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Exolaunch to Deploy 13 Satellites to Orbit Aboard SpaceX’s Bandwagon-4 Mission
Exolaunch, a global leader in launch mission management, satellite integration and deployment services, will deploy 13 satellites for customers across the world on the upcoming Bandwagon-4 mission with SpaceX. The flight is scheduled to lift off no earlier than November 2025 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, Florida, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Following a…
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AccelerComm and Radisys Secures UK Space Agency Funding for Next-Gen 5G Satellites
AccelerComm, a leading provider of flight-proven high-performance 5G technology for satellite networks, and Radisys Corporation, a global leader of open telecom solutions, announced that a joint project to support the development of the next generation of Non-Terrestrial Networks has been funded through the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund (IBF). This project will enhance the…
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Gilat Satellite Networks Secures $7 Million U.S Army SATCOM Terminal Order
Gilat Satellite Networks, a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced that Gilat DataPath has received orders of more than $7 million to provide additional Transportable SATCOM Terminals to the U.S. Army through a prime contractor. The orders include multiple units of the DKET 3421 transportable terminal along with associated support services,…
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Firefly Aerospace Acquires SciTec to Advance National Security
Firefly Aerospace, a market-leading space and defense technology company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SciTec, a leader in advanced national security technologies, for approximately $855 million through a combination of $300 million in cash and $555 million in Firefly shares issued to SciTec owners at a price of $50 per share. “The acquisition…
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Pentagon contract figures show ULA’s Vulcan rocket is getting more expensive
Around this time each year, the US Space Force convenes a Mission Assignment Board to dole out contracts to launch the nation’s most critical national security satellites. The military announced this year’s launch orders Friday, and SpaceX was the big winner. Space Systems Command, the unit responsible for awarding military launch contracts, selected SpaceX to…
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SpaceX to launch 4 Falcon Heavy rockets as part of newest U.S. national security missions award
A Falcon Heavy roars passed the Moon as it launches the X-37B for the U.S. military. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. The latest missions carrying payloads for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) were announced on Friday with a combined value of $1.142 billion. SpaceX was tasked with five missions and…
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Removing these 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half
A new listing of the 50 most concerning pieces of space debris in low-Earth orbit is dominated by relics more than a quarter-century old, primarily dead rockets left to hurtle through space at the end of their missions. “The things left before 2000 are still the majority of the problem,” said Darren McKnight, lead author…
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EchoStar Secures Milestone With 2 GHz Band Priority
EchoStar reached a milestone with some of its 2 GHz band spectrum, announcing Friday it secured highest priority spectrum rights in the 2 GHz band for a non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite constellation. A SpaceX executive said this milestone is “huge” for the future Starlink Direct to Cell service in EchoStar’s spectrum in Australia. EchoStar’s subsidiary…
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4iG Space and Defence Ready to Invest in Axiom Space
The Axiom Station concept Photo: Axiom Space 4IG Space and Defence (4iG SDT), the Hungarian IT and telecoms company, is on the verge of a $100 million investment in Axiom Space to become a strategic investor in the company. Under a new agreement, 4iG SDT is evaluating a $100 million equity investment to acquire a…
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Video Interview with Adel Al-Saleh on SES’s Rebrand
To mark the combined company of SES post-Intelsat acquisition, SES debuted a new brand identity with the purpose statement, “Space to Make a Difference.” Via Satellite editor Mark Holmes caught up with SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh at the company’s brand launch party in Luxembourg in September, to hear about how the new brand aligns with the…