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Viasat Uncaps IFC Speeds for Business Aviation Service
Viasat announced a series of improvements for its business aviation service Jet ConneX, uncapping speeds, expanding capacity and increasing network prioritization. Viasat Jet ConneX services are activated on more than 5,000 business jets. The operator said it has hundreds of existing customers trialing the new program, called JetXP. With the trial, customers say that bulk…
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Millennium Space Completes PDR for FOO Fighter Constellation
Boeing subsidiary Millennium Space Systems in El Segundo, California said on Monday that it has finished preliminary design review (PDR) of the company’s Low Earth Orbit Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) constellation, which is to be a key part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Millennium said on Monday that…
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Millennium Space Systems Completes PDR for FOO Fighter Satellite Constellation
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, completed the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter, or FOO Fighter, preliminary design review, or PDR, four months following authorization to proceed. The company is on contract to deliver a constellation of eight satellites with a ground system and to perform mission operations. “Just like the name says, our focus is…
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Mobile Satellite Services Association Partners With GSMA on Direct-to-Device
The Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) has a new partnership with GSMA, an industry organization for mobile operators to explore direct-to-device (D2D) and IoT connectivity. The two organizations announced their new collaboration on Tuesday during Mobile World Congress (MWC). The two organizations have agreed to explore integrating D2D and IoT services via mobile satellite services…
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Launch Roundup: Starship flies, booster caught
SpaceX flew the Starship-Super Heavy on Sunday, Oct. 13. This was the fifth test flight of the full Starship-Super Heavy stack and the first attempt at catching the booster. On Friday, Oct. 11, SpaceX Falcon 9 missions were released from the hold imposed on them while an investigation into the anomaly with the second stage…
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Beyond Gravity’s Technology Supports the Europe’s Hera Mission for Planetary Defense
Beyond Gravity, a supplier to the space industry, provided key products for Europe’s first-ever planetary defense mission, Hera. The company provided the solar wings of the spacecraft, its central tube (backbone) and electronic products. The European Space Agency’s Hera planetary defense mission is expected to launch between 7 and 27 October 2024 from Cape Canaveral…
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International Spaceports Launch New Strategic Alliance
With a number of new commercial spaceports emerging, eight spaceports from around the world signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) for better strategic collaboration. A formal signing ceremony will be held in Milan, Italy on October 13, alongside the International Astronautical Congress (IAC). The MoU was announced Oct. 7. The eight spaceports, located across…
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SpaceX launches Europe’s Hera asteroid mission ahead of Hurricane Milton
Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could one day prove useful to deflect an object off a collision course with Earth. The European Space Agency launched a follow-up mission Monday to go back to the crash site and see the…
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NASA Awards Study Contract to Rocket Lab to Bring Rock Samples from Mars to Earth
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced the company has been selected by NASA to complete a study for retrieving rock samples from the Martian surface and bringing them to Earth for the first time. The mission would fulfill some of the highest priority solar system exploration goals for…
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Startup Trek: Blue Origin vets go to the frontiers of space and tech with new studio
Andrew Woodfield and Chris Le are the founding partners of Actuate Ventures. (Photo Courtesy of Chris Le) Two former employees of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company are striking out on their own with Actuate Ventures, a venture studio that specializes in supporting startups in the space industry and other deep-tech markets. Actuate’s founding partners,…