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SpaceX launches five BlueBird satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral
Update: The Falcon 9 lifted off on time and successfully deployed the five BlueBird satellites. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the first five of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird satellites from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch five of AST SpaceMobile’s…
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Comtech Introduces Digital Common Ground Modem Product Line for DoD and Coalition Partners
Comtech, a global technology company, announced the launch of the Company’s new Digital Common Ground (“DCG”) portfolio of modems. Comtech’s DCG product line is designed to enable the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) and coalition partners to move to digitized, hybrid satellite network architectures, which will bring forward a new era of secure, resilient, interoperable,…
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SpaceX Launches AST SpaceMobile’s First 5 Commercial Satellites
AST SpaceMobile confirmed the milestone launch of its first five commercial satellites on Thursday morning. These satellites will start service for the company’s cellular broadband network in space. SpaceX launched the five BlueBird satellites on a Falcon 9 mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 4:52 am. EDT. AST SpaceMobile CEO Abel Avellan confirmed post-launch that…
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Two private astronauts took a spacewalk Thursday morning—yes, it was historic
The Polaris Dawn mission took a firm step into the future on Thursday morning when two private citizens, Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis, briefly ventured outside their Dragon spacecraft. Although each only spent about eight minutes outside the capsule, the spacewalk was unquestionably a major success for SpaceX and the four astronauts flying in orbit.…
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Rocket Lab Hires COO Frank Klein from Automotive Industry
Rocket Lab has hired a new COO from the automotive industry to help the company scale manufacturing. The launcher announced Frank Klein as its new chief operations officer on Sept. 10. The appointment is effective Sept. 16. Most recently, Klein served as COO at Rivian Automative, where he helped to transform Rivian from a low…
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Firefly preparing new launch pads in Virginia, Sweden for Alpha rocket
Firefly Aerospace, the decade-old spaceflight company based in Cedar Park, Texas, is now working on an additional launch site for its operational Alpha small satellite launcher and upcoming Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV) in Virginia. In addition, the company is planning to build an Alpha launch site overseas in Sweden for the European market. Firefly recently…
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Sidus Space Secures New Contract for NASA’s ASTRA Project
Sidus Space, a provider of end-to-end precision Space Infrastructure solutions that include satellite Data-as-a-Service on its proprietary on-orbit platform, is pleased to announce the award of a follow on contract from NASA Stennis for additional ASTRA (Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications) support aboard LizzieSat-1. A key component of the additional objectives is collecting onboard data…
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Astroscale Secures Contract for Next Phase of UK Active Debris Removal Mission
Astroscale Ltd., the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings, the company in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, has been awarded a GBP £1.95 million contract by the UK Space Agency to continue development of its Cleaning Outer Space Mission through Innovative Capture (COSMIC) spacecraft. COSMIC is Astroscale’s solution for a UK national…
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Simulation test stand for China’s lunar landing mission completes test run
A Chinese spacecraft testing center has completed the test firing of a newly-built high-altitude simulation test stand in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, China Space News reported on Wednesday. This marked a breakthrough in terms of key technologies for the high-altitude simulation of the functioning of the main deceleration engine for China’s manned lunar landing spacecraft.…