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Starlab Space Selects SpaceX’s Starship to Launch its Commercial Space Station
Starlab Space, the transatlantic joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus, announced the selection of SpaceX to launch the Starlab commercial space station to low-Earth orbit (LEO). Starship, SpaceX’s fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond, will launch Starlab in a single mission…
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Carbice Partners with Blue Canyon Technologies for Deep Tech Innovation in Aerospace
Carbice Corporation, the company that is helping customers build stronger by eliminating interface failure mode and achieving sustainability, announced that it is collaborating with Blue Canyon Technologies as a key supplier of aligned carbon nanotechnology (CNT) solutions for critical spacecraft programs. RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies is a provider of turnkey small satellite solutions, including nanosatellites,…
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Eutelsat 113 West A is Out of Service Following an Anomaly
Eutelsat has ended operations on the Eutelsat 113 West A satellite after the satellite experienced an anomaly on Jan. 31. The satellite launched in 2006 and was approaching the end of its life in orbit. Eutelsat did not detail the anomaly, but said teams are “deploying all possible efforts to mitigate the potential adverse consequences…
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Daily Telescope: A Wolf-Rayet star puts on a howling light show
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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Rocket Report: SpaceX at the service of a rival; Endeavour goes vertical
Welcome to Edition 6.29 of the Rocket Report! Right now, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is the only US launch vehicle offering crew or cargo service to the International Space Station. The previous version of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket retired last year, forcing that company to sign a contract with SpaceX to launch its Cygnus supply…
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BAE Systems Completes CDR on M-Code Military GPS Receiver
BAE Systems has completed a critical design review (CDR) on a program to design and manufacture an advanced military GPS receiver and next-generation semiconductor. The Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 2 Miniature Serial Interface (MSI) program is part of a $247 million contract received in 2020 from the U.S. Space Force. The MSI includes…
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SFL Developed Norwegian Microsatellite Achieves Optical Communications Link
The Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA)’s NorSat-TD demonstration microsatellite developed by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has successfully transferred data to a ground station using optical communications technology. The accomplishment is a first for a Dutch-built laser communication device and among the first achieved by a microsatellite. Optical, or laser, communications between a satellite and ground station enable…
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Gilat Wins New Government Contract
Gilat Satellite Networks has won a new multi-million defense connectivity contract from an unnamed government cusotmer. Gilat’s SkyEdge IV platform and Taurus-M modems will be augmenting the advanced satellite communications capabilities for a leading governmental defense organization. Gilat announced the deal Feb. 1. SkyEdge IV is Gilat’s next generation multi-service platform built to work in…
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Reticulate Micro Introduces Reticulate Space Business Focused on Satcom
Reticulate Micro has formed a new business segment called Reticulate Space focused on multi-orbit satellite communications management technologies. Reticulate Micro is a commercial and defense technology company that is building a quantum-protected open-systems platforms for video streaming, simplified terminal management and satellite mobile connectivity in austere environments. Reticulate Space will focus on defense and selective…
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Advanced Space’s Resilient CAPSTONE Mission for NASA Marks 445 Days of Lunar Operations
Advanced Space, one of the leading space tech solutions companies, announced that CAPSTONE – the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment – continues to be “The Little Satellite That Could” as it flies near the Moon over 440 days. The spacecraft is conducting operations in Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO); achieving record-long…