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Maritime Launch and Reaction Dynamics Partners for Orbital Launches from Canada
Maritime Launch Services Ltd. (Maritime Launch) and Reaction Dynamics (RDX) are announcing the next steps in their continuing collaboration by signing an agreement for future orbital launches from Canada. This new partnership between the two Canadian space companies will begin with a Pathfinder launch designed to reach the edges of space. The low-impulse launch will…
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EarthDaily Acquires Descartes Labs
EarthDaily Analytics has acquired geospatial intelligence firm Descartes Labs, the company announced Tuesday. EarthDaily Analytics said the acquisition was attractive because of how Descartes Labs products apply geospatial data to solve challenges. Both companies are owned by private equity firm Antarctica Capital. The PE firm formed EarthDaily Analytics in 2021 after buying assets from UrtheCast.…
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Viasat and BSNL Trial Direct-to-Device Connectivity in India
Viasat reported Tuesday that it demonstrated direct-to-device satellite connectivity in India, working with Indian telecommunications provider BSNL. Engineers successfully demonstrated satellite-powered two-way messaging services for attendees at India Mobile Congress this week. During the trial, Viasat demonstrated two-way messaging and SoS messaging using a commercial Android smartphone enabled for non-terrestrial network (NTN) connectivity. The messages…
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Redwire Prepares for Delivery of Satellites For Proba-3 Mission in the Fourth Quarter
Redwire Corporation, a company in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it is finalizing integration and preparing for delivery of two satellites for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission later the in fourth quarter of this year. Simultaneously, Redwire has started spacecraft integration for two other ESA satellite missions, the…
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ESA Launches RISE Mission to Pioneer In-Orbit Servicing and Sustainability in Space
ESA has taken another important step on the road towards sustainability in space with its first in-orbit servicing mission RISE. A €119 million contract was signed with D-Orbit as the co-funding prime contractor. RISE is a commercial in-orbit servicing mission that will demonstrate that it can safely rendezvous and dock to a geostationary client satellite.…
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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
A stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites, which included the first six featuring Direct to Cell capabilities. The batch launched on the Starlink 7-9 mission, which lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 2, 2024. Image: SpaceX SpaceX completed a double launch day on Tuesday with a Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.…
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SpaceX Requests Starlink Gen2 Modification, Previews Gigabit-Speeds
SpaceX submitted a request to the FCC to modify the second generation, Gen2, of its Starlink satellite system with changes that SpaceX said will allow the constellation to deliver gigabit-speed broadband. SpaceX submitted the filing to the FCC on Oct. 11, and it was made public on Tuesday. The operator wants to make changes to…
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NASA launches mission to explore the frozen frontier of Jupiter’s moon Europa
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifted off Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, kicking off a $5.2 billion robotic mission to explore one of the most promising locations in the Solar System for finding extraterrestrial life. The Falcon Heavy rocket fired its 27 kerosene-fueled engines and vaulted away from…
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Celestia Antwerp Launches New Tracking, Telemetry and Command Solution
Celestia Antwerp, the Belgian satellite ground segment company, has launched Virtual Integrated Baseband (V-IBB), a new solution for satellite Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C). The V-IBB is a virtual baseband modem which receives satellite telemetry and transmits satellite telecommands. It can also test satellite TT&C in the RF chain, before the satellite goes into orbit.…
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SpaceX notches 100th launch of 2024 with Starlink mission on Falcon 9 rocket
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX Update 2:31 a.m. EDT: SpaceX launched the Starlink 10-10 mission at 2:10 a.m. EDT (0610 UTC). SpaceX broke its own record for number of orbital launches performed by one company, which it set at 96 in 2023. The Starlink 10-10 mission…