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Astronauts complete spacewalk to prep for new ISS solar arrays
Astronauts Koichi Wakata (left) and Nicole Mann (right) outside the International Space Station on Friday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Nicole Mann suited up and floated outside the International Space Station Friday for a spacewalk to prepare the lab for arrival of another pair of new solar arrays later this…
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OneWeb and Intellian Demonstrate User Terminal, Confirm Production
Intellian and OneWeb recently demonstrated Intellian’s flat panel user terminal on OneWeb’s commercial network. The companies reported the terminal achieved the maximum download and upload speeds supported by the OneWeb system in full duplex mode operation, with seamless beam hand-overs and satellite hand-overs. The companies announced this month that the over-the-air demonstration took place at…
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Guerrilla RF Announces Entry into the Satellite Communications Industry
Guerrilla RF Inc, the innovative fabless semiconductor company announced its entry into the rapidly growing satellite communications (SATCOM) industry. According to Fortune Business Insights, the global SATCOM industry will grow from $29.98 billion in 2022 to $56.74 billion by 2029, a 9.54% compounded annual growth rate. Market growth will be driven by mobile applications and…
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Open Cosmos MENUT Satellite Successfully Launched
The SpaceX Falcon-9 launched Open Cosmos’s first satellite of 2023 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, amongst 114 other small satellites. The launch was a resounding success. Approximately one hour after launch, confirmation was received of the successful deployment of MENUT from the Exolaunch deployer and a few hours later, satellite operators at the Open Cosmos…
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Slingshot Aerospace Taps HawkEye 360 for RF Data
Slingshot Aerospace awarded HawkEye 360 a contract for radio frequency (RF) data to support a Slingshot program for the U.S. Space Force‘s Space Systems Command (SSC). Slingshot supports SSC with its proliferated Low-Earth Orbit Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing (DEEP) program, which helps the Space Force identify sources of electronic interference, characterize potential emerging threats,…
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NASA Selects Experimental Space Technology Concepts from NIAC Program for Initial Study
Imagine a future in space where pellet-beam propulsion systems speed up travel to other worlds, pipelines on the Moon transport oxygen between settlements, and Martian bricks grow on their own before being assembled into homes. Researchers will delve into these ideas and more using NASA grant funding. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program fosters…
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Sateliot Partners With Sensefinity for Satellite-Enabled IoT Cargo Tracking
Satellite IoT startup Sateliot is working with industrial IoT company Sensefinity for cargo tracking. The companies said they are launching technology with 1,000 smart containers connected via satellite. Sensefinity will use Sateliot’s satellite constellation and connectivity to track cargo containers when they are outside cellular networks. This will allow the company to report the location,…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches 51 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 2-4 mission with 51 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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UK Government Looks to Airbus to Enhance Space-Based Defence
The U.K. government is looking to tap into the space-based defence capabilities of Airbus Defence and Space in a major new partnership deal. The company, one of the U.K.’s leading space companies, has become a partner in the UK Ministry of Defence’s Missile Defence Centre (MDC), the UK’s Centre of Excellence for Missile Defence, the…
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How Space-Based Data Enables the Climate Solutions Posed By COP-27
Held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, COP-27 came with its lot of successes and disillusions, among which a lost opportunity to address the pressing issue of curbing the use of fossil fuels. Yet several advances now point towards a greater collaboration between rich and developing economies, and just as it has always been at the rendez-vous…