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EchoStar and IoT Startup Connected to Launch Remote Communication Device
EchoStar Mobile, a subsidiary of EchoStar, is working with IoT startup Connected on a new IoT solution for connectivity in remote areas. The companies announced a deal on Tuesday to launch Connected One, a personal communication device that uses EchoStar’s satellite technology to connect people off the grid. Under a new three-year agreement, EchoStar Mobile…
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BlackSky Expanding in to Space Domain Awareness With New Contract
BlackSky is expanding into space domain awareness (SDA) with a new contract to support an unnamed customer to deliver non-Earth imaging (NEI). Instead of providing satellite imagery of Earth, BlackSky will collect imagery of on-orbit spacecraft for the customer. BlackSky announced the seven-figure contract on Tuesday. As part of the contract BlackSky will integrate Gen-2…
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ESA’s Hera Mission Launches to Study Human-Deflected Asteroid Advancing Planetary Defense
ESA’s first planetary defense spacecraft has departed planet Earth. The Hera mission is headed to a unique target among the more than 1.3 million known asteroids in our Solar System the only body to have had its orbit shifted by human action to solve lingering mysteries associated with its deflection. By sharpening scientific understanding of…
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Impulse Space Secures $34.5M Contract from SSC for VICTUS SURGO and VICTUS SALO Missions
Impulse Space, a company in the development of in-space transportation services, announced it has been awarded a $34.5 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract by the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Safari Office, in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The contract is in support of…
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Media Accreditation Opens for SpaceX’s 31st NASA Resupply Mission to ISS
Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This launch is the 31st SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency and will liftoff on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than…
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Sierra Space Secures AFRL Contract for REGAL Program for Space-Based Logistics Innovation
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and defense-tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth and protect economic freedom in the Orbital Age, announced that it has been awarded a competitive, firm-fixed-price contract for the Rocket Experimentation for Global Agile Logistics (REGAL) program by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).…
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SpaceX Launches ESA’s Hera Planetary Defense Mission
SpaceX launched the Hera planetary defense mission for the European Space Agency (ESA) on Monday morning. A Falcon 9 rocket launched the mission to interplanetary transfer orbit, lifting off at 10:52 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission took place despite the fact that the Falcon 9 is currently grounded…
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PLD Space Unveils Plan for Reusable Launcher and Crew Capsule
Spanish launch startup PLD Space announced plans for a large reusable launch vehicle and a crew capsule on Monday. Last October, PLD Space launched its suborbital Miura 1 rocket for the first time. The company is currently working toward the launch of the Miura 5 two-stage, orbital rocket. The first commercial flights of Miura 5…
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United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Second Certification Flight of Vulcan Rocket
United Launch Alliance ushers in a new era of space capabilities with the successful launch of its second certification flight (Cert-2) of the next generation Vulcan rocket on Oct. 4 at 7:25 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. “The success of Vulcan’s second certification flight heralds a new age…
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Seraphim Picks 11 Startups for 14th Space Accelerator Program
Seraphim Space, one of the leading investors in space tech startups, announced the latest round of companies taking part in Mission 14, its latest dedicated accelerator for space startups. Seraphim, which is known as Generation Space in the United States, announced the line-up, Oct. 7. Companies taking part include: Acquora; Artemis Earth; Constellation Technologies &…