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Interlune Secures $4.84 Million Grant to Develop Lunar Regolith Simulant Center in Texas
Interlune, a natural resources company, announced that it has been awarded up to $4.84 million in a grant from the Texas Space Commission (TSC) to develop and test highly specialized simulants of Moon dirt, or regolith. Interlune will use the grant funds, along with internal investment, to create a Lunar Regolith Simulant Center of Excellence…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Wednesday sunrise Falcon 9 flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 10-22 mission on Sept. 3, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now Update Sept. 3, 9 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed deployment of its Starlink satellites. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soared from Florida’s Space Coast…
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SpaceX’s Tuesday night Starlink features rare debut of a Falcon booster
SpaceX launches the Starlink 17-8 mission using a new Falcon 9 rocket booster. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Sept. 1 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of its Starlink satellites. SpaceX completed its first Falcon 9 launch of the month,…
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Orbit to Roll Out Compact MPT30Ka On-the-Move Terminal
Orbit Communication Systems is rolling out a new on-the-move satcom terminal geared toward military vehicles and maritime vessels. The company announced the new MPT30Ka Satcom On-The-Move (SOTM) terminal on Tuesday. It is the company’s most compact satellite communication system available for military mobile platforms. The terminal is designed to be compact and light for rapid…
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Viasat Reports Increase in Capacity for Business Aviation Service
Viasat reports that its JetXP business aviation in-flight broadband service has five times more capacity across the Eastern United States with the use of Honeywell JetWave or Gogo Plane Simple Ka-band terminals. The development was achieved as part of Viasat’s business aviation enhancement program. Last year, Viasat brought together the former Inmarsat Jet ConneX and…
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SpaceX McGregor looks to the future, from Raptor 3 to potential HLS testing
SpaceX’s engine development and testing site in McGregor—the world’s most active rocket engine test facility—continues to be a hive of activity. Recent updates reveal intensified Raptor engine trials and the construction of a large-scale rig, the latter having ignited speculation about its potential ties to Starship’s Human Landing System (HLS) for NASA’s Artemis program. Since…
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General Atomics and Kepler Demonstrate Air-to-Space Optical Communications
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Kepler Communications have reported a successful air-to-space optical communications demonstration using Space Development Agency (SDA)-compliant optical terminals. The demonstration announced Tuesday took place between a GA-EMS optical communications terminal mounted to a Twin Otter aircraft and a Kepler satellite in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), demonstrating exchanging data between a moving…
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Trump Announces Plan to Move SPACECOM Headquarters from Colorado to Alabama
President Trump on Tuesday announced plans to move U.S. Space Command headquarters to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The decision, which Trump said was “seven years in the making,” reverses the Biden administration’s previous call to keep SPACECOM located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “I am thrilled to report that the U.S. Space Command headquarters will…
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Momentus Secures NASA Contract to Explore Robotic Technology Launches for Future Space Missions
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company offering satellites, satellite components, and in-space transportation and services, announced that it was awarded a contract by NASA to perform a study to fly critical foundational robotics technologies into space. Momentus has subsequently completed work under this initial contract and expects to submit a proposal to NASA to…
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