpaceX for three Falcon 9 rocket launches that will support the ongoing development and deployment of Impulse’s vehicles Helios and Mira. The first of these missions will be the inaugural launch of Helios and is targeted for mid-2026. Prior…
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AST SpaceMobile Selected Blue Origin’s New Glenn for BlueBird Satellite Launch
Blue Origin announced a multi-launch agreement to deliver multiple next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO) on New Glenn. All launches will occur over a multi-year period from Blue Origin’s Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network designed…
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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from California
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with another 20 Starlink satellites from California Sunday night. The Starlink 9-11 mission featured 13 satellites that include Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base…
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SpaceX president predicts rapid increase in Starship launch rate
As SpaceX made its final preparations for the sixth launch of its Starship rocket, the company’s chief operating officer and president spoke at a financial conference on Friday about various topics, including the future of the massive rocket and the Starlink satellite system. The Starship launch system is about to reach a tipping point, Gwynne…
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SpaceX president predicts rapid increase in Starship launch rate
As SpaceX made its final preparations for the sixth launch of its Starship rocket, the company’s chief operating officer and president spoke at a financial conference on Friday about various topics, including the future of the massive rocket and the Starlink satellite system. The Starship launch system is about to reach a tipping point, Gwynne…
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Sierra Space and DOE Introduces Advanced Thermal Protection System for Space Missions
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth announced a groundbreaking new technology in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The breakthrough development enables exterior spacecraft tiles that can withstand the high temperatures of re-entering Earth’s…
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The Exploration Company Raises $160M to Advance European Space Capsule Ambitions
The Exploration Company has raised $160 million in a Series B round that marks the largest space Series B round in Europe and a statement of intent from the European investor community to fund a European-based space capsule provider. The Exploration Company (TEC) is developing the Nyx reusable space capsule to launch from any heavy…
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A Frightening Future: Experts Outline the Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks Against Space Systems
RESTON, VIRGINIA — Ransomware in space and the possibility of satellite kidnapping were just two of the scary future threats against space systems discussed at the CyberSat conference in Reston, Virginia, on Monday. The FBI has already observed hacking attempts against satellites in orbit, said David Bray, a former career federal IT official and now…