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Hughes-Built Gogo Galileo Antenna Completes Test Flight With LEO
The Gogo Galileo HDX antenna built by Hughes Network Systems completed a test flight on a Bombardier Challenger 300 aircraft connected to satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Hughes announced the milestone for its antenna on Monday and reported a commercial aviation variant will be available from the company in the first half of 2025, using…
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NASA Astronauts Successfully Return to Earth Following Seven-Month Science Expedition on ISS
NASA Astronauts of eighth rotational SpaceX crew mission (Crew-8) have splashed down safely off the coast of Florida after seven months of living and working onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The mission, which is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, included NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut…
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Firefly Aerospace Selected as Approved Vendor for Space Development Agency’s HALO Program
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it was selected as a vendor for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Space Development Agency (SDA) Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated LEO (HALO) program. Firefly is now eligible to support rapid, end-to-end demonstration missions for SDA’s military satellites utilizing Firefly’s Elytra orbital vehicles. “Firefly is honored to support…
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Astra Space Secures $44 Million Contract by Department of Defense
Astra, a provider company of launch services and spacecraft engines, announced that it has been awarded a contract by Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) with a ceiling of up to $44 Million. The contract supports advancing and scaling the production capabilities of Astra’s unique tactically responsive launch system, to achieve the prototype objective of launching Rocket…
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The Need for a Level Playing Field in the Race for Space
There is little doubt that activities in space will be crucial to the future economic wellbeing of humans, apart from important scientific and other discoveries. Future economic growth — from the value of current Earth observation and telecommunication activities to future mining and tourism possibilities — will increasingly be a function of actions taken in…
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SpaceX closes in on Direct to Cell Starlink constellation completion
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 9-9 mission on Oct. 30, 2024. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 29, 6:39 a.m. EDT: SpaceX delayed the launch to Wednesday, Oct. 30. Update Oct. 30, 6:34 a.m. EDT: SpaceX pushed back the T-0 liftoff time by an hour. Update Oct.…
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AST SpaceMobile Unfolds First Five BlueBird Satellites for Space-Based Cellular Network
AST SpaceMobile, Inc., the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for commercial and government applications, announced the successful unfolding of its first five commercial satellites, BlueBirds 1-5. With this significant post-launch technical activity now complete, ahead of schedule 6 weeks after the launch of the…
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UK Firm Olsen Actuators & Drives Hires New Managing Director
Olsen Actuators & Drives has appointed Ian Walch as its new managing director. Walch takes the role with a mission of increasing revenue, developing skilled U.K. engineering and manufacturing capability and enhancing the company’s reputation in the market by providing safety-critical actuation. Olsen Actuators & Drives announced the appointment on Oct. 28. The company produces…
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BAE Systems Demonstrates M-Code on GNSS Receiver
BAE Systems demonstrated M-Code on with a next-generation GNSS receiver as part of a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command contract. BAE reported the demonstration on Monday, which validated M-Code signal tracking with an Increment 2 GNSS receiver powered by the company’s next-generation ASIC chip. The company said Increment 2 is a “significant leap forward”…
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New study reveals potential existence of life in subsurface water pools on Mars
Mars has long been theorized to be a place where ancient microbial life once existed, and NASA and other agencies have sent countless missions to the planet in hopes of uncovering the mystery that is life on Mars. While evidence for this microbial life is yet to have been found, a new NASA study from…