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QuSecure and Accenture Team in First Successful Multi-Orbit Communications Link
QuSecure, a company specializing in post-quantum cybersecurity announced that the company in collaboration with Accenture, has accomplished the first successful multi-orbit data communications test secured with post-quantum cryptography (PQC), which refers to cryptographic methods that are secure against an attack by a quantum computer. Never before have satellite data transmissions been fully protected from classical…
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Administration, Private Sector Meet On Space Systems Cybersecurity
This past week, senior Biden administration officials and industry representatives met in a forum to discuss cyber threats and how to strengthen cybersecurity across the ecosystem of space systems and committed to additional meetings, workshops and other efforts in the coming months. The March 28 forum was hosted by the White House Office of the…
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Virgin Orbit Lays Off Most of its Workforce
Virgin Orbit laid off about 85% of its workforce, approximately 675 employees, after it was unable to secure funding. The smallsat launcher disclosed the layoffs in filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 31. Virgin Orbit said layoffs affect all areas of the company and will be complete by April 3. The…
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LandSpace readies for second flight of ZhuQue-2 amid launch salvo
LandSpace has confirmed that the second methane-based ZhuQue-2 is fully assembled as the company gears up for its second launch campaign. After the initial first flight failure, this could mean a second attempt to get a methane-fueled rocket to orbit is approaching. While the debut flight of Tianlong-2 is slipping into April, China still launched…
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AAC Clyde Space Introduces Analog Sun Sensor for Nanosatellites
AAC Clyde Space, a space company that specializes in small satellite technologies and services that enable businesses, governments, and educational organizations to access high-quality, timely data from space has introduced Analog Sun Sensor which is specifically designed for nanosatellites. The nanoSSOC-D60 is an AAC SpaceQuest-developed two-axis and low-cost sun sensor for high accurate sun-tracking, pointing,…
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China launches new remote-sensing satellites
China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Thursday evening to place new remote-sensing satellites in space. The satellites of the PIESAT-1 constellation were lifted at 6:50 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China’s Shanxi Province, and then entered the preset orbit. They will mainly provide commercial remote-sensing…
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Thales Alenia Space Bags Contract to Launch IRIDE Radar and Optical Satellite Technology
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has won contracts from the European Space Agency (ESA) to supply a first batch of six small satellites with synthetic aperture radars (SAR) and one satellite based on optical technology for the Italian Earth observation constellation, IRIDE. This innovative new constellation, based on a…
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ESA’s Proba-3 Mission Spacecrafts Fully Integrated and Ready to be Tested
The two spacecraft forming ESA’s Proba-3 mission for precise formation flying in orbit are now complete. All the instruments and sensors allowing them to maneuver to millimeter scale precision relative to one another have been integrated aboard, and the pair are fully wrapped in multi-layer insulation – ready to be tested in simulated space conditions.…
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Speedcast Launches New Connectivity Solution on New Cruise Vessel
Speedcast implemented a new connectivity solution on an unnamed new cruise vessel, calling it the highest continuous bandwidth in cruise history. The cruise line’s new connectivity service debuted on the vessel’s inaugural 14-day transatlantic crossing. Speedcast said the solution delivers a committed information rate versus a “best effort” solution, and the capacity is available at…
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SpaceX’s Starship could get its launch license within two weeks, no seriously this time, stop laughing
Reports of FAA green lighting launch license This is it, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. According to two reports, SpaceX’s Starship could be getting a launch license from the FAA within two weeks. This is the final hurdle before SpaceX can legally launch its massive rocket from South Texas on its first orbital…