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AST SpaceMobile Announces Successful Orbital Launch of BlueBird 6
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, announced the successful orbital launch of BlueBird 6. The BlueBird 6 mission lifted off at 10:25 p.m. EST on December 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.…
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SPHEREx produces first all-sky map, highlights entire universe in infrared light
After launching in March and collecting near-infrared data throughout 2025, NASA’s SPHEREx observatory has completed its first map of the universe. The map, which is comprised of 102 infrared wavelengths, will allow SPHEREx’s team and astrophysicists to research the source of the early universe’s inflation and the distribution of organic molecules throughout the universe. “It’s…
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Taiwan Space Agency Awards Avio Launch Contract for FORMOSAT Earth Observation Satellites
Taiwan’s space agency has selected Italian launch provider Avio to deploy four Earth observation satellites under its FORMOSAT programme, strengthening international cooperation in satellite launch services and marking a key step in Taiwan’s expanding space ambitions. The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) confirmed that Avio will be responsible for launching the FORMOSAT-8C and 8D satellites, as…
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Launch pad issue delays again Falcon 9 launch of Italian Earth observation satellite
Update Dec. 28, 8 p.m. EST (0100 UTC): SpaceX has announced a further delay. No new launch date set. Update Dec. 27, 8:56 p.m. EST (0156 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the launch Saturday due to a ground issue, targeting Sunday, Dec. 28. A Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base for…
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Blue Origin hires United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno to head its national security group
United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno, shown here at the Space Symposium in 2016, is joining Blue Origin. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Eleven years after United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno partnered with Blue Origin to create a new rocket engine, he’s joining Jeff Bezos’ space venture as the president of Blue Origin’s newly…
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Commercial neighbors Stoke Space and Relativity Space Advance make progress on Cape launch sites
Along Florida’s Space Coast, two ambitious aerospace companies are rapidly transforming historic launch sites into modern facilities to support their upcoming reusable rockets. Significant progress can be observed at Stoke Space’s Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) and Relativity Space’s Launch Complex 16 (LC-16), both located adjacent to each other at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Stoke…
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Former ULA president and CEO Tory Bruno joins Blue Origin
ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno participated in a fireside chat with Michael Dickey, director of the Force Design Integration Office at the U.S. Space Force’s Space Warfighting Analysis Center. The conversation happened on the final day of the Space Force Association’s Spacepower Conference on Dec. 12, 2024. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now Blue Origin announced…
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Space Development Agency Awards L3Harris $843 Million Contract for Tracking Layer Satellites
L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to build 18 infrared satellites for the Tranche 3 (T3) Tracking Layer. The contract, valued up to $843 million, includes ground software, operations and sustainment functions. These tracking layer satellites will enhance the SDA Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) constellation, which is designed…
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ULOOK Technologies Expands Space-Based RF Intelligence with Autonomous Satellite System
ULOOK Technologies is advancing its work in space-based RF intelligence through the development of autonomous satellites designed to detect faint emissions that are typically difficult to capture from Earth. These emissions include activity from AIS spoofing, maritime radar, satellite communications, and satellite phones. By mapping segments of the spectrum that are often obscured by noise,…