Almagest Space successful launch + deployment of their ELEVATION-1 E-Band satellite
Almagest Space Corporation has announced the successful launch and deployment of ELEVATION-1, a demonstration satellite carrying the world’s first E-band communications payload with the foundational technology for Almagest to develop innovative, high performance, bulk data solutions. ELEVATION-1 was launched, with ...
Pixxel has launched Firefly hyperspectral satellite
Pixxel has successfully launched the first three satellites of its Firefly constellation. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and launched aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission via SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Pixxel's smallsats, image courtesy of the company. This ...
SpaceX’s bittersweet seventh flight test, the loss of Starship but successful catch of booster
All began smoothly as SpaceX's Starship tore through the skies from Boca Chica, Texas with 33 out of 33 engines working to send it on it's seventh flight test. All photos provided by Satnews. As the journey continued ground control ...
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Astranis secures another SpaceX Falcon 9 launch for additional GEO satellites
Astranis has signed a contract with SpaceX for another Falcon 9 launch, to launch five more MicroGEO satellites later this year. Photo of an Astranis high orbit satellite, courtesy of the company. These satellites are headed to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) ...
SpaceX launches Starlink Group 12-7 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell on Monday
On Monday, January 27 at 5:05 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Despite pushing ...
Blue Origin says Go! to New Shepard’s NS-29 Tuesday mission
So far, so good, for tomorrow's New Shepard NS-29 launch from West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch. The forecast calls for a temperature of 41°F, overcast clouds, 100% cloud cover and a wind speed of 3mph. The payloads will ...
ISRO’s launch of IRNSS-1K (NVS-02) for alternative GPS scheduled for Tuesday
Indian Space Research Organization will launch on Tuesday, January 28, at 4:53 PM PST, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India. The forecast calls for a temperature of 78°F, overcast clouds, 100% cloud cover and a wind speed of 10mph. This ...
Forrester’s Digest: SES buys back €100m of bonds
Satellite operator SES has bought back €100 million of its perpetual bonds of which €625 million were in issue. SES’s bonds dropped sharply in mid-January after the credit desk at investment bank BNP Paribas published a note recommending investors sell ...
SpaceX to launch SpainSat NG I on Wednesday
SpaceX is scheduled to launch SpainSat NG I on Wednesday, January 29th, from 5:34 - 7:34 pm PST from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The forecast calls for a temperature of 63°F, overcast clouds, 100% cloud cover and a wind speed ...
Swarm satellites use magnetic signals to reveal Earth’s hidden ocean mysteries
The tidal flows of Earth’s salty seawater across Earth’s magnetic field lines generate electric currents within the ocean. These in turn induce secondary magnetic fields that form part of the planet’s complex magnetic field signal that can be detected from ...
JAXA + NEC’s successful transmission of a huge volume of mission data using 1.5 μm optical inter-satellite communication
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NEC Corporation (NEC), the prime contractor of the laser-communication terminals for the Laser Utilizing Communication System (LUCAS), performed the world's fastest optical communication (wavelength band: 1.5 μm, communication speed: 1.8 Gbps) using LUCAS between ...
Blue Abyss + NASA sign Space Act agreement to advance commercial space training + research
Blue Abyss has entered into partnership with NASA’s Glenn Research Center through the signing of a Space Act Agreement, marking an important step in the future of commercial space training and research. This collaboration aims to bolster the development of ...
Indian Research IRNSS-1K (NVS-02) launch Tuesday
Indian Space Research Organization will launch on Tuesday, January 28, at 4:53 PM PST, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India. This is a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. The constellation will provide India with an alternative ...
