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Boeing Awarded WGS-12 Communications Satellite Production Contract from U.S. Space Force
Boeing has received a $439.6 million contract to build the 12th Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) communications satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. The WGS constellation delivers vital high-capacity, secure, and resilient communications capabilities to the U.S. military and its allies. The WGS’s responsive, steerable, high-capacity beams provide assured connectivity via the Protected…
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Terran Orbital Secures $45 Million IDIQ Contract from NASA for Space Technology Advancement
Terran Orbital Corporation, one of the global leaders in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced being awarded an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a $45 million ceiling value with NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate. The Directorate is comprised of NASA’s Flight Opportunities program and the Small Spacecraft Technology program. The five-year agreement…
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Rocket Report: Starbase will expand into state park; another Japanese rocket
Welcome to Edition 6.34 of the Rocket Report! It’s Starship season again. Yes, SpaceX appears to be about a week away from launching the third full-scale Starship test flight from the company’s Starbase site in South Texas, pending final regulatory approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. Ars will be there. SpaceX plans to build a…
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China’s Fengyun-4B satellite takes over Fengyun-4A missions
The meteorological satellite, Fengyun-4B (FY-4B), has succeeded FY-4A and resumed its operations on Tuesday after almost a month of drift and adjustment, according to China Meteorological Administration. FY-4B started drifting from 133 degrees east longitude on Feb. 1 this year, and arrived at the geostationary orbit at 105 degrees east longitude on Feb. 19. The…
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Spire Global Launches Four Satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Rideshare Mission
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, successfully launched four Spire-built and operated satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission, which launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 4th, 2024. Expanding Connectivity for a Smarter World Spire built and launched two satellites for Myriota, a world-leading provider of…
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NASA ushers in new era of space exploration with newest class of astronauts
In a testament to the importance of international collaboration for the agency, NASA’s ceremony also recognized two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates – Nora AlMatrooshi and Mohammad AlMulla – who trained alongside their NASA counterparts. This partnership extends to various cooperative endeavors, including the ISS, the Artemis missions through the Gateway lunar space station,…
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Russia’s next-generation rocket is a decade old and still flying dummy payloads
By some measures, Russia’s next-generation flagship rocket program—the Angara—is now three decades old. The Russian government approved the development of the Angara rocket in 1992, soon after the fall of the Soviet Union ushered in a prolonged economic recession. It has been nearly 10 years since Russia launched the first Angara test flights. The heaviest…
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Stoke Space continues to test reusable second stage, looks ahead to full rocket
Stoke Space recently carried out the first test of the full-size 30-thruster version of the innovative engine that the company is producing for its in-development second stage. This will be an integral part of its future Nova rocket, which aims to be a fully reusable medium lifter. The engine test took place on Feb. 26…