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PLD Space Secures €11M Loan to Develop MIURA 5 Launch Site at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou
PLD Space, a Spanish company specializing in the development of reusable space launchers, has secured an €11 million loan from COFIDES to support the development of the launch site for its MIURA 5 rocket in Kourou, French Guiana. The company will initially invest a total of €16 million in the development, construction, and operation of…
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A-Rod SPAC Extends Deadline to Complete Lynk Merger, Again
The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) planning to merge with Lynk Global extended its deadline to complete the merger and must return more than $80 million after shareholders voted to redeem their shares. The shareholders of SPAC Slam Corp., led by baseball star and entrepreneur Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez voted to extend the deadline to complete…
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Telesat and MDA Space Achieves Major Milestone for Lightspeed Constellation
Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, and MDA Space, a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced that they have concluded a key phase in the Telesat Lightspeed low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation program with the successful completion of the spacecraft Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The…
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Space science in 2024: Moon missions, Martian milestones, astrophysics discoveries, and more
2024 was another busy year for space science, with many new missions, successes, and discoveries across the solar system and beyond. Three new missions were launched to the Moon, while one mission was canceled, and Curiosity and Perseverance continued to explore and make discoveries in their respective regions on Mars. Beyond the Earth-Moon system and…
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The Year in Space: Amazon’s Project Kuiper revs up to join the megaconstellation market
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket sends two prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper to orbit in 2023. The first operational Kuiper satellites are due for launch on a different Atlas V in early 2025. (ULA Photo) Get ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper to pick up the pace in the megaconstellation space race. So…
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Gilat Logs $18M in IFC Orders
Gilat Satellite Networks received more than $18 million in recent in-flight connectivity (IFC) orders, the company announced on Dec. 30. The orders are scheduled for delivery in the next 12 months. The orders are mainly for Gilat SkyEdge platforms, related services and solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs). The IFC market remains a critical one for Gilat…
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Video: Editors Preview the 10 Tech Trends to Shape 2025
10 Tech Trends. Via Satellite Illustration Ready to shape the future? Via Satellite editors Mark Holmes and Rachel Jewett preview the 10 Tech Trends set to shape the satellite industry in 2025 in this video. Check out the video and read the full article by Anne Wainscott Sargent: “10 Tech Trends That Will Impact the…
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India launch SpaDeX space docking demonstration, begins assembly of human-rated launch vehicle
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a space docking experiment — a critical mission for India’s upcoming human spaceflight campaign. The mission will demonstrate the technology to rendezvous, dock, and undock in orbit. The successful completion of the mission will be a key step towards India’s ambitions for future missions to the lunar…
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Astranis Launches 4 MicroGEO Satellites on Dedicated Falcon 9 Mission
Four Astranis MicroGEO satellites are on their way to orbit after a dedicated SpaceX launch early Sunday. SpaceX launched the four satellites to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 12:00 a.m. ET on Dec. 29. Astranis confirmed post-launch that it has control of all four spacecraft. Astranis builds…