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Arsat Taps CPI for ARSAT-SG1 Gateway Systems
Argentine telecommunications company Arsat awarded Communications & Power Industries (CPI) a $20 million contract to provide telemetry, tracking and command and gateway systems for the ARSAT-SG1 satellite. Under the deal announced last week, CPI will provide two 13.2 meter TT&C antennas and six 6.3 meter gateway Earth station antennas, fully integrated with CPI amplifiers, at…
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Arsat Taps CPI for ARSAT-SG1 Gateway Systems
Argentine telecommunications company Arsat awarded Communications & Power Industries (CPI) a $20 million contract to provide telemetry, tracking and command and gateway systems for the ARSAT-SG1 satellite. Under the deal announced last week, CPI will provide two 13.2 meter TT&C antennas and six 6.3 meter gateway Earth station antennas, fully integrated with CPI amplifiers, at…
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Comtech Successfully Tests and Validates 5G Connectivity over a Satellite Network
Comtech announced that in collaboration with three global technology leaders: Cloud Signals, Hellas Sat, and a leading Mobile Network Operator (MNO), the companies successfully tested and validated 5G connectivity over a satellite network in Greece. During the demonstration, a commercial 5G node was connected to the leading MNO’s 5G testbed network and relayed over a…
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Pale Blue Successfully Operates its Water Vapor Propulsion System in Low Earth Orbit
Pale Blue succeeded in operating the water vapor propulsion system (resistojet) in low earth orbit. Pale Blue’s propulsion system was installed on “EYE,” a nano-satellite for STAR SPHERE Project, and tested for the first time in space. Going forward, the company will innovate and expand the commercial use of its water-based propulsion systems for small…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches 52 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 2-8 mission with 52 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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Sateliot Becomes the First Satellite Operator Based on 3GPP Standards to Become a Member of GCF
The Global Certification Forum (GCF) and Sateliot, the first satellite LEO constellation offering NB-IoT connectivity from space under the 3GPP standard, have announced that Sateliot became the industry’s first satellite operator to become a member of GCF. The collaboration will align and speed up the market availability of certified 3GPP Rel-17 NTN LEO-supported IoT chipsets and modules. The GCF certification program assures device-network interoperability, as well as…
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Firefly Awarded NASA Contract Worth $112 Million to Deliver Multiple Lunar Payloads
Firefly was awarded a $112 million NASA contract payload Delivery to Lunar Orbit and the Far Side of the Moon in 2026. Firefly’s second lunar mission task order won under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload (CLPS) initiative utilizes its Blue Ghost spacecraft and offers additional customer opportunities for payload delivery, orbital services, and sample return “Our…
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Commercial rockets spotted amidst Chinese launch tripleheader
China is starting to increase its launch cadence again after a slow start to 2023. This week saw three launches in the Chang Zheng family while several more non-Chang Zheng vehicles were spotted on launch pads at Jiuquan. Satellite Imagery of Jiuquan Recently published satellite imagery showed new Chinese commercial vehicles on multiple pads at…
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SpaceX completes launch doubleheader with sunset liftoff from Cape Canaveral
Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the SES 18 and SES 19 geostationary communications satellites. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SFN Live”] [tabbyending] SpaceX launched two Falcon…
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SpaceX conducts doubleheader with Starlink mission followed by launch for SES
Hot on the heels of Tuesday’s successful CRS-27 launch, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 was in action again for a pair of back-to-back missions from both coasts Friday, tasked with deploying communications satellites into orbit. The first of Friday’s two launches occurred at 12:26 PM PDT (19:26 UTC) from Vandenberg, California, with the 52 satellites of Starlink…