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SAR Startup Capella Space Raises $60 Million from New U.S Innovative Technology Fund
Capella Space on Tuesday said it has raised more than $60 million in new funding it will put toward new expanding its next-generation of radar satellites and new data products as customer demand for satellite Earth imaging continues to grow. The funding round comes from the U.S Innovative Technology Fund and follows a $97 million Series C financing…
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Lynk Deploys Two More Satellites in its Cell Towers-in-Space Constellation for Extended Coverage
Lynk Global (Lynk), a satellite-direct-to-standard-phone telecoms company, has announced the successful launch and deployment of two more satellites in the company’s commercial cell-towers-in-space constellation. These satellites are covered by the world’s first and only commercial satellite-direct-to-standard-phone license that Lynk received from the FCC in September 2022. Another unique capability that Lynk demonstrated during this launch…
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First launch by ABL Space Systems fails shortly after liftoff
ABL’s RS1 rocket lifts off from Kodiak Island, Alaska, on Wednesday. Credit: ABL Space Systems ABL Space Systems’ first RS1 rocket fell back on its launch pad at Kodiak Island, Alaska, shortly after liftoff Tuesday on the company’s first orbital launch attempt, destroying the rocket and damaging the ground facility, officials said. “After liftoff, RS1…
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SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule streaks to predawn splashdown in Gulf of Mexico
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule streaks through the atmosphere on the way to splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX-owned Dragon cargo capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico early Wednesday, returning 4,400 pounds of science equipment and hardware from the International Space Station after a 45-day…
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Russia to launch replacement for damaged Soyuz crew ship at space station
Russia’s Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft undergoing launch preparations last year at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Energia Russian space agency and NASA officials said Wednesday they will accelerate the launch of the next Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station, and fly it to the complex next month without anyone on-board to replace a Soyuz…
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KBR Selects KSAT to Support NOAA’s Deep Space Solar Observatory
KBR has selected KSAT to provide all Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) SWFO Antenna Network (SAN) services. The KBR and KSAT team are developing a blended network including U.S. government ground station sites with KSAT-owned capabilities delivered as a service. Increased solar activity in recent weeks has provided opportunities for many in the Northern…
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FCC Votes to Establish Space Bureau
The FCC is moving forward with plans to establish a space bureau after voting on Tuesday to adopt Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel’s plan. The reorganization would eliminate the current International Bureau, which currently handles international telecommunications and satellite programs and policies, including licensing. It would create a new Space Bureau and a standalone Office of International…
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CASC to conduct over 50 rocket launches in 2023
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the leading force of the country’s space industry, announced Tuesday that there will be more than 50 launch missions planned for the year of 2023. The announcement was made during a work meeting of the corporation in 2023. According to CASC, the 50-plus arrangements of launch missions…
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Live coverage: Falcon Heavy engines test-fired at Kennedy Space Center
Live coverage of preparations for launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket on the U.S. Space Force’s USSF-67 mission. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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EOSDA Launches its First Agri-Focused Satellite from a SpaceX Rocket
EOS SAT-1, the initial satellite of EOS SAT, the first agri-focused satellite constellation launched by a remote sensing company, was successfully delivered into a low Earth orbit by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. EOS SAT is a constellation consisting of seven small optical satellites created by EOS…