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Sierra Space Announces Pioneering Full-Scale Burst Test of Expandable Space Station Module
Sierra Space, a leading pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced that it is on the brink of a historic moment as the company prepares for its biggest-ever “burst test” of Sierra Space’s inflatable, expandable space station technology. This groundbreaking endeavor marks a critical step in Sierra…
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Eutelsat Signs New French 4K Broadcast Deal
Eutelsat has signed a new 4k broadcasting deal with one of France’s biggest broadcasters. Public broadcaster France Télévisions has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat which will see two 4K channels on both terrestrial and satellite networks. France 2 UHD, a full-time channel, and France 3 UHD, a part-time UHD channel dedicated to special events…
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Terran Orbital Slashes 2023 Revenue Outlook as Rivada Misses Payment
Terran Orbital cut its revenue guidance for 2023 nearly in half as Rivada Space Networks has not made a milestone payment for its constellation deal. Terran Orbital announced its third quarter results on Tuesday, cutting its revenue guidance for 2023 from $250 million to “in excess” of $130 million. Rivada was expected to make milestone…
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SES’s Two O3b mPOWER Satellites Successfully Launched Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
SES announced that two additional O3b mPOWER satellites were successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, at 4:08 pm local time. With the fifth and sixth O3b mPOWER satellites launched, the system completes the six medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites required to…
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Planet Launches First Pelican and 36 SuperDoves Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-9 Mission
Planet Labs PBC, a provider of daily data and insights about Earth, announced that Pelican-1, the first tech demonstration satellite for its next-generation, high-resolution Pelican fleet, along with 36 of its SuperDoves, Flock 4Q, were successfully launched to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on November 11, 2023. The Planet team…
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White House Launches National Spectrum Policy
The White House released a National Spectrum Strategy on Tuesday, developed in coordination with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). President Biden released a Presidential Memorandum, establishing spectrum policy and a process for resolving spectrum-related conflicts. The strategy identifies 2,786 megahertz of spectrum across five spectrum bands for…
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ICEYE Elevates Its Radar Imaging Constellation With the Launch of Four New Satellites
ICEYE, one of the global leaders in persistent monitoring with radar imaging satellites and an expert in natural catastrophe solutions, has expanded its constellation with four new synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites on November 11. The launch of SpaceX’s Transporter-9 smallsat rideshare mission via Exolaunch was conducted from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.…
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Telesat Selects Aalyria’s Spacetime Software to Orchestrate the Lightspeed Constellation
Telesat signed a deal with Aalyria to deploy its Spacetime networking software to manage customer traffic for Telesat’s Lightspeed satellite constellation. The deal announced Tuesday is a 10+ year agreement. Financial terms were not disclosed. Telesat will use Aalyria’s Spacetime platform to route customer data through real-time analysis of millions of possible paths. The operator…
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SpaceX founding employee successfully moves from rockets to in-space propulsion
SpaceX launched its ninth “Transporter” mission on Saturday from California, carrying dozens of small- and medium-sized satellites into low-Earth orbit. The upside of these launches for customers is that they can rely on regular, low-cost access to space aboard the reliable Falcon 9 rocket. The downside is that the satellites are all released into a…
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SpaceX Launches O3b mPOWER Satellites and Rideshare Mission in a Busy Weekend
SpaceX launched two O3b mPOWER satellites for SES, and a 90-payload rideshare mission in a busy weekend of Falcon 9 missions. SES confirmed that the fifth and sixth O3b mPOWER satellites were successfully launched in a Sunday mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SES expects to begin commercial service with O3b mPOWER in the second quarter…