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SpaceX launches RRT-1 mission from Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket cruises by a nearly full Moon during the RRT-1 mission on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update 8:43 p.m. EST (0143 UTC): SpaceX landed the first stage booster on the droneship following liftoff. Against a cloudy Florida sky, SpaceX launched its latest Falcon 9 rocket with a…
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SWISSto12 Opens New Mission Command and Control Facility in Georgia
SWISSto12, Europe’s fastest-growing satellite company, has announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art command and control facility in Athens, Georgia, U.S.A. The new facility will oversee the launch and manage the orbit raise to the right position of SWISSto12’s geostationary small satellites before handover to the company’s customers. News of the Georgia facility follows an announcement in…
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NextPlat’s Outfitter Satellite Secures 3-Year Government Contract for Satellite Services
NextPlat Corp, a global e-commerce provider, announced that its US-based connectivity division, Outfitter Satellite Inc., has been awarded a three-year service contract from a US state government customer to provide satellite-enabled services. Under the terms of the contract, the Outfitter will provide satellite connectivity airtime service plans and hardware to the Customer in support of…
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Northrop Grumman’s Next-Gen Polar Missile-Warning Satellites Enters Manufacturing Phase
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract extension for Phase 2 of its Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. The multi-year award supports space vehicle (SV) manufacturing, assembly, integration, testing, and launch of two NGP satellites. Both NGP SVs will operate in Highly Elliptical Orbits…
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New ST Engineering iDirect Tech Enables Switching Between GEO and NGSO Satellites
ST Engineering iDirect has released a technology that enables tracking and switching between satellites in Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) and Non-Geosynchronous Orbit (NGSO). The feature is currently in on-orbit satellite testing with an unnamed major satellite operator, ST Engineering iDirect announced Dec. 10. The company said the breakthrough features a single tracking algorithm. This tracking algorithm…
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Orion Space Solutions Begins AI-Powered Data Processing Project for NOAA
Orion Space Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcfield, announced that it has been awarded new work from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support its Advanced Access Methods for Earth Observations Digital Twin program (EO-DT). Work on the two-year program kicked off this month in Silver Spring, Maryland. NOAA’s Advanced Access Methods…
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Quantic Wenzel and Australian Research Council Partners to Research Cosmic Ray Effects
Quantic Wenzel, a business of Quantic Electronics and an industry leader in mission-critical frequency control and timing solutions, has joined forces with the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) to explore the effects of cosmic rays on quartz crystal oscillators. Research will take place inside Australia’s deep-underground facility, the…
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Iridium Releases Smaller, More Powerful IoT Module and Iridium Certus GMDSS
Iridium debuted two new products this week — a smaller, more powerful IoT module, and Iridium Certus GMDSS for maritime safety communications. The Iridium Certus GMDSS combines Global Maritime Distress and Safety System with the Iridium Certus broadband solution Iridium Certus terminals can now deliver GMDSS, long range identification and tracking (LRIT), and ship security alert…
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Mavenir and Terrestar Conduct First NB-IoT Live Data Sessions via GEO Satellite
Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider building the future of networks, and Terrestar Solutions Inc. (TSI), Canada’s premier mobile satellite operator, have achieved a major milestone by successfully conducting the first NB-IoT live data sessions via the TSI Echostar T1 satellite, a Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN). Unlike simulations, these sessions were conducted…
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The US military is now talking openly about going on the attack in space
ORLANDO, Florida—Earlier this year, officials at US Space Command released a list of priorities and needs, and among the routine recitation of things like cyber defense, communications, and surveillance was a relatively new term: “integrated space fires.” This is a new phrase in the esoteric terminology the military uses to describe its activities. Essentially, “fires”…