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Mobile Satellite Services Association Releases White Paper on Direct-to-Device Satellite Services
The Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) announced the release of its white paper, Spectrum Management Considerations for D2D Services, providing a resource for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) seeking to expand coverage to effectively address underserved and unserved areas, particularly where terrestrial infrastructure deployment is economically unviable. The white paper highlights the advantages of Mobile Satellite…
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Dragonfly Aerospace and CUBECOM Signs Compatibility Agreement
Dragonfly Aerospace has signed a strategic Compatibility Agreement with CUBECOM, a specialist in high-speed satellite communication systems. The announcement was made at the 39th Annual Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The partnership ensures simplified integration between Dragonfly Aerospace’s full range of cameras and CUBECOM’s advanced satellite transmitters, delivering a faster, more efficient…
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SpaceX launches record-breaking 30th flight of a Falcon 9 booster
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the Starlink 10-11 mission. This launch featured the Falcon 9 booster, tail number B1067, making its 30th trip to space and back. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now Update Aug. 28, 5:20 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed deployment of the 28 satellites.…
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Starship’s Payload Milestone in Test Flight Gives a Preview of V3 Starlink Launches
SpaceX’s 10th Starship test flight made progress after a string of failures this year, successfully deploying a batch of dummy Starlink payloads before completing a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean. This marked the first time SpaceX has deployed simulator Starlink payloads on a Starship mission — a step toward its plans to launch Starlink…
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Under pressure after setbacks, SpaceX’s huge rocket finally goes the distance
STARBASE, Texas—SpaceX launched the 10th test flight of the company’s Starship rocket Tuesday evening, sending the stainless steel spacecraft halfway around the world to an on-target splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The largely successful mission for the world’s largest rocket was an important milestone for SpaceX’s Starship program after months of repeated setbacks, including three…
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Telesat Hires Mining Exec Donald Tremblay as CFO
Telesat has named a new CFO with the upcoming retirement of longtime CFO Andrew Browne. Telesat has hired Donald Tremblay, CFO of Quebec-based mining company Champion Iron. His appointment will be effective October 20, 2025. Telesat highlighted Tremblay’s experience in publicly traded companies in high-growth, capital intensive industries and cited his experience in equity and…
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SpaceX completes 400th Falcon booster landing on a drone ship
SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster completes a landing on the droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions,’ during the Starlink 10-56 mission on Aug. 27, 2025. The recovery was the 400th landing of an orbital class rocket. Image: SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket placed another 28 Starlink satellites into orbit shortly after sunrise on Wednesday and…
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With Starship, SpaceX encounters an obstacle that haunted NASA’s space shuttles
STARBASE, Texas—For the third day in a row, SpaceX engineers prepared to send the company’s massive Starship rocket into space Tuesday after a technical problem and bad weather grounded the test flight on two previous launch attempts. The one-hour launch window opens at 6:30 pm CDT (7:30 pm EDT; 23:30 UTC) at SpaceX’s sprawling rocket…
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Lawmaker: Trump’s Golden Dome will end the madness, and that’s not a good thing
Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat in his 11th year on Capitol Hill, had some things to say when the House Armed Services Committee met last month to write President Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense shield into law. The Republican-led committee debated and voted on an annual defense policy bill known as the National Defense…
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Skylo Reports Voice Call Over its Narrowband NTN Network
Skylo reports it has completed an over-the-air (OTA) voice call over narrowband satellite network (NB-NTN), paving the way to roll out a voice calling feature on its network. Skylo shared a video of the call which took place in mid-July, in which one caller was on a cellular network and the other on Skylo’s satellite…