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RS-25 engine installation into the Artemis II SLS Core Stage begins
Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies Company, is helping install four of its RS-25 liquid-propellant rocket engines in NASA’s second Space Launch System (SLS) core stage at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans. The beginning of installation of the upgraded former Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) in Core Stage-2 at MAF on Sept.…
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A NASA astronaut will finally spend a full year in space
Eleven days before Christmas last year, a micrometeoroid struck a Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. This ruptured the vehicle’s cooling system, creating a dramatic spray of coolant for hours into space before there was none left. Prior to this accidental strike, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio had been planning to come home by…
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Thaicom Selects Airbus to Build its New Generation of Software-Defined Satellite
Thaicom Public Company Limited, an Asian satellite operator and space technology company has selected Airbus for its new generation software-defined high throughput satellite. Airbus will provide one of its latest designed satellites – a fully reconfigurable OneSat. The Thaicom satellite will provide extended connectivity in Ku-band over the Asia-Pacific region for millions of users. Thaicom…
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Intelsat Signs with Telespazio to Access the Fucino Space Centre Teleport in Italy
Intelsat is expanding its teleport network to include Telespazio’s Fucino Space Centre in Italy, the satellite operator announced Thursday. Intelsat said it signed the teleport agreement with Telespazio to accommodate the growth of its FlexEnterprise offering and to enable additional managed satellite services. The agreement connects Intelsat’s existing data center in Fuchsstadt, Germany with Telespazio’s…
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Environmental Emissions Monitoring Firm Estuaire Contracts Spire for Flight Report Data
Space-based data, analytics and space services company Spire Global will supply aircraft positional data, as well as data from its Flight Report aggregation platform to Estuaire, an environmental data firm servicing the airline industry, under a new contract announced by the companies on Thursday. Spire’s Flight Report platform will give Estuaire access to hundreds of…
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Firefly’s Alpha successfully launches VICTUS NOX rapid response mission
Texas-based small launch company Firefly Aerospace jumpstarted its 2023 campaign with the launch of FLTA003 — the third flight of its Alpha launch vehicle — as part of a dedicated mission for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California happened on Thursday,…
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OneWeb, Amazon, and Rivada Solidify Strategies to Differentiate from Starlink
The conversation around satellite constellations like OneWeb and prospective operators including Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and Rivada Space Networks is driven by differentiating themselves to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. Starlink has “well over” 1.5 million subscribers including consumers and enterprise, and the number of people actually impacted by the constellation is likely in multiples…
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Terran Orbital Showcases New Product Line of Seven Satellite Buses
Terran Orbital announced a new lineup of seven standard satellite bus platforms. Over a decade ago, Terran Orbital pioneered the creation of CubeSat standards, now establishing new benchmarks for satellite technology for the coming decade. These standards are built upon Terran Orbital’s manufacturing capabilities, featuring components and modules that can be readily swapped out to…
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Sidus Space Receives Extension to Regain NASDAQ Compliance
Sidus Space has been granted an additional 180 calendar days, or until March 11, 2024, to regain compliance with The NASDAQ Stock Market, the Space-as-a-Service company announced Thursday. Unlike many new space companies that went public through SPAC mergers during the pandemic, Sidus Space went public through a standard-issue IPO in January 2022. The IPO…
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Firefly Aerospace Awarded NASA Contract to Provide RF Calibration Services from Lunar Orbit
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, was awarded an $18 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to provide radio frequency calibration services from lunar orbit as part of Blue Ghost Mission 2, Firefly’s second mission to the Moon in 2026. This contract marks Firefly’s third NASA CLPS task order award, totaling nearly…