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Sierra Space Trains NASA and JAXA Astronauts for Dream Chaser Spaceplane Mission to International Space Station
Sierra Space, a pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced it has achieved another significant milestone in the journey to the first flight of Dream Chaser. The company hosted its first-ever official training for astronauts from NASA and JAXA to learn the inner workings of the world’s…
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Internet from a small satellite in geostationary orbit? Sure, why not
A startup space company says it has successfully deployed and tested a kitchen-stove-sized satellite in geostationary orbit and begun delivering Internet service to Alaska. Earlier this month, the ‘Arcturus’ satellite, built by a company named Astranis, launched as a rideshare payload on a Falcon Heavy rocket, separating a few hours after liftoff and successfully deploying…
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Russia’s Progress MS-23 resupply mission arrives at space station
Roscosmos launched its Progress MS-23 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Wednesday. Liftoff, atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket, occurred 12:56 UTC (6:56 p.m. local time), from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It docked without issue a few hours later. Progress MS-23 is the latest in a long series of uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft which Russia…
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Aphelion Orbitals Introduces New Solar Panel for Cubesats
Aphelion Orbitals, an innovative nanosatellite manufacturer and launch services provider, expanding access to space for small satellites using game-changing, ultra-low-cost reliable launch services and spacecraft has introduced a new solar panel for CubeSats. The 1U Solar Panel from Aphelion is a Cubesat solar panel that utilizes flight-proven, high-efficiency 30.5% triple junction solar cells and a…
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SpaceX delays launch of Arabsat telecom satellite until Friday night
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated May 24 after the scrub of the first Badr 8 launch attempt, then with launch delay to Friday. SpaceX scrubbed a launch attempt early Wednesday at Cape Canaveral due to thick cloud cover, then delayed the liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket with an Airbus-built communications satellite for Arabsat until Friday…
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First Astranis Satellite Hits Milestone, Beaming its First Signals Down to Alaska
Astranis successfully hit a milestone with its first satellite, completing an end-to-end test of its payload, connecting to remote user terminals in Alaska. The satellite, Arcturus, is the first Astranis MicroGEO satellite and it was launched as a secondary payload on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy mission for ViaSat-3. Astranis reported Wednesday that the satellite has…
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OneWeb’s JoeySat Satellite Successfully Deploys SatixFy’s State-of-the-Art Fully Digital Beam-Hopping Payload
SatixFy Communications, a leader in next-generation satellite communication systems based on in-house-developed chipsets, has announced that the OneWeb JoeySat satellite was successfully launched from California on Saturday, May 20, 2023. This advanced broadband satellite, designed to offer high-speed internet connectivity anywhere on Earth, has been nicknamed ‘JoeySat’ after a baby kangaroo for its beam-hopping abilities.…
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Fleet Space Technologies Raises $33M in Series C Funding Round
Fleet Space Technologies has completed a successful Series C funding round, raising a further $50 million Australian dollars ($33.14 million), the company announced May 24. The new funding has been led by Australasian venture capital firm and existing investor Blackbird. Grok Ventures, Alumni Ventures and Hostplus have also participated in the round. New investors including…
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Satellite Imagery Could Aid Border Patrol With Situational Awareness, Official Says
ST. LOUIS — Earth observation data would be useful to the Border Patrol and its agents in the field to improve situational awareness around things like washed out trails and changing tactics used by illicit actors near the border, an agency official said on Tuesday. Agents want imagery immediately to know if a “street that…
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Russian supply ship launches to International Space Station
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday with the Progress MS-23 cargo ship. Credit: Roscosmos Russia’s Progress MS-23 cargo freighter launched Wednesday from Kazakhstan on a mission hauling more than 2.7 tons of fuel, food, experiments, and supplies to the International Space Station. The Progress MS-23 supply ship lifted off at 8:56:07…