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ST Engineering iDirect CEO Don Claussen: Solving the Identity Question
In January this year, Don Claussen was appointed the new CEO of ST Engineering iDirect at a pivotal moment in the company’s history as it looks to capitalize on demands for ground segment technology as we enter this new, multi-orbit era. The company is one of the giants in this area. Its acquisition of leading…
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A Changing of the Guard
Change is afoot at the top of the satellite industry. For a number of the big operators, they have seen significant change in their management teams in recent years. At the time of going to press, SES announced that Adel Al-Saleh is the company’s new CEO, starting February next year. Both Eutelsat and Intelsat also…
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Through international collaboration, scientists find cause of InSight’s most powerful Marsquake
An international team of scientists has found the cause of the largest Martian seismic event, or Marsquake, observed by NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) Mars lander. After ruling out a meteor impact, they concluded the event must have been caused by a release of stress within the planet’s crust.…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 21 Starlink satellites from California
Update 4:40 a.m. EDT (0840 UTC): Falcon 9 launched Nine Merlin 1D engines power a Falcon 9 carrying 21 Starlink satellites to orbit. Image: SpaceX. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 1:23 a.m. PDT (4:23 a.m. EDT, 0823 UTC). It was the…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 21 Starlink satellites from California
Update 4:40 a.m. EDT (0840 UTC): Falcon 9 launched Nine Merlin 1D engines power a Falcon 9 carrying 21 Starlink satellites to orbit. Image: SpaceX. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 1:23 a.m. PDT (4:23 a.m. EDT, 0823 UTC). It was the…
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Next year, SpaceX aims to average one launch every 2.5 days
Earlier this week, SpaceX launched for the 75th time this year, continuing a flight cadence that should see the company come close to 100 missions by the end of December. SpaceX plans to kick its launch rate into a higher gear in 2024. This will be largely driven by launches of upgraded Starlink satellites with…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 6-24 mission. Onboard were 23 Starlink satellites heading up to low Earth orbit. Image: Adam Bernstein Update 10:17 p.m. EDT (0217 UTC): The Falcon 9 rocket launched on the first launch opportunity of the evening. SpaceX aced its second launch of the…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 6-24 mission. Onboard were 23 Starlink satellites heading up to low Earth orbit. Image: Adam Bernstein Update 10:17 p.m. EDT (0217 UTC): The Falcon 9 rocket launched on the first launch opportunity of the evening. SpaceX aced its second launch of the…
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RFA, Yuri, and ATMOS Partner to Launch World’s First Microgravity Service for Biotech R&D
Three pioneering German NewSpace companies, Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), Yuri, and ATMOS Space Cargo (ATMOS) announced their new partnership and launch of their joint end-to-end service for microgravity life science research and product development at this year’s edition of Weltraumkongress in Berlin, Germany. This holistic solution represents an unprecedented and flexible alternative to the ISS…
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NASA Successfully Conducts First Hot Fire of New RS-25 Certification Test Series for SLS Rocket
NASA conducted the first hot fire of a new RS-25 test series on Oct. 17, beginning the final round of certification testing ahead of production of an updated set of engines for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The engines will help power future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Operators fired the RS-25…