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Launch Roundup: SpaceX on pace to hit 100 launches in 2023, Soyuz to launch Bars-M
Following a busy week for SpaceX with the launch of two Starlink missions and the second launch of Starship, SpaceX is currently on track to meet its 100 launch goal of 2023. The first launch of the week took place on Wednesday, with North Korea successfully placing the Manligyeong 1 satellite into orbit. Later that…
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TNO and Airbus to Build Optical Ground Station for Europe’s Eagle-1 Quantum Mission
TNO and Airbus’ Netherlands subsidiary are joining the SES-led consortium for the Eagle-1 quantum key distribution (QKD) mission to build the optical ground station. TNO, an independent non-profit research organization in the Netherlands, announced the news last week. Eagle-1 is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to develop Europe’s first sovereign, end-to-end space-based QKD system,…
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Eutelsat OneWeb Receives Market Access in India
Eutelsat OneWeb is clear to launch commercial satellite broadband in India after receiving regulatory approval. India’s space regulatory agency, IN-SPACe, granted subsidiary OneWeb India market access, the company announced Tuesday. OneWeb India is the first organization to be granted this authorization. However, Eutelsat OneWeb still needs to receive spectrum allocation from the government before it…
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Celestia TTI-Led Consortium Secures €9.9 Million ESA Contract to Develop Tracking Radar
A consortium led by Celestia TTI has been awarded a €9.9 million contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of a Tracking Radar for LEO Space Debris Tracking in Greece. Celestia TTI will act as the prime contractor for the design, development, and deployment of the LEO Space Debris Tracking Radar in…
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Cobham Satcom Wins Contract to Provide Multi-band Antennas for US DoD
Cobham Satcom has received a multi-year contract with a U.S. prime contractor for multi-band antennas in its Tracker series. Cobham announced the deal with the unnamed prime on Tuesday, and said the deal has a minimum value of at least $10 million, with annual renewal options. The deal is for land-based, 2.4 meter Tracking antennas.…
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Ursa Major Introduces New Innovative Solution for Solid Rocket Motor Design and Manufacturing
Ursa Major is proud to introduce Lynx, a new approach to designing and manufacturing solid rocket motors (SRM). Lynx redefines a market plagued by a broken supply chain and an overextended industrial base. With Lynx, Ursa Major offers a revolutionary solution to America’s SRM shortage with a faster, more affordable process, leveraging 3D printing to…
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Gilat Successfully Acquires DataPath, Advancing Presence in Defense Communications Market
Gilat Satellite Networks, one of the worldwide leaders in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced that it has completed the acquisition of DataPath, a market leader in trusted communications for the US DoD Military and Government sectors. The transaction was approved by the Gilat Board of Directors and by DataPath’s Board of Directors and…
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This Week in Launches: Post Starship lull and Thanksgiving day engine test
This week’s launches November 21 SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 6-29, 11:00 P.M. ET SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida November 23 ExPace Kuaizhou 1 Unknown Payload, 5:00 A.M. ET Mobile Launcher Pad, Xichange Satellite Launch Center, China VKS RF Soyuz 2.1a Bars-M n°5, 3:00 P.M. ET Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia Join our Discord Server:…
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Yes, Starship’s second launch was a success! Here’s why
While this article focuses on the success of Starship Flight 2, we went over everything that went wrong here. Stage 0 in great condition The orbital launch mount at Starbase, or as SpaceX calls “Stage 0,” is an extremely important part of Starship’s planned rapid reusability. Ground equipment has always been an important part of…
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ESA’s Rapidly Developed Arctic Weather Satellite Enters Testing Phase
As its name suggests, the new Arctic Weather Satellite mission is expected to improve weather forecasts in the Arctic – a region that currently lacks data for accurate short-term forecasts. Today, satellites, both those in geostationary orbit and in polar orbit, provide a wealth of information that meteorologists use routinely to forecast the weather. However,…