Tag: Launch
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AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone Signs Long-Term Agreement to Expand Space-Based Broadband
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, and Vodafone Group Plc, a European and African telecommunications company, announced that they have entered into a definitive long-term commercial agreement through 2034. This is a significant step forward in…
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SynMax Expands Partnership with Satellogic to Advance Energy Sector Analytics
Satellogic Inc. announced an expansion of its contract with SynMax, a U.S. satellite data analytics firm. SynMax will leverage Satellogic’s high-frequency, high-resolution imagery to enhance its Hyperion platform, delivering unparalleled oil and natural gas production monitoring for hedge funds and financial analysts. Under the contract, Satellogic will triple the number of wellheads monitored by SynMax…
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Orbex Expands to Medium-sized Launch Vehicles and Relocates Operations to SaxaVord Spaceport
Spaceflight company Orbex is to focus its operations exclusively on developing small and medium sized space rockets after switching its launch operations to SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland. The company has decided to pause construction of its own spaceport in Sutherland and will instead launch its first rockets from SaxaVord. The decision enables the company to…
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Neuraspace’s New Optical Telescope in Chile Expands Global Satellite Tracking Coverage
Neuraspace has installed and activated our second optical telescope, located in Chile, to expand satellite tracking coverage over the southern hemisphere. This complements our existing telescope installed at the Beja air base in Portugal, enabling satellite tracking coverage over both hemispheres through our own telescopes, in addition to data from partner networks. Capable of acquiring…
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Parsons and Globalstar Demonstrates First Software-Defined Satellite Communication in LEO
Parsons Corporation and Globalstar announce their exclusive partnership to support the public, government, and defense sectors. The partnership also includes the successful demonstration of Parsons’ software-defined satellite communications solution using Globalstar’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. As the demand for reliable global communication services continues to grow in complex and congested areas, the collaboration…
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SES’s Next O3b mPOWER Satellites Arrive at Cape Canaveral for Launch
SES’s seventh and eighth O3b mPOWER satellites have arrived at Cape Canaveral where they will be readied for launch by SpaceX in December. Both satellites feature redesigned payload power modules and will join the first six O3b mPOWER satellites already operating in medium earth orbit (MEO). The two additional satellites will bolster the second-generation MEO system,…
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BAE Systems and Rocket Lab Secures Funding under the US CHIPS Incentives Program
After completing due diligence, the US Department of Commerce has finalized two direct funding awards under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication Facilities (following the preliminary memoranda of terms, announced on 11 December 2023 and 11 June 2024 respectively): The first is the funding of up to $35.5m for BAE Systems Electronic Systems (a business unit…
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Northrop Grumman Activates the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission Capabilities with EPS-R Payloads
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully handed over mission operations of Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) satellites and completed activation of U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) two Enhanced Polar System – Recapitalization (EPS-R) payloads, hosted aboard ASBM. The mission launched in August from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The two ASBM satellites…
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Muon Space Secures Space Force Contract to Enhance Environmental Monitoring from Space
Muon Space, an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates mission-tailored low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, announced that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by SpaceWERX through Space Systems Command (SSC) to advance space-based environmental monitoring (SBEM) capabilities. This award will support Muon Space’s development of…
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ISRO’s PSLV Successfully Launches ESA’s Proba-3 Solar Eclipse Mission
ISRO launched the ESA’s Proba-3 on a four-stage PSLV-XL rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. It successfully sent the Occulter and Coronagraph spacecraft pair forming the Proba-3 mission into the desired orbit. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S. Somanath congratulated both the PSLV project and Proba-3 teams following the separation of…