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Telesat Selects Calian Group to Develop Element Management System for Lightspeed LEO Network
Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, announced that it has selected Calian Group Ltd., an Ottawa-based company with deep experience in delivering advanced technology solutions for the space, defense, and terrestrial sectors, to design, develop, deliver and deploy the Element Management System (EMS) within the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit…
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NASA Chooses Companies for Commercial SmallSat Services Award
NASA, an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research, has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency. The Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award contract is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity…
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Lynk Names Dan Dooley as New CEO Amid SPAC Deal
Lynk Global named a new CEO on Monday, with other changes to its executive slate as the company works to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. Dan Dooley, who is Lynk’s current chief commercial officer, will become CEO, effective immediately. Dooley has three decades of experience in the global communications industry…
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Launch Roundup: Polaris Dawn, ISS crewed launch headline busy week
This week’s manifest features four Falcon 9 launches, including the highly anticipated Polaris Dawn crewed mission, a mission carrying AST SpaceMobile’s first five cellphone-compatible broadband satellites, and the delayed launch of two more satellites for Europe’s mid-Earth orbit Galileo constellation. Additionally, Roscosmos has launched the Soyuz MS-26 crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS).…
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SpaceX surmounts challenging weather, launches Polaris Dawn astronaut mission
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience separates from the Falcon 9 upper stage, beginning the Polaris Dawn mission on Sept. 10, 2024. Image: SpaceX Update 6:06 a.m. EDT: Crew Dragon Resilience separated from the Falcon 9 upper stage. Despite some challenging weather at the opening of the launch window, SpaceX managed to send the Polaris Dawn…
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Boeing’s Starliner Returns to Earth and Concludes the Mission with NASA
NASA and Boeing safely returned the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft following its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT Sept. 6 at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space Station. “I am extremely proud of the work our collective team put into this entire flight test, and we are…
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NASA Pulls ESCAPADE Mission from Blue Origin’s First New Glenn Launch
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will no longer be the customer on Blue Origin’s first New Glenn launch. NASA announced Sept. 6 that it is standing down from an October launch window for New Glenn’s first launch. The agency and Blue Origin are now discussing a launch in spring 2025 at the earliest. Instead, Blue Origin will…
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NASA Pulls ESCAPADE Mission from Blue Origin’s First New Glenn Launch
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission will no longer be the customer on Blue Origin’s first New Glenn launch. NASA announced Sept. 6 that it is standing down from an October launch window for New Glenn’s first launch. The agency and Blue Origin are now discussing a launch in spring 2025 at the earliest. Instead, Blue Origin will…
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Roscosmos to Launch Soyuz MS-26 with NASA Astronaut and Cosmonauts to ISS
NASA astronaut Don Pettit will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will join the Expedition 71 crew in advancing scientific research. Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will lift off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time)…
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Iceye Wins Greek Government Deal for Sovereign SAR Satellites
Iceye will see its persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions used in Greece thanks to a new contract win. It has signed a contract for the Greek National Satellite Space Project Axis 1.2 (radar program) for the Greek Space Agency and Greek Ministry of Digital Governance, together with the European Space Agency (ESA). The contract…