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Geespace Successfully Launches Eleven LEO Satellites for Future Mobility Constellation
China’s Geespace conducted its second successful satellite launch on 3rd February, sending eleven satellites into low Earth orbit, finishing the deployment of the second orbital plane of the ambitious Geely Future Mobility Constellation. Geely Future Mobility Constellation represents the world’s inaugural commercial initiative to integrate communication, navigation, and remote sensing within a single satellite network.…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9’s 300th Flight and SpaceX to launch lunar lander
On the week of the sixth anniversary of the first flight of Falcon Heavy, SpaceX launched four separate Falcon 9 missions. Meanwhile, Roscosmos resupplied the International Space Station (ISS) with Progress MS-26 launching on Soyuz. Early Thursday morning, Falcon 9 launched from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) taking NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud,…
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Exolaunch Signs Contract with ESA for Launch and Deployment of Arctic Weather Satellite
Exolaunch — the premier global provider of launch mission management, integration, and deployment services for the New Space industry – won a public tender and signed its first launch contract with the European Space Agency for launch services arrangement, integration, and deployment of the pioneering Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS). The contract highlights Exolaunch’s commitment to…
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Daily Telescope: A stunning new image of Io reveals a volcanic plume
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a…
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Space System Command Awards Lockheed Martin $66M Fixed Contract to Design 2 MUOS Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $66 million for risk reduction activities and early design work for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Service Life Extension (SLE) program. Lockheed announced the contract on Feb. 2. Lockheed Martin built and operates the SSC’s entire MUOS constellation of…
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mu Space and ispace Sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Future Lunar Missions
mu Space and Advanced Technology announced the signature of two memorandums of understanding on payload services and strategic cooperation with ispace, a private lunar robotic exploration company based in Japan, founded in 2010. This collaboration marks the first step towards future lunar missions between the two companies. According to the agreements, the two companies have…
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LeoLabs to Participate in Space Systems Command’s SDA TAP Lab Apollo Accelerator
LeoLabs, the company with the largest and most comprehensive commercial catalog of objects in low Earth orbit, today announced it has been selected to participate in the U.S. Space Systems Command‘s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Tools Applications and Processing (TAP) Lab Apollo Accelerator. This program enables LeoLabs to demonstrate its AI-powered solutions for Combat ID…
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Arctic IFC: Intelsat Demonstrates LEO Connectivity in Northern Alaska Aircraft Test
Intelsat recently completed a flight test to the Arctic Circle to demonstrate in-flight connectivity (IFC) service at extreme northern latitudes, using Eutelsat OneWeb’s network. In mid-December, Intelsat flew its test aircraft, a CRJ-700 regional jet equipped with an electronically steered array (ESA) antenna, during two flights — from Seattle, Washington, to Anchorage, Alaska; and from…
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Korea’s Satellite Navigation System Developed by Thales Alenia Space Enters Service
The Korea Augmentation Satellite System (KASS) developed by Thales Alenia Space as the prime contractor has been officially certified by the Korean authorities. Now operational, this navigation system is the result of a collaboration between Thales Alenia Space a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) — and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)…
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Quindar Secures $6M in Funding for Spacecraft Management AI Tools
Satellite network management startup Quindar raised an additional $6 million in seed extension rounds from FUSE with the continued investment from Y-Combinator and Funders Club, the company announced in late January. The company plans to use the funding to elevate its spacecraft management software using AI-driven insights and operations. Last January, Quindar raised $2.5 million…