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Tiphaine Louradour Talks Leaving ILS for Spaceflight CEO Role
Tiphaine Louradour Tiphaine Louradour is taking the helm at rideshare provider Spaceflight as the company’s new CEO. Spaceflight announced the news on Thursday, after Louradour announced her departure from ILS International Launch Services (ILS) earlier this week. Louradour succeeds Curt Blake, a founding executive of Spacelight and longtime CEO of the company. Blake will support…
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China to launch Queqiao-2 relay satellite for lunar missions in 2024
China plans to launch a Queqiao-2 satellite in 2024 to provide relay communications services for Chang’e-6, 7 and 8 lunar missions, according to China National Space Administration (CNSA). The Chang’e-6 probe is planned to undertake a lunar sample collection mission on the far side of the moon from 2024 to 2025. The Chang’e-7 mission, expected…
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Capella Space Strengthens Government and Classified Focus With a New Subsidiary
Satellite imagery provider and technology company Capella Space on Tuesday said it has stood up a new subsidiary, Capella Federal, to better serve the federal government, in particular the classified space as demand surges for commercial satellite remote sensing imagery and data. Capella Federal will be led Eric Traupe, who retired in 2022 from the CIA after…
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AstroForge Partners with OrbAstro to Fly Spacecraft Into Deep Space for Asteroid Survey Mission
AstroForge, a California-based asteroid mining company, recently announced that it has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics (OrbAstro), a satellite and in-orbit service provider, to fly a 100 kg-class spacecraft into deep space for an asteroid survey mission. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch in late 2023 with Intuitive Machines, a leading space exploration, infrastructure,…
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Atlas Space Operations to Resell AWS Ground Station Through Partner Program
Atlas Space Operations is joining the Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution provider program to resell AWS Ground Station. The solution provider program is an official AWS program across many industries in which AWS partners resell AWS service to end customers. Atlas said in a Wednesday announcement that it will be the first partner to resell…
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United Launch Alliance’s Innovative Vulcan Rocket One Step Closer for its First Test Flight
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket has begun its journey to the launch site in preparation for the first test flight. The certification flight one (Cert-1) rocket was completed, loaded onto the R/S RocketShip outside of ULA’s rocket factory in Decatur, Ala., and is on a 2,000-mile voyage to Cape Canaveral Space Force…
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Orbital Sidekick Raises $10M Investment to Monitor Oil and Gas Industry from Space
Orbital Sidekick announced a $10 million investment on Tuesday to support growing its hyperspectral satellite constellation and commercializing its asset monitoring solution for the energy sector. Existing investor Energy Innovation Capital led the round, along with strategic investments from energy companies Williams and ONEOK, two Orbital Sidekick customers. The University of Minnesota’s Endowment and 11.2…
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NASA and DARPA Collaborate to Demonstrate Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA crewed missions to Mars. NASA and DARPA will partner on the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations, or DRACO, program. The non-reimbursable agreement designed to benefit both agencies outlines…
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Thursday Morning Conversation With Intelsat’s Joel Schroeder
In this session of Thursday Morning Conversations, Intelsat expert Joel Schroeder shared insights on the drivers for the evolution of the next-generation land mobility services. As the demand for always-on connectivity increases in more segmented industry markets, such as heavy equipment, commercial vehicles, trains, and other machines, the satellite network has become more than a…
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Canada’s Power Nickel to Use Fleet Space Satellite-Based Mineral Exploration System
Fleet Space Technologies is forming a partnership with Canadian metal exploration company, Power Nickel, the company announced Feb. 1. It will mark the first deployment in Canada of Fleet Space’s satellite-based mineral exploration system. This system aims to enable faster, more environmentally-friendly exploration for high-grade nickel deposits at Power Nickel’s flagship NISK project in Quebec. New…