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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches 400th orbital flight; Blue Origin, China launch missions
Blue Origin tested its second human-rated New Shepard capsule this week, which had been delayed twice since the start of the month. The week has also seen two launches from China while a fourth flight of the Japanese H3 rocket carrying a communications satellite for the Japanese military has now been delayed until next week.…
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SpaceX launches final Gen. 1 OneWeb satellites on 100th orbital flight of 2024
The final two satellites in a batch of 20 OneWeb Gen. 1 satellites are deployed at the tail end of the OneWeb Launch #20 mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX completed its 100th orbital launch of the year for its Falcon family of rockets late Saturday night in California. It reach this first-time milestone by launching OneWeb’s…
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SpaceX prevails over ULA, wins military launch contracts worth $733 million
The US Space Force’s Space Systems Command announced Friday it has ordered nine launches from SpaceX in the first batch of dozens of missions the military will buy in a new phase of competition for lucrative national security launch contracts. The nine launches are divided into two fixed-price “task orders” that Space Systems Command opened…
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Kepler Communications to Lead Development of ESA’s HydRON Optical Network in Low Earth Orbit
Kepler Communications, Inc. announced that the European Space Agency (ESA) has selected it as the prime contractor to lead the development of the low Earth orbit segment (Element#1) of the High Throughput Optical Network (HydRON) program. The initial phase of the contract led by Kepler totals 36M EUR and will be supported by TESAT Spacecom…
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Comtech Board Forms Plan to Divest Terrestrial Business and Go Purely Satellite
Comtech‘s Board of Directors and management team announced late Thursday its intention to divest its Terrestrial & Wireless Networks (T&W) business, which provides “NG911” 911 emergency call solutions for state and local governments, and align its remaining businesses to form a “pure-play satellite and space communications company.” The Board said that it has no timeframe…
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SpiderOak Reveals Details of Open Source Project
SpiderOak launched its core technology platform as an open-source offering on Thursday as it looks to expand the reach of its platform and technology. The company said that its ‘Aranya’ project will offer the same protections as its OrbitSecure platform currently deployed within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Now technology manufacturers will be able…
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It’s increasingly unlikely that humans will fly around the Moon next year
Don’t book your tickets for the launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission next year just yet. We have had reason to doubt the official September 2025 launch date for the mission, the first crewed flight into deep space in more than five decades, for a while now. This is principally because NASA is continuing to…
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Biden administration curtails controls on some space-related exports
The US Commerce Department announced Thursday it is easing restrictions on exports of space-related technology, answering a yearslong call from space companies to reform regulations governing international trade. This is the most significant update to space-related export regulations in a decade and opens more opportunities for US companies to sell their satellite hardware abroad. “We…
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Sidus Space Secures FCC Approval for Remote Sensing Satellite Micro Constellation License
Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, announced that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted approval for the company to operate a micro constellation of remote sensing multi-mission satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This key regulatory milestone marks a significant step in Sidus Space’s on-orbit expansion plans and reinforces its strategic…
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Teledyne Supports NASA’s Europa Clipper Launch with Advanced Imaging Spectrometer
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is pleased to announce its contribution to NASA’s successful Europa Clipper launch, which took place on Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Aboard the Clipper, the Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE) is one of nine science instruments designed to help scientists unravel Europa’s geologic history and assess the potential habitability of…