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Maxar Awarded Contract Extension from the National Reconnaissance Office for RF Remote Sensing
Maxar Technologies, a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, announced that Aurora Insight Inc., a company acquired by Maxar in December 2022, has received a Stage II contract extension from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial radio frequency (RF) remote sensing. Aurora Insight, now part of Maxar’s Earth Intelligence business,…
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Hughes Debuts Smart Network Edge Software for Defense Network Operations
Hughes Network Systems is introducing a software-defined networking product geared toward defense needs called Hughes Smart Network Edge. The software serves as a virtualized SD-WAN router and can remotely manage multi-transport modems across any combination of commercial and military communication networks – including cable, fiber, 5G, Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. It…
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How SpaceX’s Starship stacks up to other rockets
Artist’s illustration of the Starship and Super Heavy booster in flight. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Starship is set to propel itself into the record books today on its maiden flight, becoming the tallest, heaviest and most powerful rocket ever launched by humankind into space, topping a role call of famous and history-making heavy-lift launch vehicles including…
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HawkEye 360’s Next-Generation Cluster 7 Satellites Successfully Launched on SpaceX Transporter-7 Mission
HawkEye 360, one of the world’s leading defense technology companies for space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced that its Cluster 7 next-generation satellites have successfully deployed in orbit after launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California during the Transporter-7 mission. Communication with the satellites has been…
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SpaceX’s Starship test flight delayed until Thursday after valve problem
SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy launch vehicle fully fueled during a launch attempt Monday in South Texas. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX scrubbed the first test launch of its huge new rocket Monday due to a frozen valve in the pressurization system on the 33-engine Super Heavy booster, delaying the widely-anticipated flight from…
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Surrey Building World-Leading Small Satellites for 40+ Years
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) pioneers new satellite technologies, products, and services and shares its know-how to enable advancement in space. SSTL, with 40+ years in operation, has 14 satellites currently operated from their spacecraft operations centre, 70+ launches, 35+ long-duration SSTL satellites operating in orbit (years), 12 payloads and 8 satellites in manufacture, and 500+…
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Orbit Fab Raises $28.5M in its Series A Round
Orbit Fab, which aims to offer on-orbit refueling services, has raised $28.5 million in its Series A round, the company announced Monday. 8090 Industries led the round, with major investments by Stride Capital, Industrious Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Tribe Capital, Good Growth Capital, and Massive Capital Partners. The company plans to use the capital to…
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Video: Sights and sounds from Starbase on eve of Starship launch attempt
We captured the sights and sounds of SpaceX’s Starbase launch complex in Texas on the eve of the first launch attempt for the fully-stacked Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket on a test flight aiming for near orbital velocity. The 394-foot-tall (120-meter) rocket is standing on a launch mount at Starbase awaiting a launch attempt…
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Video: Starship stacked atop Super Heavy booster ahead of first launch attempt
Video courtesy of LabPadre. This time-lapse video shows the “chopstick” mechanism lifting the Starship atop the Super Heavy booster Saturday ahead of the inaugural test flight of the fully-stacked rocket from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in South Texas. The integrated flight test of the Starship and Super Heavy booster is targeted for no earlier than Monday…
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FAA clears SpaceX to launch world’s largest rocket
We’re streaming live views from Starbase, Texas, in partnership with LabPadre. The Federal Aviation Administration approved a commercial license Friday for the first full-scale test flight of SpaceX’s nearly 400-foot-tall Super Heavy and Starship mega-rocket from South Texas, a launch SpaceX said could happen as soon as Monday morning. “After a comprehensive license evaluation process,…