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Space42 will expand its satellite services and other services to Angola under a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Angola’s Military Intelligence and Security Service (SISM). Space42 called it a “significant milestone” in bilateral relations between the United Arab Emirates and Angola.  The five-year strategic partnership announced Tuesday includes satellite communications, Earth observation, artificial intelligence,…

In recent comments to the Russian state-run media service TASS, the chief of Roscosmos said the country’s newest rocket, the Soyuz-5, should take flight for the first time before the end of this year. “Yes, we are planning for December,” said Dmitry Bakanov, the director of Roscosmos, Russia’s main space corporation. “Everything is in place.”…

EchoStar has reached a deal to sell 50 MHz of nationwide spectrum to AT&T for $23 billion, the companies announced Tuesday.  Specifically, AT&T will purchase approximately 30 MHz of nationwide 3.45 GHz mid-band spectrum and approximately 20 MHz of nationwide 600 MHz low-band spectrum in an all-cash transaction, the companies announced. The spectrum covers over…

European satellite manufacturer Aerospacelab has raised 94 million euros ($110 million) in a Series B round announced Tuesday to ramp up its satellite manufacturing capabilities.  The round includes a dual-tranche funding round of 56 million euros ($66 million), and a 38 million euro ($44 million) commitment from an unnamed European financial institution. Aerospacelab said the…

SpaceX launched the NAOS Earth Observation (EO) satellite for Luxembourg on Tuesday, along with satellites for rideshare customers Dhruva Space, Planet, Capella Space, and Pixxel.  SpaceX launched the mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:55 a.m. Pacific Time. The mission lasted around 1 hour and 9 minutes…