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How is WAVE Leading the Virtualization Revolution in Satcom?
Many remember when mobile phone companies locked our devices to their networks with pre-installed applications. Each phone company would put users into their walled garden, locking them into device/company-specific ecosystems. Upgrading or switching devices/companies meant changing your phone number, losing information for personal contacts, and disrupting your personal life. This lock-in hindered flexibility, keeping users beholden…
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Perseverance faces challenges climbing to crater rim as sample tube supply dwindles
In August, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover began its fifth science campaign — the rover’s most ambitious yet. The campaign has seen Perseverance climb the western rim of Jezero Crater and face its steepest and most challenging terrain yet, all the while continuing to take surface samples and look for signs of ancient microbial life. Currently, Perseverance…
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SpaceX completes double launch day with Starlink 6-69 launch
Updated 4:47 p.m. EST (2147 UTC): SpaceX landed the first stage booster on its droneship. A Falcon 9 roars away from Cape Canaveral on Nov. 11, 2024, carrying 24 Starlink satellites. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. SpaceX capped off the Veteran’s Day holiday with the second in a of pair of Falcon 9 rocket launches from…
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Space policy is about to get pretty wild, y’all
The global space community awoke to a new reality on Wednesday morning. The founder of this century’s most innovative space company, Elon Musk, successfully used his fortune, time, and energy to help elect Donald Trump to president of the United States. Already, Musk was the dominant Western player in space. SpaceX launches national security satellites…
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Space policy is about to get pretty wild, y’all
The global space community awoke to a new reality on Wednesday morning. The founder of this century’s most innovative space company, Elon Musk, successfully used his fortune, time, and energy to help elect Donald Trump to president of the United States. Already, Musk was the dominant Western player in space. SpaceX launches national security satellites…
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European Space Agency and Arianespace at a crossroads
The European Space Agency (ESA) faces a crossroads as it works to prepare flights of the Vega-C and Ariane 6 as early as this December. While technicians in Europe and French Guiana are preparing these rockets and their payloads for flight, ESA and Arianespace are grappling with major changes in the space launch industry over…
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Globalstar is Already Working on New Constellation for Apple, CEO Jacobs Tells Investors
Globalstar is already working on the new satellite constellation program for Apple, Globalstar CEO Paul Jacobs told investors in the company’s third quarter call on Nov. 7. The company’s stock has soared in the past week after Globalstar announced further ties with Apple, as the tech giant is making a major investment with Globalstar to…
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Arianespace Targets First Commercial Flight for Ariane 6 in Q1 2025
Arianespace and ArianeGroup are targeting the first commercial flight of the Ariane 6 rocket to take place in the first quarter of 2025, mid-February at the earliest. This comes after the Ariane 6 rocket made its debut in July of this year. The European Space Agency (ESA) operated the demonstration flight, and Arianespace will operate…
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PLD Space unveils ambitious plan for the next decade
PLD Space unveiled an aggressive 10-year plan last month at the company’s new headquarters building in Elche, Spain. This plan will begin by upgrading its under-development Miura 5 rocket with propulsive landing capability, which will aid in introducing a whole new family of rockets. This new family of rockets, Miura NEXT, would be partially reusable,…
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Frontgrade Gaisler Launches Optimized Screening for GR740 Microprocessor for Space Applications
Frontgrade Gaisler, a provider company of radiation-hardened microprocessors for space applications, has introduced an additional screening option for its GR740 quad-core microprocessor. This new optimized screening option offers an ideal balance for New Space and large-scale satellite constellation missions, where both cost and radiation assurance are critical factors. The GR740’s expanded screening options meet market…