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Trend or aberration? Russia is launching foreign satellites again
For the first time since the invasion of Ukraine essentially cut off Russia’s space industry from foreign customers, a Russian rocket lifted off Tuesday and carried satellites into orbit with commercial technology from Western companies. The payloads from companies based in the United Kingdom and Luxembourg flew on a satellite owned by the United Arab…
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PLD Space Postpones the Launch Attempt of Miura 1 for September
PLD Space, the company that designs, develops, produces, and operates the first private launcher in Europe, has postponed the launch of MIURA 1 until next September after reaching an agreement with the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) belonging to the Ministry of Defence. The postponement is motivated by the obligatory fulfillment of the prevention…
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Odin Space Successfully Demonstrates its Sensor Technology Hosted by D-Orbit’s ION Satellite
ODIN Space has successfully demonstrated the operation of its space debris sensor technology in orbit, as part of the recent SpaceX Transporter 8 mission. The company’s demo sensor was integrated into the D-Orbit ION satellite and has successfully started to capture data from its surroundings. By 2030, space debris is forecast to cost the space…
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SpaceX making more than 1,000 changes to next Starship rocket
SpaceX will debut numerous upgrades on the second launch of its full-scale Starship mega-rocket. Those upgrades include a major change in how the rocket’s two stages separate, propulsion system improvements, and a beefed-up launch pad in South Texas that should better withstand the blast from 33 main engines. “There are really a tremendous number of…
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Virgin Galactic Announces Crew for ‘Galactic 01’ First Commercial Spaceflight Mission
Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the crew of its first commercial spaceflight, ‘Galactic 01,’ with a target flight date of June 29, 2023. This historic mission represents a new era in government-funded commercial human-tended research missions. The three-person crew from the Italian Air Force and National Research Council of Italy will board VSS Unity for a…
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Teledyne’s Visible and Infrared Detectors to Aid Space Imaging of ESA’s Euclid Dark Universe Space Mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) is scheduled to launch the Euclid Dark Universe space astrophysics mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 1. Euclid will explore the evolution of the dark Universe, constructing a three-dimensional map of the Universe by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years. While dark energy accelerates the expansion…
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SES C-Band Satellite SES-18 Enters Service
SES’s recently-launched C-band satellite SES-18 is now providing service, the operator announced Tuesday. The satellite replaced SES-3 at the 103 degrees West orbital position. SES-18 was launched alongside SES-19 in a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission in March. The operator also announced that SES-19 has reached its orbital slot at 135 degrees West, where it is…
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This Week In Launches: Virgin Galactic to make first commercial flight
This Week’s Launches June 27 Roscosmos Soyuz 2.1b Meteor-M n°2-3, 7:34 A.M. ET Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia June 29 Virgin Galactic VSS Unity Galactic-1, 11:00 A.M. ET Spaceport America, New Mexico July 1 SpaceX Falcon 9 Euclid Telescope, 11:11 A.M. ET SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida July 2 SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink…
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Revolutionizing Space Exploration: Maverick at the Forefront of Innovation and Mission Enablement
Maverick is a space company that provides customized, cost-effective, and responsive end-to-end launch integration solutions. Maverick’s key competencies include mission management, launch deployment hardware, and launch integration services for satellites ranging from 1 kg CubeSats to 400+ kg ESPA class spacecraft. The team at Maverick combines industry experience with agility and efficiency to provide their…
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NorthStar and SES Collaborate to Advance Commercial Space Situational Awareness Services
NorthStar Earth & Space, the first commercial service provider to monitor space from space, and SES, the provider of global content connectivity solutions, have signed an agreement to collaborate on the implementation of next-generation commercial Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services. The aim is to significantly increase the precision of resident space object (RSO) tracking to…