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The future of Starship’s Pad 1 tower and launch mount
With the last Block 2 flight lifting off on Oct. 14th, 2025, SpaceX has no more need for Pad 1’s current infrastructure. However, Pad 1 still has a significant future ahead; it is undergoing major rework and redesign that will enable it to accommodate Block 3 launches, resembling Pad 2, but without starting entirely from…
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Satellogic Secures 7-Figure Imagery Deal for Monitoring
Satellogic has signed a seven-figure contract with an unnamed customer for satellite imagery to support high-frequency site monitoring. Under the contract, Satellogic has agreed to provide daily revisit, high-resolution coverage. The agreement is structured to provide satellite imagery for ongoing visibility and predictable data availability versus tasking based on specific events. Satellogic did not specify…
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OQ Technology Secures New IoT Partnership With Monogoto
OQ Technology is teaming up with Monogoto as in a partnership that is all about expanding connectivity offerings to customers. The collaboration adds OQ’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to Monogoto’s IoT connectivity management ecosystem. Monogoto has an existing hybrid ecosystem that already includes partnerships with Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite networks. This addition aims…
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NASA considers evacuating ailing crew member from International Space Station
Someone on the International Space Station suffered an unspecified “medical situation” Wednesday, prompting the postponement of a planned spacewalk and raising the possibility of an early return for a portion of the lab’s seven-person crew, NASA said in a statement. NASA has never ordered a medical evacuation from space before, but the option has always…
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Crew-11 to return early due to a medical concern with astronaut
NASA has opted to bring the four-member Crew-11 team home from the International Space Station (ISS) earlier than planned, following an unspecified medical concern with one crew member that emerged on Wednesday afternoon. The situation with the crewmember, described as “absolutely stable”, has already led to the indefinite postponement of the first spacewalk of 2026,…
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FCC gives SpaceX “green light” to expand Starlink constellation to 15,000 satellites
SpaceX launches its Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Jan. 9, 2025, on the Starlink 6-96 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update Jan. 9, 6:14 p.m. EST (2214 UTC): SpaceX confirms satellite deployment. Adding FCC announcement details. The Federal Communications Commission granted SpaceX the ability to…
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Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement
Prior to World War II the vast majority of telescopes built around the world were funded by wealthy people with an interest in the heavens above. However, after the war, two significant developments in the mid-20th century caused the burden of funding large astronomical instruments to largely shift to the government and academic institutions. First,…
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Frequency Electronics Awarded Contract for Geostationary Satellite Constellation
Frequency Electronics, a leading provider of precision timing and frequency control products for space and terrestrial applications, announced that it has been awarded a significant contract to provide precision time and frequency systems for a geostationary environmental satellite program. This contract is valued at approximately $9.2 million. It includes oscillators, frequency distribution units and spares…
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MDA Space’s Aurora: A Cloud-Based Platform for Satellite Operations and Data Services
MDA Space highlights MDA Aurora, a service-based offering designed to support end-to-end satellite mission operations and data services through a modern, cloud-native architecture. Already in operational use, Aurora reflects MDA Space’s approach to simplifying how satellite operators task spacecraft, manage ground operations, process mission data and deliver products to end users without the need to…
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Ariane 6 VA266: Arianespace Successfully Deploys Galileo L14 Navigation Satellites
Arianespace successfully launched the pair of satellites, Galileo L14, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The mission, called VA266, was the fifth flight of Ariane 6, Europe’s heavy-lift launcher. It was performed with an Ariane 6 with two boosters, the Ariane 62, which has been successful since its inaugural flight in 2024. The satellites designated SAT…