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SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX launched another batch of 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East occurred at 4:06 p.m. PDT (7:06 p.m. EDT, 2306 UTC) on Monday, April 7. SpaceX…
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SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin Receive NSSL Contracts Worth Up to Nearly $14B
U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin nearly $14 billion in National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contracts on Friday. SSC said that the Phase 3, Lane 2 NSSL firm fixed price awards have ceilings of more than $5.9 billion for SpaceX, more than $5.3 billion for…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Saturday night Falcon 9 flight
SpaceX launches a batch of 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit after liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 5, 2025. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched a batch of 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit on Saturday night. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket on the…
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With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider
The US Space Force announced Friday it selected SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin for $13.7 billion in contracts to deliver the Pentagon’s most critical military satellites to orbit into the early 2030s. These missions will launch the government’s heaviest national security satellites, like the National Reconnaissance Office’s large, bus-sized spy platforms, and deploy…
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With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider
The US Space Force announced Friday it selected SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin for $13.7 billion in contracts to deliver the Pentagon’s most critical military satellites to orbit into the early 2030s. These missions will launch the government’s heaviest national security satellites, like the National Reconnaissance Office’s large, bus-sized spy platforms, and deploy…
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U.S. Space Force awards $13.7 billion in new national security launch contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX and ULA
Blue Origin’s New Glenn, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and ULA’s Vulcan rockets launch from their respective pads. Image: Blue Origin, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance A long-awaited launch contract for national security missions was announced by the U.S. Space Force after close of business Friday evening. The mission spreads nearly $14 billion worth of missions between Blue…
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Rocket Lab Unveils Expanded Frontier RF Radios for Secure Space Communications
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, introduced its expanded suite of space-grade radio frequency (RF) communications systems, the Frontier radios. The Frontier radio is flight-proven, software-defined, and designed for reliable telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C). Adapted from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Frontier Lite radio, Rocket Lab’s…
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Avanti Communications Moves Headquarters to Cornwall
Avanti Communications (Avanti) completed its move to a new headquarters at Spaceport Cornwall’s Space Systems Operations Facility (SSOF), in Newquay. Cornwall is fast becoming a major U.K. space hub. Avanti offers Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and multi-orbit satellite connectivity solutions and operates a fleet of four Ka-band HYLAS satellites from its technology hub in Cornwall. Avanti…
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D-Orbit Acquires Italian EO Company Planetek
D-Orbit and Planetek announce a deal to combine on April 4 in Rome. Photo: Planetek Space logistics company D-Orbit announced a deal on Friday to acquire Italian Earth Observation (EO) and analytics company Planetek Group to bring together in-orbit servicing and space data. D-Orbit has acquired all of Planetek’s shares. D-Orbit said the two companies…
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Spacecraft Developer Portal Space Raises $17.5M Seed Round
Startup satellite developer Portal Space Systems on Thursday said it raised $17.5 million in an oversubscribed seed round that will support the full-scale demonstration of its Supernova multi-role, transorbital spacecraft expected to launch in 2026. The funding raise builds on an undisclosed pre-seed round when Portal was created in November 2021, and $5.5 million in…