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HyImpulse Successfully Launches its First Commercially Viable Launch Vehicle
For the first time, a German company has achieved the “lift-off” of a commercially viable launch vehicle. At the Australian launch site in Koonibba, HyImpulse, a German manufacturer and system provider of commercial launch vehicles for satellite transport, successfully test-launched the 12-metre-long and 2.5-tonne single-stage rocket “SR75“, which can transport small satellites weighing up to…
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DARPA Selects Umbra to Advance to Phase II of its DRIFT Program
Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to progress to Phase II of the Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) program. This significant milestone underscores Umbra’s pivotal role in advancing cutting-edge capabilities for DARPA’s mission to create breakthrough technologies for national security. The DRIFT…
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Portal Space Systems, Led by former SpaceX Propulsion VP, Targets In-Space Maneuverability
New startup Portal Space Systems, led by SpaceX’s former vice president of propulsion Jeff Thornburg, emerged from stealth mode last week with plans to build capabilities for in-space maneuverability. The company is developing the Supernova satellite bus, designed to maneuver from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) in hours, LEO to Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO)…
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Eutelsat Considers Selling its Ground Network
Eutelsat Communications is considering selling its network of satellite ground stations, the company confirmed on May 6. Eutelsat issued a press release on Monday after Bloomberg broke the news on May 3. According to Bloomberg, the ground network is worth more than 800 million euros ($850 million). Eutelsat confirmed it is “analyzing options to partner…
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Building Deep Space Satellite Connectivity Networks
Connectivity is the cornerstone of today’s global economy and it will certainly be the case for the Future Space Economy, with even more complex, data-centric applications. We spent decades building the global satellite connectivity infrastructure around Earth, is it possible to replicate Earth’s satellite connectivity infrastructure on the Moon, or on other planets? This episode…
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The surprise is not that Boeing lost commercial crew but that it finished at all
NASA’s senior leaders in human spaceflight gathered for a momentous meeting at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC, almost exactly 10 years ago. These were the people who, for decades, had developed and flown the Space Shuttle. They oversaw the construction of the International Space Station. Now, with the shuttle’s retirement, these princely figures in…
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 with 23 Starlink satellites from Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Florida to deliver another 23 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on May 6, 2024. Image: SpaceX SpaceX launched the first of two Starlink missions from Florida set this week, as Boeing prepared for the first piloted launch of its Starliner capsule. A Falcon 9 rocket launched…
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RTX’s Next-Generation Imagers Launched with Maxar’s WorldView Legion Satellites
Two next-generation imaging instruments designed by Raytheon, an RTX business, launched as part of Maxar’s WorldView Legion satellites. These are the first two of six planned WorldView Legion satellites, which will provide a significant leap forward in Earth observation capabilities, offering improved surveillance and monitoring for a wide range of applications. Positioned in low Earth…
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First crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi postponed due to valve issue
Boeing’s Starliner space taxi sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, ready for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (ULA Photo) The first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi was postponed today due to concerns about a valve on the upper stage of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket. It was…
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L3Harris Selected by Millennium Space Systems to Build Eight Infrared Payloads for SDA
L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, to build eight infrared payloads for the Space Development Agency’s Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) program. The FOO Fighter satellite system will test new technologies that could aid in missile defense and will incorporate fire control-quality sensors into a scalable prototype…