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Launch preview: SpaceX to launch fourth commercial Axiom mission to the space station
The four astronauts of Axiom Mission 4 pose together amid a dry dress rehearsal of launch day activities. Left to right: Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Commander Peggy Whitson, Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski. Image: SpaceX Update June 24, 6:38 p.m. EDT: Axiom Space, NASA and SpaceX are targeting Wednesday, June 25 for the…
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Orange Signs Multi-Year LEO Agreement With Eutelsat
Orange has signed a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Group for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity solutions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed in the June 5 announcement, but the companies said Orange is making an investment and plans to offer OneWeb LEO connectivity solutions, including sovereign services to its enterprise and government customers and…
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Orange Signs Multi-Year LEO Agreement With Eutelsat
Orange has signed a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Group for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity solutions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed in the June 5 announcement, but the companies said Orange is making an investment and plans to offer OneWeb LEO connectivity solutions, including sovereign services to its enterprise and government customers and…
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Senators Introduce Legislation Dealing With Satellite Systems and National Security
A bipartisan pair of Senators introduced legislation last week that lawmakers said would prevent foreign adversaries from accessing and compromising American satellite systems. Senators Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., co-led the bill, the “Secure Space Act of 2025,” introduced on June 5. If passed, the legislation would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission…
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Senators Introduce Legislation Dealing With Satellite Systems and National Security
A bipartisan pair of Senators introduced legislation last week that lawmakers said would prevent foreign adversaries from accessing and compromising American satellite systems. Senators Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., co-led the bill, the “Secure Space Act of 2025,” introduced on June 5. If passed, the legislation would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission…
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A long-shot plan to mine the Moon comes a little closer to reality
Look, no one said building a large harvester to roam around the Moon and sift through hundreds of tons of regolith to retrieve small amounts of helium-3 would be easy. And that’s to say nothing of the enormous challenge of processing and then launching any of this material from the lunar surface before finally landing…
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RTX and Northrop Grumman Tested Rocket Motors for U.S. Army’s Short-Range Interceptor
Raytheon and Northrop Grumman announced four successful tests of flight-ready Highly Loaded Grain (HLG) solid rocket motors for the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor (NGSRI). HLG is a solid propellant technology for rocket motors that provides longer burn time and more energy output than conventional solid rocket motors, which extends the range of Raytheon’s NGSRI offering…
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BAE Awarded $1.2 Billion Contract for Space Force Missile Warning and Tracking Satellite System
BAE Systems has been awarded a $1.2 billion contract by U.S. Space Systems Command to provide the U.S. Space Force with missile tracking satellite capabilities. BAE Systems will serve as the prime contractor for the Resilient Missile Warning & Tracking (RMWT) – Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Epoch 2 program and will design and build 10…
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Mynaric Delivers Over 100 CONDOR Mk3 Terminals and Advanced Mk3.1 Terminal Development
Mynaric, a leading provider of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, announced significant customer deliveries of its CONDOR Mk3 optical communications terminals and major progress in the technical development of the next-generation CONDOR Mk3.1 terminal. “Mynaric continues to execute on its commitments and advance the market for space-based optical communications. As of today, we have…
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Eutelsat and Orange Expands Partnership With New Multi-Year LEO Agreement
Eutelsat and Orange, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators and digital service providers, have signed an agreement enabling Orange to reinforce its position in low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications, leveraging Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation. Through this latest investment, Orange aims to strengthen its satellite solutions portfolio with LEO connectivity solutions providing high throughput, low…