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Beyond Gravity’s Navigation Receiver Helps Deliver Precise Data for NASA’s PACE Mission
NASA is using a navigation receiver from Beyond Gravity, a leading space supplier, for a new climate protection satellite that is due to be launched into space. NASA’s PACE climate mission uses satellite technology to monitor changes in global marine biology, aerosols (small particles floating in the atmosphere), and clouds. PACE will provide important information…
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Intelsat Invests in hiSky Alongside Strategic IIoT Partnership
Intelsat has made an investment into Israel-based satellite technology firm hiSky, along with a strategic collaboration agreement. hiSky announced the investment on Feb. 5. Along with the investment, Intelsat CTO Bruno Fromont is joining hiSky’s board of directors as an observer. hiSky said one of the main outcomes of this collaboration will be a solution…
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SpaceX launches Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base supporting the Starlink 7-13 mission. Image: SpaceX Update 8:00 p.m. EST: SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket and recovered the first stage booster on a droneship. SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from the West Coast following multiple weather-related scrubs earlier in the…
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Sateliot Helps Wildlife Project in Africa
Sateliot has secured a new partnership with EWT (Endangered Wildlife Trust), a South African NGO to safeguard vultures in the region. The collaboration aims to deploy 5G IoT sensors on vultures. Illegal trade has seen thousands of vultures poisoned across Africa, devastating populations, and driving them toward extinction in the wild. Scavenging mammals, including lions,…
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ArianeGroup prepares to ship Ariane 6 maiden flight rocket to Kourou
The combined Ariane 6 launcher task force, consisting of ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup, has reported on the progress of Ariane 6, the steps to launch, and the beginning of stage shipments to the launch site. The Canopée ship, which Ariane and ESA use to transport the massive rocket, will collect the first and second stages…
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Sidus Space Publishes New U.S. Patent Application for LizzieSat Platform
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space, and Data-as-a-Service company, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published U.S. Patent Application No. 2023/0406548-A1 (the ‘548 patent application). The ‘548 patent application enhances the robust IP portfolio of Sidus by seeking additional patent protection on even more functionality of the LizzieSat Modular Satellite Platform System. We…
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Viasat to Initiate Service on ViaSat-3 Satellite, Starts Receiving Insurance Money
Viasat plans to initiate service soon with the first ViaSat-3 satellite, which has just a fraction of its planned capacity due to an issue with an antenna on board. The operator announced in its Feb. 6 quarterly results that it plans to start commercial in-flight connectivity service on the satellite in the quarter of its…
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Slingshot Aerospace Selects Former Microsoft and Dell Executive, Tim Solms as New CEO
Slingshot Aerospace announced Feb 7. it is appointing Tim Solms, former executive at Dun & Bradstreet, Microsoft, Dell and VMware, as their new CEO. Solms will also have a seat on the Slingshot board of directors. Solms previously headed Dun & Bradstreet’s Public Sector business as the executive vice president. Prior to that he was…
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Environmentalist to get their day in court as SpaceX works to expand their Starbase facility
Environmentalist want to stop the beach closures A group of environmentalist have won an appeal in the Texas courts to make its case against road closures to Boca Chia Beach for SpaceX’s Starship rocket activities. The groups believe the law that was passed allowing these sort of closures is unconstitutional. If you didn’t know, the…
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Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 Mission Lunar Lander Ready for Historic Launch
Intuitive Machines, one of the leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services companies, announced its IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander completed all integration milestones and is safely encapsulated within SpaceX’s payload fairing in preparation for launch. In coordination with SpaceX, the launch of the Company’s IM-1 mission is targeted for a multi-day launch window that…