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SpaceX CFO Johnsen Says Starlink is ‘Enterprise-Quality,’ Favors Adding Guarantees
For years, enterprise customers of Starlink have complained that the company doesn’t offer a conventional enterprise contract, with the traditional guarantees of bandwidth, uptime, and availability, known as “service level agreements” or SLAs. Starlink has still landed enterprise customers without the traditional SLAs, but a lack of SLAs has been part of the conversation with…
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Sidus Space Launched AI-Powered LizzieSat-3 on SpaceX Transporter-13 Mission
Liftoff of the Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, LizzieSat-3 is targeted for a launch window that opens, on March 14, 2025, at 11:39 PM PDT. The satellite will launch as part of the Transporter-13 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. LizzieSat-3 is…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launches to ISS for Science Expedition
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission of four crew members were launched at 7:03 p.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Dragon spacecraft into orbit carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace…
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Portal Space Systems opens its doors for a sneak preview of solar propulsion system
VIPs cut the ribbon at Portal Space Systems’ HQ in Bothell, Wash. From left: U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene; Portal co-founders Prashaanth Ravindran, Jeff Thornburg and Ian Vorbach; and Bothell Mayor Mason Thompson. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) BOTHELL, Wash. — From the outside, Portal Space Systems’ headquarters looks like a standard-issue office space in a…
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SpaceX Launches 74 Payloads on the Transporter-13 Rideshare Mission
SpaceX launched 74 payloads on the Transporter-13 mission on Friday in its second rideshare mission of 2025. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:43 p.m. PT on March 14. SpaceX has launched over 1,200 payloads to orbit for more than 130 customers…
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Launch Roundup: Electron, Falcon 9, and Ceres-1 launches flying this week
The busy launch manifests of recent weeks are continuing, with Falcon 9, Electron, and Chinese rocket launches having taken place this week. SpaceX launched Starlink 12-25 and NROL-57 along with NROL-69, while Starlink 11-7 moved into next week. Rocket Lab’s Electron successfully launched from New Zealand on the heels of last week’s “The Lightning God…
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ICEYE Expands SAR Satellite Fleet with Gen4 for Advanced Earth & Defense Imaging
ICEYE, the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imaging for high-fidelity Earth Observation, persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions, has successfully launched four new 25 cm resolution satellites, strengthening the company’s SAR satellite constellation, the largest in the world. Among the satellites was ICEYE’s Generation 4 satellite (Gen4), marking another leap in the…
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MDA Space Orders $10M Worth of Chips and Engineering from SatixFy
SatixFy Communications secured an approximately $10 million order from MDA Space for engineering models, space-grade chips, and additional engineering work, SatixFy announced on Monday. This includes a purchase order for $6.7 million for engineering models and space-grade chips. It also includes an authorization to proceed agreement for an additional $3.5 million for engineering work. SatixFy…
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China launches new satellites
China on Saturday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing a remote sensing satellite into space. The rocket blasted off at 12:11 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and sent the Gaojing-3 02 satellite into the preset orbit. The mission also launched the Tianyan-23 satellite. It was the 564th…
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SpaceX sets new launchpad turnaround record with Saturday sunrise launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at sunrise to begin the Starlink 12-16 mission on March 15, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update March 15, 8:41 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed deployment of the 23 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at sunrise Saturday morning.…