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SDA Awards Northrop Grumman $732 Million for Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded Northrop Grumman a $732 million firm-fixed price Other Transaction Authorities (OTA) contract to build 38 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL)-Alpha constellation, the agency said on Oct. 30. The 100 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha satellites are to be able to transmit beyond line-of-sight Link 16…
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KYOCERA AVX Supplied Key Components for Landmark Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Mission
KYOCERA AVX, one of the leading global manufacturers of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, announced that it provided several key components for the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO’s) historic Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission. On August 23, 2023, the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s Vikram lander cemented India’s status as the first…
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Maxar Intelligence Names Dan Smoot as CEO
Maxar Intelligence has named Dan Smoot as CEO, after Maxar Technologies recently split into two businesses — Maxar Space Infrastructure and Maxar Intelligence. The satellite imagery-focused company announced the move on Monday, along with a slate of new executive hires. Smoot was most recently the CEO of Riverbed Technology, and he is credited with transitioning…
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Intuitive Machines Announces Launch Date for Historic U.S. Lunar Mission
Intuitive Machines, a space exploration company, infrastructure, and services company, has announced that in coordination with SpaceX, the liftoff of the IM-1 lunar mission is now targeted for a multi-day launch window which opens January 12, 2024. “As previously announced, Intuitive Machines completed its lunar lander in September, and the entire company is looking forward…
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How Startups are Shaping the Future Space Economy
Over the course of this debut season of Future Space Economy, we’ve learned how dependent both private and public sector space investors are on startups to bring enabling technologies to life. Today’s space startups are pitching their products as the glue that will hold the future space economy together. In this episode, the leaders and…
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Falcon 9 adds 23 satellites to Starlink network, pushes total in orbit over 5,000
A Falcon 9 booster, making its eighth flight, lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 30. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. A Falcon 9 carrying 23 more satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service lifted off from Cape Canaveral Monday, bringing the total number of Starlinks currently in orbit to more…
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Falcon 9 adds 23 satellites to Starlink network, pushes total in orbit over 5,000
A Falcon 9 booster, making its eighth flight, lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 30. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. A Falcon 9 carrying 23 more satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service lifted off from Cape Canaveral Monday, bringing the total number of Starlinks currently in orbit to more…
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How a Satellite-Equipped Motorola Device Enabled a Colorado Trail Rescue
A Colorado hiker in distress was recently rescued, in part due to satellite technology and the partnership of Skylo, Motorola, and Bullitt Group. A group of friends were recently hiking in Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado, when one hiker began showing signs of altitude sickness and having trouble breathing, too ill to go back down…
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Using Webb, scientists measure high-speed jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere
Scientists recently discovered a high-speed jet stream at Jupiter’s equator using the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope. Webb’s images helped the team of scientists track fine details through the planet’s atmosphere, allowing them to measure these winds for the first time. The newly discovered jet stream will provide scientists with…
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Rocket Lab preparing to return to flight by the end of the year
Rocket Lab Q4 return to flight In a press release on the company’s website, Rocket Lab announced that the FAA has given authorization for Electron launches to resume from LC-1 in New Zealand. However, Rocket Lab still has to finish its investigation into what went wrong before returning to flight. On September 19, Rocket Lab…