Amazon’s KF-03 mission possible delay with prohibitive weather conditions on Thursday for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch
Project Kuiper deployed 24 satellites aboard its KF-01 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX Photo by Image: SpaceX SpaceX is targeting Thursday, October 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission to orbit from Space Launch ...
Blue Origin’s successful launch of New Shepard-36 and the crew of six
Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle lifted off from their West Texas launch site today at 9:40 a.m. EDT (1340 GMT; 8:40 a.m. local Texas time), launching this suborbital flight known as NS-36. Photos captured by Satnews. New Shepard's first stage ...
SpaceX prepares Starship for 11th flight test on the 13th using a new engine configuration
The eleventh flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Monday, October 13. The launch window will open at 6:15 p.m. CT. A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which ...
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SpaceX’s launch of Amazon’s KF-03 mission now set for Saturday with improved weather
SpaceX is targeting Saturday, October 11 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 8:41 p.m. ET with additional ...
Broadband Report reveals USP critical to Broadband Service Providers for AI plans and growth of homeworking services
Ready to join the Broadband Forum community? Broadband Service Providers (BSPs) are overwhelmingly planning to move to Broadband Forum’s User Services Platform (USP/TR-369) standard in order to introduce AI, Wi-Fi sensing, L4S, and more into their home broadband offerings. This ...
USSF’s SSC joins USAF’s Working Capital Fund
To enable more commercial space capabilities, the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC’s) Commercial Satellite Communications Office has joined the U.S. Air Force working capital fund (WCF). through the activation of a new Enterprise Space Activity Group (ESAG) ...
Ookla reports Sweden tops Wi-Fi speeds on European trains by “a wide margin”
Ookla has analyzed country-level train Wi-Fi performance across Europe and Asia, using Speedtest Intelligence. Europe and Asia’s rail networks, long heralded as a backbone of economic competitiveness, are now judged not only on punctuality and comfort but on the quality ...
Thales Alenia Space premieres Space Smart Factory with Italy’s president and other notables in attendance
The Sicral 3 satellite will ensure continuity of Italy’s Ministry of Defense satcom services Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has today inaugurated its Space Smart Factory in Rome with a ceremony attended by ...
NASA awards Solstar Space SBIR contract to develop lunar Wi-Fi system
Solstar Space (Solstar) was recently awarded a NASA Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract valued at $150,000 to develop a next-generation, Lunar Wi-Fi Access Point (LWIFI-AP) to support the agency’s Artemis program and Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) ...
Türkiye grants 1st authorization for LEO satellite IoT services
Plan-S smallsats photo is courtesy of the company. Plan-S, the manufacturer and operator of Türkiye’s first LEO satellite constellation, has been authorized—through its subsidiary Connecta—by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) to provide satellite-based Internet of Things (IoT) communication ...
Muon Space awarded $44.6 million USSF SBIR Phase III i OTA to demo dual-use environmental monitoring constellation
Muon Space has been awarded a $44.6 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Firm Fixed Price Phase III Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Agreement from the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command System Delta 810 (SYD 810). The OTA Agreement ...
Stoke Space raises $510 million to scale mfg of the firm’s fully reusable Nova launch vehicle
Artistic rendition of Stoke Space's NOVA reusable launch vehicle, courtesy of the company As of September 23rd, Stoke Space has raised $510 million in Series D funding, led by Thomas Tull’s US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT) in conjunction with a ...
AST SpaceMobile’s agreement with Verizon will enable customers Direct-to-Cellular access
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has signed a definitive commercial agreement with Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) to provide Direct-to-Cellular (D2C) AST SpaceMobile service when needed for Verizon customers starting in 2026—this service will further enhance Verizon's already expansive and award-winning ...
