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VAST Selects Impulse Space to Provide Propulsion Systems for its Haven-1 Space Station
Vast, a pioneer in space habitation technologies, announced that it has selected Impulse Space, a leader in the development of in-space logistics services, to provide its Haven-1 Space Station propulsion system. Impulse Space and Vast will work closely to integrate the propulsion system as a key subsystem of Haven-1, scheduled to launch on a SpaceX…
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Virgin Galactic Announces Start of Commercial Spaceflight Operations
Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the start of commercial spaceline operations. The first commercial spaceflight, ‘Galactic 01,’ is planned to fly between June 27 – June 30, 2023. The second commercial spaceflight, ‘Galactic 02,’ will follow in early August 2023, with monthly spaceflights expected thereafter. Virgin Galactic’s team and vehicles are ready to fly the Company’s…
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Eutelsat Exits European Retail Broadband Market
Eutelsat’s headquarters in Paris. Photo: Eutelsat Eutelsat is exiting the European retail broadband business. The operator is selling its activities here to an unnamed private operator, Eutelsat announced June 15. The divestiture includes affiliate Bigblu Operations Ltd and the other European retail activities in the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary, and…
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Eutelsat Exits European Retail Broadband Market
Eutelsat’s headquarters in Paris. Photo: Eutelsat Eutelsat is exiting the European retail broadband business. The operator is selling its activities here to an unnamed private operator, Eutelsat announced June 15. The divestiture includes affiliate Bigblu Operations Ltd and the other European retail activities in the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary, and…
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Muon Space’s First Climate Constellation Satellite Successfully Launched on SpaceX Transporter-8 Mission
Muon Space, a climate satellite company revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, has announced the successful deployment of the company’s first satellite, MuSat-1. The ESPA-class spacecraft, which launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Calif. on June 12, is Muon Space’s first satellite in orbit and an important step…
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SpaceX, Blue Origin, others highlighted in new NASA low-Earth orbit partnerships
On June 15, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced its intention to partner with seven U.S. aerospace companies in order to advance human spaceflight and the commercial low-Earth orbit economy. The agency stated in a press release that these partnerships — done through the second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative (CCSC-2) along…
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Blue Origin will work with NASA on orbital transportation system for astronauts
Coby Cotton and Steve Young gaze at Earth during a Blue Origin suborbital spaceflight in August 2022. (Blue Origin Photo) NASA says it will collaborate with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on the development of new space transportation capabilities that will provide high-frequency access to low Earth orbit for astronauts and cargo. The project…
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Exolaunch and Aerospacelab Announced the Successful Launch of Grégoire Satellite on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket
Aerospacelab, the fast-growing small satellite Belgian manufacturer, and Exolaunch, the German-US global supplier of mission management and integration services, have announced the launch of Aerospacelab’s Grégoire satellite, the company’s second private small satellite to travel into space. Aerospacelab has sent its second satellite into orbit with mission management and integration services provider, Exolaunch, aboard SpaceX’s…
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Luxembourg Approves Funding for Access to SES O3b mPOWER
SES O3b mPOWER constellation. Photo: SES Luxembourg’s Parliament approved funding for a new program for the country to acquire services from SES’s O3b mPOWER for 10 years. Thursday’s news marks the approval of the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Global Services (MGS) program announced earlier this year. It is valued at €195 million ($213 million) over…
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Exolaunch Successfully Deploys 32 Satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 Rideshare Mission
Exolaunch, one of the leading global providers of mission management and integration services, in-space logistics, and deployment technologies has successfully deployed 32 satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 dedicated rideshare mission, bringing its record to a total of 323 satellites launched. The rideshare mission lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on June 12, 2023, from Vandenberg…