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Starship expanding to Cape Canaveral as SpaceX test IFT-3 rocket
SpaceX looking to take over East Coast Delta IV pad Last week the Space Force published a website announcing plans to bring SpaceX’s Starship rocket to Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Specifically they want to use the soon to be old Delta IV Heavy launch site at SLC-37. This has long been the pad…
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Hughes Awarded a Contract by SES Space & Defense for Multi-Orbit Auto-PACE Solution
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, announced that SES Space & Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES, awarded Hughes a contract to provide a flexible, software-defined, multi-orbit, auto-PACE solution and associated modems in support of SES Space & Defense’s and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program. …
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 22 Starlink satellites from California
A Falcon 9 booster lifts off on its 19th flight on Feb. 22, 2024, carrying 22 Starlink satellites. Photo: SpaceX. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the West Coast with another batch of 22 Starlink satellites at 8:11 p.m. PST Thursday (11:11 p.m. EST / 0411 UTC). The Starlink 7-15 mission roared away…
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Dryad Networks Selects EchoStar Mobile Satellite IoT Solution for Wildfire Prevention
Dryad Networks purchased 3,000 IoT modules and other connectivity services from EchoStar Mobile for wildfire detection. Dryad provides early detection of wildfires through the Silvanet solution – solar-powered gas sensors deployed in a LoRaWAN mesh network. EchoStar will provide EM2050 modules, powered by Semtech’s LR1120 device, to provide embedded LoRaWAN satellite IoT capabilities for the…
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Blue Origin has emerged as the likely buyer for United Launch Alliance
Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has emerged as the sole finalist to buy United Launch Alliance. The sale is not official, and nothing has been formally announced. The co-owners of United Launch Alliance (ULA), Lockheed Martin and Boeing, have yet to comment publicly on the sale of the company,…
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Carrier rocket for China’s Queqiao-2 arrives at launch site
The carrier rocket for China’s relay satellite Queqiao-2 has arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China’s Hainan Province, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Thursday. The Long March-8 Y3 carrier rocket will undergo assembly and testing at the launch site, the CNSA added. As a new generation carrier rocket, Long…
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Evona Combats Space Industry Hiring Challenges with Subscription Staffing Model
Space industry recruiting agency Evona has adapted its business model, pushing a new subscription staffing solution in response to industry trends, as space companies are seeing a slowdown in later-stage funding rounds. In October 2022, Evona observed the slow-down in venture capital rounds, as space investment dipped overall in 2022, which the company suspected would…
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U.S. Space Force Initiates Environmental Study for Potential SpaceX Starship Launches
The U.S. Space Force is embarking on environmental studies to assess the feasibility of SpaceX Starship launches from either the current Cape Canaveral facility or a potential new complex. The Department of the Air Force, inclusive of the Space Force, unveiled plans for an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate Starship launch operations at Cape…
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French Firm Unseenlabs Plans Falcon 9 Launch for Maritime Surveillance Nanosatellites
French maritime surveillance provider Unseenlabs is set to advance its ambitious satellite constellation with the imminent launch of its 12th and 13th nanosatellites, marking a significant stride towards a real-time vessel tracking system slated for deployment by 2025. German launch services provider Exolaunch will oversee the integration of the BRO-12 and BRO-13 (Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter)…
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Bulgaria Joins U.S.-Led Artemis Accords, Boosting European Presence in Space Exploration Cooperation
Bulgaria has officially joined the Artemis Accords, a collaborative framework for international cooperation in space exploration led by the United States. Milena Stoycheva, Bulgaria’s Minister of Innovation and Growth, signed the accords on November 9 at a ceremony held at NASA Headquarters. Bulgaria’s inclusion makes it the 32nd nation to endorse the document since its…