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EchoStar to Sell Spectrum Licenses to SpaceX in $17 Billion Cash and Stock Deal
EchoStar has entered into a definitive agreement with SpaceX to sell the company’s AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for approximately $17 billion, consisting of up to $8.5 billion in cash and up to $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock, valued as of the date of the definitive agreement. Additionally, the definitive agreement provides for SpaceX to…
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China launches new satellites from sea
A Smart Dragon-3 rocket lifted off on Tuesday morning from east China’s Shandong Province, sending the Geely-05 constellation satellites into planned orbits. The rocket blasted off at 3:48 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the sea near the city of Rizhao. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission.
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Varda, LeoLabs and Anduril Demonstrate Orbital Maneuver Tracking Ahead of Hypersonic Reentry
Varda Space Industries, Inc., a microgravity-enabled life sciences company building hypersonic reentry vehicles and infrastructure for the orbital economy, together with LeoLabs, the world’s leading mission partner for persistent Orbital Intelligence, and Anduril, a defense technology company, announced a successful joint demonstration to track, monitor, and report orbital maneuvers in advance of a hypersonic reentry.…
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ICEYE Secures Satellite Acquisition Contract with the Finnish Defence Forces
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, and the Finnish Defence Forces have officially signed a contract for the procurement of SAR satellites. This procurement decision follows the Letter of Intent signed with the Finnish Ministry of Defence in June and will significantly enhance the Finnish Defence Forces’ intelligence and surveillance…
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WISeKey’s WISeSat Subsidiary Extends its Ground Segment Network in Switzerland
WISeKey International, a leading global cybersecurity, blockchain, and IoT company, announces that its subsidiary WISeSat AG, which focuses on space technology for secure satellite communication, specifically for IoT applications, has successfully installed its third ground station, located near Ecublens, in the Lausanne region of Switzerland. This new antenna will serve as a control base for the…
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EchoStar’s Spectrum Sale Could Give SpaceX More D2D Leverage
EchoStar is canceling its plans for the direct-to-device (D2D) satellite constellation announced last month, instead selling spectrum to SpaceX that will be used for Starlink’s own D2D services in a $17 billion deal. Monday, EchoStar announced the sale of its AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for approximately $17 billion, with the deal including up to…
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Launch Roundup: Cygnus XL and Progress fly cargo missions to ISS
Two cargo resupply missions have launched to the International Space Station this week. A Russian Soyuz launched the Progress MS-32 spacecraft Thursday, to be followed on Sunday by a Falcon 9 carrying Northrop Grumman’s new Cygnus XL vehicle. In addition to Cygnus XL, Falcon 9 launched one Starlink mission and two customer missions. Russia and…
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Panasonic and Intellian Developing a LEO-Only Aviation Terminal
Panasonic Avionics and Intellian Technologies are working together on a new aviation antenna compatible with Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation. The antenna is intended only for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), and Panasonic noted it can be used alongside other LEO terminals for multi-constellation service. “I expect many airlines to adopt a multi-terminal approach, and they can quickly and…
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Congress and Trump may compromise on the SLS rocket by axing its costly upper stage
There are myriad questions about how NASA’s budget process will play out in the coming weeks, with the start of the new fiscal year on October 1 looming. For example, the Trump administration may seek to shut off dozens of science missions that are either already in space or in development. Although Congress has signaled…
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