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SpaceX intensifies testing to ready Pad 2 at Starbase
SpaceX is ramping up testing of its second launch pad at Starbase, conducting multiple checkouts of the water deluge system designed to mitigate the intense heat and acoustics of Starship launches. The flurry of activity highlights the company’s push toward operational readiness for Pad 2, including enhancements to water management and structural protections. The pad…
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Dawn Aerospace Flies First U.S Research Payload on Reusable Aurora Spaceplane
Dawn Aerospace has successfully flown the Aurora spaceplane carrying California Polytechnic State University’s student-built payload, reaching Mach 0.79 and an altitude of 37,000 feet. This flight on June 24th, Aurora’s first from Dawn’s newly operational launch facility at Tawhaki National Aerospace Centre carried Cal Poly’s payload, making it the first U.S. student-built experiment to fly…
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Tactical Satcom Company Commcrete Secures Close to $30M in New Funding
Commcrete, a new Israeli deep-tech satellite communications solutions company, has raised close to $30 million through its Seed and Series A rounds. The company is looking to deliver next generation tactical satellite communication systems for emergency, remote commercial operations, and defense. The company announced the $29 million funding boost, Sept. 30. The funding supports global…
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Portal Space Systems brings its solar thermal propulsion system up to full power during test
Portal’s heat exchanger thruster, known as Flare, fires up during a test in a vacuum chamber. (Portal Space Systems Photo) Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems says it has successfully tested its solar thermal propulsion system at operational temperatures inside a vacuum chamber, marking a first for the commercial space industry. The test marks a key…
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ViaSat-3 Satellite Arrives in Cape Canaveral Ahead of Launch
Boeing completed delivery of the second ViaSat-3 satellite to Viasat, and the satellite has arrived in Cape Canaveral ahead of launch. The satellite, VS-3 F2, was shipped from Boeing’s facility in El Segundo, California, to Florida on an Antonov cargo aircraft, one of the largest cargo planes. It arrived Tuesday morning. Launch is planned for…
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Indra Joins 5G-HUB with SATCOM for Emergency Connectivity
Indra Group is taking part in the European 5G-HUB project with its innovative SATCOM solution, a satellite communications system developed to guarantee robust, secure, and resilient connectivity in emergency situations and remote environments without any terrestrial coverage. As part of this strategic project, which is funded by the Horizon Europe program and coordinated by the University…
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European Space Agency and Avio Partners for Reusable Upper Stage Demonstration Mission
European Space Agency and Avio signed a contract for 24 months of development activities aiming at the in-flight demonstration of a reusable upper stage. Frequent flights to space would benefit from completely reusable rockets, and this signature kicks off industrial activity to assess the technologies needed and design concepts for an upper-stage demonstration mission. Building…
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China successfully launches two new test satellites
China on Monday sent two new test satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The test satellites, Shiyan-30 01 and 02, were launched at 11:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered their preset orbits successfully. The satellites will be mainly used for…
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Rocket Lab and Synspective Enter 10-Launch Deal for 21 Electron Launches
Rocket Lab, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has secured a second multi-launch contract with Synspective, a leading Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data and analytics company from Japan. The new contract for a further 10 dedicated Electron launches brings the total number of upcoming Synspective missions to 21 –…
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SFL Missions to Build RADICALS Satellite for Climate-Radiation Study
SFL Missions Inc. has been awarded a contract by the University of Alberta for the development of the RADICALS small satellite to study the transport of space radiation into Earth’s atmosphere and its impact on climate. The Radiation Impacts on Climate and Atmospheric Loss Satellite (RADICALS) mission is being designed by a consortium of Canadian…