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SpaceX delivers GPS satellite to 12,000-mile-high orbit
Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:24 a.m. EST (1224 GMT) on Jan. 18 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, with the GPS 3 SV06 navigation satellite for the U.S. Space Force. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby…
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Space Edge One Computer Developed by Spiral Blue Reaches Orbit Aboard Satellogic Satellite
The Space Edge One computer (SE-1) developed by Australian startup, Spiral Blue, launched as a hosted payload aboard a Satellogic NewSat spacecraft on the Transporter-6 Rideshare mission, which departed aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Developed through Satellogic’s Hosted Payload Program, this joint mission will complete…
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CesiumAstro Acquires UK-based SmallSat Communications Company TXMission
CesiumAstro Inc., an industry leader in active phased array communications technology for space and airborne systems, announced that it has acquired TXMission Ltd., a United Kingdom-based communications company that develops software-defined radios and modems for satellites, ground stations, HAPS (high-altitude platform systems), and airborne platforms. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded…
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SES and Emirates Telco du Complete 5G Demo in the Middle East
SES has completed a 5G backhaul demonstration in the Middle East, the company announced, Jan. 16. It has been working with and du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), a telecom operator in the United Arab Emirates. It has successfully demoed what it claims is the first satellite-enabled 5G backhaul in the Middle East utilising…
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Thursday Morning Conversation with Comtech CEO Ken Peterman
It was a busy year for Comtech and the company’s CEO, Ken Peterman. In this conversation with Via Satellite’s Mark Holmes, Peterman discusses some of the company’s core initiatives; trends in the industry — including the convergence of satellite and terrestrial technologies; and the importance of bridging the digital divide to connect the unconnected. He asserts that…
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SpaceX launches first Falcon Heavy of 2023 with an absolute stunning view
Successful launch of SpaceX USSF-67 Raised vertical Saturday, SpaceX’s second Falcon Heavy since 2019 had a clean countdown Sunday afternoon with beautiful weather. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket with two additional Falcon 9 boosters strapped onto the side. This allows the rocket to launch much heavier payloads to orbits around…
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GPS navigation satellite set for launch on SpaceX rocket
Artist’s concept of a GPS 3 satellite in space. Credit: Lockheed Martin SpaceX’s second launch for the U.S. military in three days is set to blast off from Florida and deliver a GPS navigation satellite into orbit Wednesday, reinforcing the global positioning and timing network as four more GPS spacecraft are in storage at a…
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Momentus to Deliver FOSSA Systems Next-Generation Satellites to Orbit
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company that offers transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with FOSSA Systems, a Spanish company that offers global low-power Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and in-space services through its satellite constellation, to place its latest generation of satellites, FOSSASat FEROX, into low-Earth orbit on two…
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TISICS Receives Funding from UK Space Agency to Develop Sustainable Launch Tech
Aerospace manufacturing specialists, TISICS, have received funding from the UK Space Agency to develop demisable launcher components that will reduce the risk of damage to spacecraft by space debris, whilst reducing the processing time and materials waste experienced from current HPV-liner manufacturing. According to the Government’s National Space Strategy, published in 2021, the UK’s space…
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SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy Mission for US Space Force with Boeing and Northrop Grumman Satellites
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lofted the Boeing and Northrop Grumman communications satellites into orbit on Jan. 15 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the USSF-67 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The mission launched Boeing’s Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (CBAS)-2 satellite and Northrop Grumman’s Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE)-3A satellite. The USSF-67 mission was…