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US Space Force’s New Acquisition Approach Aims to Encourage More Launch Bidders
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) on Feb. 16 released two National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 draft Requests for Proposals (RFP) based on a dual-lane acquisition approach to encourage new commercial entrants to bid on low-cost launch programs and ensure the U.S. is able to send satellites to space more expeditiously to…
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Vyoma and EnduroSat Partner to Enhance Space Sustainability
Vyoma has partnered with EnduroSat to help improve the safety of satellites in orbit and make space safer. A Memorandum of Understanding has been agreed upon, outlining how the two companies will support each other to improve the sustainability of space activities. Vyoma’s service provides improved insights and warnings of close approaches, empowering satellite operators…
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Vast Announces Deal to Acquire Startup Launcher
Commercial space station company Vast is acquiring Launcher for its space tug and hosted payload products. Vast announced the acquisition on Tuesday, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Vast is a new company and just announced its debut in September 2022, founded by Jed McCaleb, co-founder of payments company Stellar. The company plans to…
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Ensilica Wins Satellite Broadband Terminal Chip Contract
EnSilica has won a major new contract to develop a new chip to address the next generation of mass market satellite broadband user terminals. The company announced the contract, Feb. 17. The contract has been awarded through the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems Core Competitiveness programme (ARTESCC), through the support of…
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Inmarsat’s Second I-6 Satellite On Its Way to Orbit After SpaceX Launch
Inmarsat’s second I-6 satellite, I-6 F2, is on its way to orbit after a SpaceX launch from Florida on February 17. Inmarsat confirmed post-launch the operator is communicating with the satellite. SpaceX launched the Airbus-built satellite from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a Falcon 9 rocket on Friday evening. The satellite will now…
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Filtronic Wins Contract to Deliver Solutions for LEO Satellite Connectivity
Filtronic, a designer and manufacturer of products and sub-systems for the aerospace and defense, telecoms infrastructure, space, and critical communications markets, has announced a new contract win with a global provider of low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication equipments. In recent years there has been considerable work undertaken to develop airborne communications networks that overcome…
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Multinational crew arrives at Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, pilot Warren “Woody” Hoburg, and commander Stephen Bowen after their arrival at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday for launch preparations. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an Emirati flew to the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday to begin…
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TIM Brasil and Gilat Connect Nation’s 5,570 Municipalities
Brazilian mobile network operator TIM Brasil is now providing mobile coverage to all 5,570 cities in Brazil, “largely possible” with Gilat Satellite Networks’ cellular backhaul over satellite solution, Gilat announced Tuesday. Gilat’s technology helped TIM Brasil expand its networks from urban centers to the countryside. Gilat said that TIM Brasil now covers 12 million hectares…
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Russia blames Progress leak on ‘external influences’ as new Soyuz preps for launch
Russia’s Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft, perched atop a Soyuz rocket, rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday, Feb. 21. Credit: Roscosmos Russia’s space agency said Tuesday that preliminary data suggest a coolant leak on a Progress cargo freighter docked at the International Space Station earlier this month was caused by “external influences” —…
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Sidus Space and Netherlands Signs Multi-Million-Dollar Agreement for Laser Communication Satellite
The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Sidus Space to deploy and test TNO’s laser communications technology aboard a Sidus’ LizzieSatTM satellite. Sidus Space is a Space-as-a-Service company that specialises in commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and space-based data collection. It also manufactures space and defence mission…