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SatixFy Lands $39M Deal for Telesat Lightspeed Landing Station Baseband Units
Telesat awarded SatixFy Communications a $39 million deal to supply the landing station baseband units for the Lightspeed network, Telesat announced Monday. Telesat had a previous deal with SatixFy for baseband modems in 2021 under previous Lightspeed plan, but the Canadian operator said this is a new agreement. Under the terms of the new agreement,…
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Acres of Potential: How NASA Acres Works to Bring Satellite Imagery to the Agriculture Industry
NASA Acres is working to bring the value of satellite imagery to farmers and the agriculture industry in the U.S. This episode features NASA Acres Deputy Director Mike Humber for a conversation about how NASA Acres is working to build trust and bridge the gap for greater adoption of satellite imagery within the agriculture industry. …
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SpaceX launches 400th Falcon rocket on 31st cargo resupply mission to the space station for NASA
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket liftoff from Launch Complex 39A to begin the Cargo Resupply Services 31 (CRS-31) to the International Space Station for NASA. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched its 31st resupply mission to the International Space Station on Monday night. The mission, dubbed Commercial Resupply Services-31 (CRS-31) ferried more than 6,000 pounds…
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EnerSys ABSL Battery Launched Onboard NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission
EnerSys, the global company in stored energy solutions for industrial applications, is proud to announce that its ABSL lithium-ion space battery was successfully launched onboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. The launch took place on October 14, 2024, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission was led by…
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Astranis Partners with Xona Space Systems on Resilient GPS Satellite Design
Astranis is working with Xona Space Systems on a spacecraft design for the U.S. Space Force’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program. In September, Space Systems Command (SSC) named Astranis one of four companies to submit design prototypes for eight resilient GPS satellites, called Lite Evolving Augmented Proliferation. Axient, L3Harris technologies, and Sierra Space were also chosen…
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Kymeta Debuts Goshawk u8 GEO/LEO Hybrid Terminal
Kymeta is rolling out a new hybrid terminal for vehicles and vessels, the Goshawk u8, the satellite hardware company announced Monday. Goshawk u8 is a hybrid terminal that supports Geostationary (GEO), Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), and cellular connectivity. It is the second multi-orbit, multi-network, modem-agnostic terminal in Kymeta’s product suite after the Osprey u8 HGL military…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches cargo resupply mission to ISS, Roscosmos and Rocket Lab also launch
This week got off to a flying start when new science experiments and cargo were launched to the International Space Station, and Roscosmos launched ionospheric research satellites. Rocket Lab has also launched its Electron rocket on the company’s quickest turnaround mission to date this week. Following a scrub of Sunday’s Starlink mission just moments before…
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NASA and SpaceX Set Launch for 31st Resupply Mission to ISS on November 4
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:29 p.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 4, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the agency’s 31st SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory. Filled with nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon…