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Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lunar Lander Arrives in Florida for Launch Preparations
Astrobotic announced that the Peregrine lunar lander arrived safely in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft was unloaded at Astrotech facilities where it will be integrated with the United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s Vulcan for launch on December 24, 2023. “It’s incredible to realize that we are just a short time away from our Peregrine spacecraft beginning…
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NASA and Boeing Make Steady Progress Toward Starliner’s First Flight to Space Station
NASA and Boeing are working to complete the agency’s verification and validation activities ahead of Starliner’s first flight with astronauts to the International Space Station. While Boeing is targeting March to have the spacecraft ready for flight, teams decided during a launch manifest evaluation that a launch in April will better accommodate upcoming crew rotations…
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Daily Telescope: A spooky image of the Solar System’s largest planet
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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Competition for first commercial lunar landing still hot with IM-1 launching in January
Intuitive Machines receives launch window from SpaceX IM-1, Intuitive Machines’ first lunar landing mission, is set to launch no earlier than January 12, 2024. This date came from SpaceX, its contracted launcher for this mission. The launch will take place on a Falcon 9 rocket, one of the most reliable rockets on the market. The…
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Eutelsat’s State-of-the-Art EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS Satellite Successfully Enters into Service
Eutelsat Communications announced the successful entry into service of its state-of-the-art EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS Very High Throughput Satellite, at the 2.7°E orbital position. EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS, a very high throughput satellite built by Thales Alenia Space, will provide fixed, mobile, and government connectivity across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Delivering 230 beams and…
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VITES Taps EnSilica for Terminal Upgrades
EnSilica is to partner with VITES to supply its new beam-former chip for satellite user terminals. The two companies announced the collaboration on Oct. 30. VITES will use the chip at the heart of its new ViSAT-Ka-band terminal. EnSilica’s beam-forming chip is optimized to enable VITES’s creation of power- and cost-efficient ground-based flat panel user…
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ICEYE Partners with Suhora Technologies for Landmark Radar Satellite Imagery Contract
ICEYE, a global company in persistent monitoring with synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellites, announced a partnership with Suhora Technologies, a software and geospatial intelligence company in India that caters to various industry verticals in the region. This partnership is one of the largest SAR deals in Asia, reinforcing ICEYE’s position as a global leader in…
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SES and Boeing to Share Risk and CapEx on 2 Additional mPOWER Satellites
SES is pushing back the start of commercial service for its O3b mPOWER constellation to early in the second quarter of 2024, as it deals with power module issues on the satellites. To deal with the impact to the constellation, SES “reshaped” its contract with manufacturer Boeing to upgrade five of the remaining satellites and…
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FAA concludes SpaceX Starship safety review, continues environmental review
SpaceX’s Starship rocket stands fully stacked near the shoreline of Texas at its Starbase facility on Oct. 20, 2023. On Oct. 31, the FAA said it concluded its safety review ahead of its second test flight. Image: SpaceX SpaceX’s highly anticipated second test flight of its Starship super heavy lift rocket is one step closer…
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Northrop Grumman Selected by SDA to Design and Build Nearly 40 Data Transport Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation an agreement with a total potential value of approximately $732 million to design and build 38 data transport satellites. These satellites will support Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha (T2TL-Alpha), the latest iteration of SDA’s low-Earth orbit Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). This Alpha announcement follows…