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Redwire’s Cutting-Edge Pharmaceutical In-Space Laboratory Successfully Installed on the ISS
Redwire’s new cutting-edge pharmaceutical manufacturing platform, PIL-BOX, was successfully installed on the International Space Station (ISS) for the inaugural PIL-01 investigation. The investigation, which launched to the ISS on SpaceX’s 29th cargo resupply mission (SpX-29) for NASA, is being conducted in partnership with Eli Lilly and Company and will include experiments focused on developing advanced…
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Amazon buys three launches from SpaceX for rival internet constellation
A pair of prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet constellation are encapsulated in a pair of payload fairings for launch aboard a ULA Atlas 5 rocket. Image: ULA Tech giant Amazon is adding a fifth rocket to launch its satellite internet constellation. In a surprise move on Friday afternoon, the company announced it purchased…
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SpaceX launches ride share mission with South Korean spy satellite, first Irish satellite
A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Korea 425 mission from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX Kicking off the month of December for SpaceX was a Falcon 9 ride share mission with a payload of 25 spacecraft on board. The launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base was headlined by the…
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ESA Advances Radio Frequency Monitoring as Spire Global Joins Third Party Mission
As Earth’s population continues to grow, acquiring high-quality data to help predict the movement of the world’s resources is a priority. A specialist in this field, providing radio frequency datasets in near real-time, Spire Global announced that it has officially joined ESA’s prestigious Earthnet Third Party Mission (TPM) program. Spire first began launching satellites in…
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Tesat Delivers Optical Terminals for SDA Tranche 1 to Lockheed Martin
Tesat delivered the first optical communications terminals to Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer, the company announced Dec. 1. Lockheed will integrate the Tesat terminals on 42 small satellites that the company is building for the SDA’s data transport layer. These terminals recently completed ground interoperability tests for the SDA…
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Space Force Set to Launch X-37B Test Vehicle Aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy
U.S. Space Systems Command on Nov. 30 said it is targeting December 10 for the launch of an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, marking the seventh mission for the Boeing-built unmanned spacecraft that will reenter Earth’s atmosphere and land as a space plane. The upcoming U.S. Space Force (USSF)-52 mission is…
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Quantum Dice and SpeQtral Unveil Zenith Quantum Random Number Generator for SpeQtral-1 Mission
Quantum Dice, a spinout from the University of Oxford’s quantum optics laboratory, and SpeQtral, a leading quantum communications technology company, proudly announce the launch and use of the Zenith Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG), a product designed for space, to enable secure quantum communication technologies in the upcoming SpeQtral-1 satellite mission. SpeQtral-1, SpeQtral’s second quantum…
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Rivada Space Networks to Work With Globalsat in Latin America
Rivada Space Networks is teaming up with Globalsat as the two companies target customers in the energy, government, NGO, agriculture, utilities and transportation sectors throughout Latin America and beyond using Rivada’s network. The two companies announced the partnership Nov. 30. Globalsat is a service provider in mobile and other satellite services specializing in voice, data,…
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ESA sets launch date for Ariane 6 for summer of 2024
The long-awaited maiden flight of Ariane 6 is scheduled to take place between June 15 and July 31, 2024, European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Josef Aschbacher announced at a press conference on Thursday. This followed a successful hot-fire test of the Vulcain 2.1 core stage engine of the new European launcher on its launch…
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Intelsat Expects $2.1B in Revenue This Year, Execs Outline Pivot to Solutions Provider
McLean, VIRGINIA — Intelsat expects to earn $2.1 billion in revenue this year, CEO David Wajsgras said during an investor day event on Nov. 30, giving a rare look at the company’s finances and outlining its “strategic reset” from a bandwidth supplier to an end-to-end solutions provider. Executives said Thursday that the company is in…