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Boeing Delivers Latest O3b mPOWER Satellites to SES for Enhanced Global Connectivity
Boeing has successfully delivered the 9th and 10th O3b mPOWER satellites to content and network provider SES, advancing the company’s effort to provide global connectivity from space. The satellites, which feature Boeing’s fully software-defined payload technology to actively allot power to meet user needs, are en route to Kennedy Space Center, Fla. for a planned…
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Europe Advances Weather Resilience with Successful Launch of MTG-S1 Satellite
Europe has taken a major step forward in strengthening its resilience to extreme weather events with the successful launch of the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) satellite. MTG-S1 will deliver new streams of atmospheric data, enabling earlier, more accurate warnings that protect lives, property and infrastructure. Extreme weather events like storms, flooding, and heatwaves…
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Atomic-6 Secures $2 Million Space Force Grant for Light Wing Solar Array
Atomic-6, a manufacturer of the world’s finest composite solutions, has won a $2 million TACFI (Tactical Funding Increase) from the United States Space Force Space Systems Command to mature and flight-qualify the Light Wing solar array for both commercial and defense sectors. The company also announced that former ISS Commander Chris Hadfield has joined its…
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CNSA releases Earth, moon images captured by Tianwen-2 probe
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Tuesday released images of Earth and the moon captured by the Tianwen-2 probe in orbit. The CNSA said that the narrow-field-of-view navigation sensor equipped on the probe recently captured the images of Earth and the moon, demonstrating good functional performance. The images released include a photograph of Earth…
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Space ISAC Issues ‘Level 3: High’ Threat Alert for Space Industry
The threat level risk to the satellite industry remains high. This is the key takeaway from a new threat level assessment from the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC), which looks to raise awareness of the space industry, government, and international partner perspectives on the current threat level. Space ISAC made an update…
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Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object
There is a growing buzz in the astronomy community about a new object with a hyperbolic trajectory that is moving toward the inner Solar System. Early on Wednesday, the European Space Agency confirmed that the object, tentatively known as A11pl3Z, did indeed have interstellar origins. “Astronomers may have just discovered the third interstellar object passing…
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Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object
There is a growing buzz in the astronomy community about a new object with a hyperbolic trajectory that is moving toward the inner Solar System. Early on Wednesday, the European Space Agency confirmed that the object, tentatively known as A11pl3Z, did indeed have interstellar origins. “Astronomers may have just discovered the third interstellar object passing…
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FCC Chair Outlines His Policy Agenda, Including Satellite Spectrum ‘Abundance’
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr outlines his policy agenda in a speech on July 2. Photo: FCC FCC Chairman Brendan Carr detailed his policy agenda for the FCC in a July 2 speech, including a number of details relevant to the satellite industry, including action in the C-band, and freeing up more spectrum for satellite broadband. …
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MDA Space Completes SatixFy Acquisition
MDA Space has closed its acquisition of SatixFy Communications to bring SatixFy’s satellite communication chipsets in-house. SatixFy’s operations and full technology portfolio will be integrated into the Satellite Systems business area of MDA Space, the company said in a July 2 update on the deal. SatixFy is based in Israel and MDA Space is based…
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White House works to ground NASA science missions before Congress can act
In another sign that the Trump White House is aggressively moving to slash NASA’s science programs, dozens of mission leaders have been asked to prepare “closeout” plans by the end of next week. The new directive came from NASA’s senior leadership on Monday, which is acting on behalf of the White House Office of Management…