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Astronomers witness unprecedented corona formation, evolution around black hole
With help from NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescopic Array (NuSTAR) X-ray telescope, a group of researchers recently bore unusually close witness to the formation and evolution of an unexpected corona around a supermassive black hole as it destroyed a star that had passed too close to it. The event, located 250 million light years from Earth,…
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Delta Makes In-Flight Wi-Fi Free on Viasat-Equipped Aircraft
Delta Air Lines is offering free in-flight connectivity (IFC) on Viasat-equipped aircraft this year, a major vote for free IFC service from one of the top U.S. airlines. Delta announced Thursday it is making Wi-Fi free through a partnership with T-Mobile for all customers on board most domestic mainline flights beginning Feb. 1. The airline…
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Broadcast Commerce Giant Benefits from Teleport Upgrade
Satellite communications used by video commerce giant QVC/HSN for their television shopping networks and e-commerce sites are benefiting from a teleport upgrade provided by PSSI Global Services. The new satellite ground links use ViaLite’s high dynamic range L-Band HTS link pairs together with 3U chassis configurations and HRC-5 monitoring and control modules in Satcom6 outdoor…
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Momentus Launches Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle on SpaceX Transporter-6 Mission
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company that offers transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, launched its second demonstration flight of the Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV) to low-Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission today. Momentus established contact with its Vigoride vehicle on its first orbital pass and confirmed that both solar arrays are…
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NSLComm’s BeetleSat LEO Satellite Successfully Launched via SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
BeetleSat, formerly known as NSLComm, a fast-growing satellite technology start-up, announced the successful launch of its second nanosatellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida, onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Now in Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) at 550Km altitude, the nanosatellite will provide BeetleSat’s public sector customer with store and forward, very high throughput satellite communication services. The…
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Work begins to harvest Orion spacecraft hardware for Artemis 2 lunar flight
A truck carrying NASA’s Orion spacecraft from the Artemis 1 test flight arrived back at Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 30. Credit: NASA Fresh off the 1.4-million-mile Artemis 1 test flight around around the moon, NASA’s Orion spacecraft arrived Dec. 30 back at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where technicians will offload propellants and payloads,…
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TISICS Wins UK Space Agency Funding for Launch Components
Composite manufacturer TISICS has been boosted in its plans to bring more sustainable launch technology to market. It announced Jan. 4 that it has been awarded funding through the UK Space Agency’s (UKSA) Launch UK Technology Investment Program. Project DeLLCom will develop demisable launcher components to reduce the risk of damage to satellites by space…
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John Deere looking to enter the satellite market with geospatial maps for farmers
John Deere is reportedly finalizing a satellite partnership Jahmy Hindman, John Deere CTO, told CNBC that the company is finalizing a partner to bring some satellite data to improve crop growth.”There’s so much friction and getting that data from the field into the cloud, where they can do something useful with it, that it really…
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Sidus Space Awarded Bechtel Cable Assembly Contract for Mobile Launcher 2
Sidus Space, a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection has been selected by Bechtel Corporation to manufacture cables for the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 project. Sidus was previously awarded a contract to fabricate custom cables and populate unique electronics cabinets supporting the launch…
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Innoflight’s Multi-Million Government Contracts to Radiation & Cyber-Harden Sensor Payloads
Innoflight was awarded over $5M in government contracts to radiation-harden and cyber-harden advanced terrestrial sensor payloads for space. Within Department of Defense (DoD) space programs, there is a significant interest in leveraging affordable, advanced, and low size, weight, and power (SWaP) avionics systems for use in proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) space sensors and seekers…