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Iridium Debuts New Satellite IoT Messaging Transport
Iridium Communications debuted a new satellite IoT messaging service on Wednesday, Iridium Messaging Transport (IMT). It’s a two-way cloud-native networked data service optimized for Iridium Certus to make it easier to add satellite connections to existing or new IoT solutions. IMT is an an IP data transport service designed for small to moderate-sized messages for…
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Arianespace suffers failure on first operational Vega-C mission
Arianespace has suffered a failure during Vega-Consolidation’s (Vega-C) first operational launch, which was set to carry the Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 Earth-observation satellites to a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). Vega-C lifted off from the Ensemble de Lancement Vega (ELV) pad at the Guiana Space Centre on Dec. 20 at 10:47 PM local time (01:47 UTC…
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Saturn Satellite Networks Taps CesiumAstro for Phased Array Payload for SBN-1 Satellite Constellation
Saturn Satellite Networks signed a deal to use CesiumAstro’s active phased array payload for its recently announced Space Broadband Networks satellite program. Under the program, called SBN-1, Saturn Satellite Networks plans to launch six small, high-throughput Geostationary satellites to provide satellite-based internet access to satellite operators, capacity resellers, internet service providers, and end users. Saturn…
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Meteosat MTG-I1 Successfully Launched by Ariane 5 Rocket from Europe’s Spaceport
The MTG-I1 weather satellite, built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), was successfully launched by an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. MTG-I1 is the first imaging satellite in the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) program, designed to improve…
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Via Satellite’s Top News Stories of 2022
The satellite industry in 2022 was marked by consolidation and partnerships, as companies across the value chain look to boost their market position and become a greater part of the telco ecosystem. Also, as Russia’s war in Ukraine made its impact around the world, it also impacted the space industry in a number of ways.…
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Regulators Bless L3Harris Deal for Viasat’s Data Link Line, Moving Up Closure
L3Harris Technologies on Tuesday said it has received all U.S. and international regulatory approvals for its pending acquisition of the tactical data link product line from Viasat, with the deal now expected to close by Jan. 3, 2023, months earlier than expected. When L3Harris announced it would acquire the Link 16 network in October for nearly…
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Isar Aerospace and German Space Agency at Selected Payloads for Second Flight of Spectrum Launch Vehicle
At the first German Small Satellite conference, Isar Aerospace and the German Space Agency at DLR announced the selection of payloads for the second flight of the company’s launch vehicle Spectrum, planned for 2023-2024. The payloads have been selected in the process of the Microlauncher competition, which included an Announcement of Opportunity for European payloads…
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Sierra Space Successfully Completes Second Ultimate Burst Pressure Test of its LIFE Habitat
Sierra Space, one of the leading commercial space companies building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced that the company’s LIFE habitat (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) has successfully completed its second sub-scale Ultimate Burst Pressure (UBP) test. Following the success of its first UBP test in July of this year, this second…
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Live coverage: Vega C fails after launch with two Earth observation satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega C rocket with the Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 commercial Earth observation satellites for Airbus. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video webcast begins at approximately 0120 GMT (8:20 p.m. EST), and will be available on this page.
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Rocket Lab Pushes its First Mission from Virginia to January
Rocket Lab had to push its first mission from U.S. soil to 2023 after weather issues and regulatory delays, causing millions in revenue to slip from 2022 to 2023. For years, the launcher has been awaiting this launch at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. There have been…