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Third time’s the charm! Boeing’s Starliner capsule begins first crewed space mission
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad, sending Boeing’s Starliner capsule and its crew of two astronauts to the International Space Station. (NASA via YouTube) Two NASA astronauts were sent into space today to begin the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, making a shakedown cruise to the…
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Speedcast Brings New Cybersecurity Application to Maritime Customers
Speedcast is bringing a new cybersecurity application to its maritime customer base. The company announced Monday that it has developed the application alongside Cydome for its SIGMA network management platform to provide better fleet wide protection for its maritime customers. The Speedcast solution aims to offer a simplified and streamlined approach to navigating the urgent…
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SES’ Acquisition of Intelsat Marks a New Chapter in the History of the Space Age
The recent announcement that Luxemburg-based satellite operator SES acquired Intelsat, the former inter-governmental satellite organization, represents the final paragraph of what I describe as the third chapter of the Space Age. The next Space Age chapter has begun and it will change many rules. To make sense of this emerging Space Age environment, we need…
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MDA Space Secures Contract for Square Kilometre Array Project
MDA Space, a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced it has been awarded a contract by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to support the development, construction and integration of game-changing radio telescope technology for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), an international space exploration and astronomy project…
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SES Sells NSS-12 GEO Satellite Capacity to Uzbekistan’s Uz-Sat
SES has made inroads into the satellite market in Uzbekistan. The operator announced Monday that it had signed a deal with Uz-Sat, the Republic of Uzbekistan’s national broadband satellite service provider, to deliver connectivity services throughout Uzbekistan via SES’s GEO satellite, NSS-12. This collaboration aims to support mobile backhaul services across the nation. Uzbekistan has…
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RapidFlight Secures USAF AFWERX Contract for Autonomous Aircraft System Development
RapidFlight, a pioneering integrated designer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has been awarded a contract valued up to $10 million by the United States Department of the Air Force (DAF) AFWERX Autonomy Prime program to develop and produce a customizable, autonomous, fixed-wing aircraft system, the SPX. The DAF created AFWERX to bring cutting-edge…
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Blue Origin works towards New Glenn debut, ramps BE-4 deliveries
Over the past few months, Blue Origin has been busy progressing on many of its projects as target dates move closer. New Glenn continues to inch closer to launch, facilities are being expanded, BE-4 engines have been delivered to ULA, and New Shepard has returned to crewed flights. New Glenn With the September launch window…
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Denmark’s Space Inventor Forms Maritime EO Surveillance Partnership with Addvalue
Danish satellite company Space Inventor is teaming up with Addvalue for a mission that aims to show tactically smarter Earth Observation (EO) in the area of maritime surveillance. A new partnership between the two companies will see IDRS deployed for the AI-powered Bifrost In-Orbit Demonstrator mission, due to launch in 2025. The two companies announced…
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NASA to Provide Coverage for Boeing Crew Flight Test Launch, Docking to Station
NASA, an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research, will provide live coverage of launch activities for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, which will carry NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to and from the International Space Station. Launch of the ULA…
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Boeing’s Starliner CFT launches on third attempt
After years of anticipation, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule has flown its first crew into space on the 100th flight of an Atlas V launch vehicle. Capping off Starliner’s test campaign, the Crew Flight Test (CFT) has sent Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams on a trajectory to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) where they…