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Measat Works to Uplift to Rural Communities in Malaysia
Measat has signed a new MoU to boost connectivity in rural parts of Malaysia. The company announced Jan. 27 that it is joining forces with Parcel365 and M2B Services (collectively Parcel365) to collaborate on the Digital Village365 initiative that aims to uplift rural communities and digital economic activities for B40 communities. B40 is a term…
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NASA Awards Students Flight Opportunity in TechRise Challenge
NASA selected 60 winning teams for the second TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest designed to engage students in technology, science, and space exploration. These teams will work together to build science and technology experiments in preparation for a suborbital flight test. The challenge was open to students in grades six through 12 at the…
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Arriving at Titan: How Dragonfly’s Entry, Descent, and Landing will differ from Mars missions
Since the focus on Martian exploration ramped up in the mid-1990s, most of the familiarity with the Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) sequence of landers and rovers to the surface of other planets has taken place against the backdrop of Mars. But when NASA‘s upcoming Dragonfly mission arrives at Titan for its own EDL, it…
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Airbus to Provide Satellite Communications for Belgian Armed Forces
Airbus has signed a contract with the Belgian Ministry of Defence to provide tactical satellite communications services for a 15-year period. The Armed Forces will utilise channels of the Airbus UHF (Ultra High Frequency) military communications hosted payload on board a commercial telecommunications satellite manufactured by Airbus. “With this new UHF payload, Airbus will be able to offer a new UHF communications…
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L3Harris Reports Slight Increase in Space & Airborne Systems Revenue in 2022
L3Harris reported its full-year 2022 financial results on Jan. 26, reporting full year revenue of $17.1 billion, down 4% and 1% on an organic basis compared to 2021. Space & Airborne Systems (SAS) segment reported full year revenue of $6.1 billion, up 2% compared to 2021. The company highlighted recent key awards of more than…
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Boeing Defense, Space & Security Revenues Fall 13% in 2022
Logo atop Boeing headquarters. Photo: Boeing. The Boeing Company’s full year 2022 revenues in its Defense, Space & Security segment fell, while overall yearly revenues increased for the company as a whole, according to the company’s latest financial results released Wednesday. Company-wide, Boeing reported a 7% revenue increase in 2022 over 2021. Revenue in 2022…
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Northrop Grumman Continues Streak of Space Systems Growth in 2022
Northrop Grumman’s headquarters. Photo: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman continues its streak of growth for the Space Systems segment, postings its third year in a row of double-digit growth for the segment. The company posted its full year 2022 results on Thursday, reporting total sales of $36.6 billion, up 3% compared to 2021. The Space Systems…
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Isar Aerospace Signs Rideshare Deal with Spaceflight, Works Toward First Flight
Isar Aerospace secured its first U.S.-based customer, signing a multi-launch agreement with rideshare provider Spaceflight, as it works toward its first test flight of its Spectrum rocket. Isar Co-founder and CEO Daniel Metzler recently spoke with Via Satellite and said vehicle testing is going well and in the next few months the launcher will be…
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H-2A rocket launches Japanese radar spy satellite
A Japanese H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on Jan. 26 (local time) with a radar spy satellite. Credit: MHI Japan launched a government spacecraft Jan. 25 on an H-2A rocket, adding a new radar platform to the country’s spy satellite fleet for all-weather, day-and-night surveillance. The radar spy satellite launched from…
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In-Space Missions to Build Satellite for Asia-Pacific Rideshare Mission
In-Space Missions has signed a new partnership deal in Asia, as it looks to bounce back after the recent Virgin Orbit launch failure in the United Kingdom, which it had designed and built the two Prometheus-2 satellites for. The company announced Jan. 25 that it is teaming up with Singapore Space Technologies Ltd (SSTL) to…