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A flawless Cygnus launch brings eras to a close
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va.—I had been told that rocket launches are a physical experience, that the carefully controlled explosions that send payloads to space create waves of sound intense enough to be felt from over a mile away. But my first close-up experience with a launch involved the relatively small Electron rocket, and that left me…
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Intelsat completes refresh of satellites with Falcon 9 launch of Galaxy 37
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Aug. 3, 2023, carrying Intelsat’s Galaxy 37 satellite. Photo: Adam Bernstein. SpaceX launched an Intelsat communications satellite early Thursday, part of a fleet-wide refresh under a Federal Communications Commission push to free up transmission space for 5G cellular networks.…
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EnduroSat to Showcase Next-Gen FlatSat at the Small Satellite Conference
EnduroSat, a space company that designs, builds, and operates class-leading NanoSats for a range of commercial, exploration, and science missions is launching the next-generation FlatSat to scale critical missions testing and space operations safety. The DeskSat was developed by EnduroSat’s team after extensive work on multiple missions with academic and commercial space customers. As with…
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Globalstar Increases Guidance With First Half Growth
Globalstar’s financial position has been greatly improved with the company’s deal to provide the satellite service for Apple’s iPhone 14 emergency messaging service. In the first half of this year, the company’s revenue is up more than 60% to $113 million. EBITDA was almost $60 million, an increase of over 140%. Globalstar also ended the…
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China launches Fengyun-3 satellite
China on Thursday launched a satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Fengyun-3 06 satellite was launched at 11:47 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-4C carrier rocket and successfully entered the planned orbit. The launch marked the 481st flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets. It…
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US Space Command to Reach Full Operational Capability In August
U.S. Space Command is set to achieve full operational capability (FOC) this month, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, confirmed the FOC milestone update, which arrives after the Biden administration announced its decision on Monday to locate Space Command’s permanent headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “So…
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iRocket Signs Development Agreement with AFRL to Use High Thrust Facility
Rocket developer iRocket has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop engines and stage technology for the company’s fully reusable Shockwave launch vehicle. The agreement announced Wednesday means that iRocket will have access to a key AFRL facility, Test Site 1-56, the high thrust research facility,…
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Xona Awarded a Contract from AFRL and U.S. Space Force to Accelerate PULSAR LEO PNT Service
Xona Space Systems, a company building the next generation of satellite navigation, has partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the U.S. Space Force to work toward a secure Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) architecture leveraging Xona’s PULSAR service. This $1.2M Direct to Phase II SBIR (D2P2) contract was…
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Viasat Releases New Black ICE Software Defined Radio Platform for Military Users
Viasat is launching a new family of modem solutions, Black ICE Software Defined Radio product line. The Black ICE SDR modem solutions can be integrated with commercial off-the-shelf and custom waveforms, for secure data transmission for mission-critical operations. Black ICE SDRs are designed to meet the needs of military users with security, flexibility, a low…
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Voyager Space and Airbus to Form Joint Venture for Starlab Commercial Space Station
Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space plan to form a joint venture to develop and operate the Starlab commercial space station. This comes after Airbus joined Voyager’s Starlab development team earlier this year. The companies are pitching the joint venture as a commercial successor for the International Space Station, with U.S. and European collaboration.…