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ESA’s BepiColombo probe conducts third flyby of Mercury
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) BepiColombo spacecraft, which is in the midst of its seven-year journey to Mercury, has successfully completed its third flyby of the solar system’s innermost planet. BepiColombo passed 236 kilometers over the night side of Mercury on Monday, June 19 at 19:34 UTC, and started imaging with its monitoring cameras as…
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ULA’s penultimate Delta IV Heavy launches NROL-68 mission
United Launch Alliance’s penultimate Delta IV Heavy rocket took flight on the NROL-68 mission Thursday, lofting a secretive payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff, from Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral, is expected at 05:18 AM EDT (10:18 UTC). The mission was set to launch on Wednesday before ULA scrubbed the attempt due…
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The bad blood between Musk and Zuckerberg began with a bang
The Internet is aflame this morning with the prospect of a cage match between two of the tech industry’s most prominent and controversial leaders. Ready to rumble in the red corner is Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk. And in the blue corner, we have the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. As the BBC and…
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Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifts off with NRO spy satellite
Liftoff of ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket on the NROL-68 mission. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography The second-to-last flight of United Launch Alliance’s Delta rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral early Thursday and delivered a top secret spy satellite into orbit for the U.S. government, snapping the longest lull in launches in…
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Mynaric to Supply Raytheon With Optical Terminals for SDA Program
Mynaric will supply Raytheon Technologies with optical communication terminals for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program under a deal announced Wednesday. Raytheon is building seven satellites for the SDA, and each satellite will feature three Mynaric Condor Mk3 terminals, for a total of 21 laser terminals. Product deliveries are expected in…
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Raytheon Technologies Selects Mynaric to Supply Optical Communications Terminals for T1 Tracking Layer Program
Mynaric, a provider of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, announced that it has been selected by Raytheon Technologies to supply optical communications terminals for the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program. Raytheon Technologies was awarded the seven-vehicle mission satellite constellation in February 2023. Each satellite will feature three optical communications…
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AST SpaceMobile Reports 4G Capabilities from Space
AST SpaceMobile reports that it has demonstrated 4G capabilities from its satellite direct to unmodified cell phones on Earth. The company said Wednesday it demonstrated 10 Mbps download speeds and voice calls in tests in Hawaii. The tests used AT&T spectrum and Nokia RAN technology. This is another milestone for the BlueWalker 3 satellite after…
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SETS Successfully Completes Testing of its SPS-25 Propulsion System on EOS SAT-1 Satellite
Space Electric Thruster Systems (SETS), a provider of electric propulsion systems based on Hall thrusters, has successfully tested its SPS-25 space propulsion system on the EOS SAT-1 satellite developed by Dragonfly Aerospace for the EOS Data Analytics space mission. Assembled and shipped from Ukraine in spring 2022, the SPS-25 was installed on the satellite at…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches 47 more Starlink satellites from California
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the Starlink 5-7 mission with 47 Starlink internet satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Mission Audio”] [tabbyending]
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Rivada Space Networks and Artel Collaborate to Bring Secure Satellite Communications to Government Market
Rivada Space Networks (RSN) and Artel LLC have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Master Services Agreement (MSA) to bring a new level of high security and low latency satellite communications to the government market through low earth orbit (LEO) constellations. Artel LLC provides secure network communication services to U.S. government…