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MDA Starts Work on New Constellation for Undisclosed Customer
Canadian manufacturer MDA is starting work on a new constellation for an undisclosed customer, the company announced Friday. The announcement was light on details, but MDA received an authorization to proceed for a Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite constellation. The initial contract is worth $180 million, and the full constellation is valued at a minimum of…
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Philippines Orders Another Satellite from Astranis
Astranis will build a second broadband satellite for the Philippines, the company announced this week as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in San Francisco. Satellite service provider Orbits Corp ordered a second MicroGEO broadband satellite from Astranis, after its initial order, announced in July. One satellite will on Astranis’s next launch, set…
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Airbus’ Patented Detumbler Magnetic Damping Device to Tackle In-Orbit Debris
Airbus’ patented Detumbler device designed to prevent satellites from at the end of their lives from tumbling, was launched on 11 November 2023 and will be tested in space on the mission in association with Exotrail and EnduroSat early in 2024. Developed in 2021 by Airbus, and supported by the French Space Agency CNES under…
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Rogue Space Systems Announces Hosted Payload Demonstration Program with RocketStar
Rogue Space Systems Corporation, one of the leaders in the development of in-space services, has announced a new hosted payload demonstration with RocketStar that has the potential to take space propulsion to the next level. This hosting is set to launch RocketStar’s innovative water-based propulsion system into orbit aboard the next-generation Rogue Orbot. “This will…
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Daily Telescope: Traveling into the heart of the Heart Nebula
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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After upgrades, Starship achieves numerous successes during second test flight
With the Federal Aviation Administration and US Fish and Wildlife Service approving the final signoff and license and SpaceX saying the rocket is ready, Starship set sail from Starbase on its second test flight Saturday. Liftoff at the first attempt followed only a one day slip to fix an issue with Booster 9’s grid fin…
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SES Partners with Airbus and TNO to Deliver Ground Station for Quantum Key Distribution
The SES-led consortium of European companies, responsible for the development of the quantum secure space-based EAGLE-1 system and working in close collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), is joined by TNO and Airbus Netherlands B.V., to design and build an optical ground station for the mission. The contract was signed by the partners at…
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DCUBED and Solestial Showcased New Solar Array Product at Space Tech Expo
DCUBED, the German NewSpace hardware manufacturer, and Solestial, the U.S. solar energy company for space, have announced a new solar array product designed to make space more affordable. The new product, a scaled demonstration that was shown at the Space Tech Expo trade show in Bremen, will marry the specialist technologies of both companies, using…
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Orange Launches Satellite Broadband in France
Orange, one of Europe’s biggest telcos, is bringing satellite broadband to its customers in mainland France. Orange revealed details of the new ‘Orange Satellite with Nordnet’ offer, Nov. 16. This new satellite offer from Orange is particularly aimed at customers not eligible for fiber and those with ADSL speeds of less than 8 Mbps. It…
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Regulatory Experts Preview Key Issues for WRC-23
On Monday, Nov. 20, the international spectrum gathering of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference kicks off in Dubai. Over 3,000 delegates from Member States of the ITU will gather at WRC-23 to review and revise the ITU Radio Regulations, the international treaty that governs the use of precious radio-frequency spectrum and satellite…