Tag: Launch
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Exolaunch Successfully Deploys ACS3 Satellite for NASA
Exolaunch, the global provider of launch mission management, integration, and satellite deployment services, has provided its industry-leading deployment services for NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) satellite aboard Rocket Lab’s “Beginning of the Swarm” mission. The liftoff occurred on April 23 at 1000 NZT / 2200 UTC from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia,…
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Blue Origin Selects ATLAS Space Operations to Provide Support for Blue Ring DarkSky-1 Mission
Blue Origin has selected ATLAS Space Operations, the largest U.S.-owned and operated federated ground network, to provide ground segment support for their upcoming Blue Ring mission, DarkSky-1. Announced in October 2023, Blue Ring provides end-to-end services that span hosting, transportation, refueling, data relay, and logistics in medium earth orbits (MEO), geostationary orbits (GEO), lunar orbits,…
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Virgin Galactic Announces Flight Window for ‘Galactic 07’ Spaceflight Mission
Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the ‘Galactic 07’ flight window will open on June 8, 2024. This will be the Company’s second spaceflight this year and 12th to date. Virgin Galactic’s spaceship will again be converted into a suborbital science lab, with VSS Unity carrying an Axiom Space affiliated researcher astronaut who will conduct multiple human-tended…
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Skylo Certifies Sony’s Altair ALT1250 Chipset for Operation with its Satellite Network
Skylo Technologies, the pioneer in satellite network connectivity, announced the certification of Sony Semiconductor Israel’s (Sony) ALT1250 chipset as part of the Skylo Certification Program. All devices incorporating the chipset will seamlessly support both cellular and native satellite connectivity without requiring the user to manually switch between the two. Connectivity plans and devices are available through…
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Portal Space Systems Secures $3 Million Space Force Award to Launch Supernova Satellite Bus
Portal Space Systems, a Seattle-based space startup, announced its emergence from stealth with over $3 million in funding from the Department of Defense and Space Force to support the development and launch of its revolutionary Supernova satellite bus. Led by industry veteran Jeff Thornburg, architect of SpaceX’s Raptor engine, former head of Mechanical Engineering &…
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Arianespace Selected to Launch Second-Generation Galileo Satellites on Ariane 6
The European Commission and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) will entrust Arianespace with the launch of four new satellites for the Galileo navigation constellation. This order brings to five the total number of launches scheduled onboard Ariane 6 for Europe’s ultra-high performance Galileo satellite navigation system: the last three launches of…
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Unseenlabs to Expand Surveillance Capabilities with Launch of Next-Gen Satellites in 2026
Unseenlabs, one of the pioneers and global leaders in radio frequency (RF) intelligence from space, is set to redefine global surveillance standards once again with the scheduled launch of a new satellite constellation in 2026. Founded in 2015 by a group of visionary entrepreneurs and headquartered in Europe (France), Unseenlabs has consistently led the way…
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Millennium Space Systems Secures $414M SDA Contract for F2 Satellite Constellation
The Space Development Agency awarded Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company an award with a total potential value of $414 million to deliver the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter, also known as FOO Fighter, or F2. As the end-to-end operational prime, Millennium Space Systems will deliver a constellation of eight satellites with a ground system and…
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TESAT and MPB Communications Achieve 100 Gbps LEO to GEO Optical Data Transmission
TESAT and MPB Communications took an important milestone to a new performance level of optical LEO to GEO data relays: The companies successfully demonstrated a 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps) data transmission at 40 W optical output power over a distance of more than 45,000 km in a laboratory environment at MPB Communications’ optical labs…
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Slingshot Aerospace Releases “State of Satellite Deployments & Orbital Operations” Report
Slingshot Aerospace, one of the leaders in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, released its inaugural State of Satellite Deployments & Orbital Operations report which examines the evolution of the satellite market through the lens of the satellite lifecycles from launch to end of life. The report was…