SpaceX launches Space Development Agency’s top secret Tranche 1 mission on Wednesday from California
On Wednesday, September 10 at 7:12 a.m. PT the Falcon 9 launched the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) first Tranche 1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Photos captured ...
Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar sells spectrum to SpaceX; quits LEO plan
It seems that Charlie Ergen and EchoStar have decided to trim — if not exit — the satellite direct-to-consumer market. It is selling its AWS-4 and H-Block licenses (c. 50MHz of spectrum) to SpaceX for $17 billion (€14.5bn), with up ...
One giant leap for Irish spaceflight—EIRSAT-1
Artistic rendition of EIRSAT-1 courtesy of University College Dublin, Ireland EIRSAT-1, developed by a team of students and staff at University College Dublin through ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! program, has made history as Ireland’s first satellite. Technicians at work building ...
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Starship business valued at $2.5tn by 2030
A report from ARK Investment Management forecasts that Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship business, which carried out its tenth test flight on August 26th, is likely to be valued at some $2.5 trillion (€2.1tn) by the end of the decade. The ...
SpaceX’s three scrubs in a row, weather delay of Indonesia’s Nusantara Lima mission next on 9/11 from the Cape
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, September 11 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Nusantara Lima mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 7:59 p.m ...
DTC launches Sentry 6161 mesh MANET radio
DTC has launched the Sentry 6161, a military‑focused, mesh MANET (Mobile Ad hoc NETwork) radio engineered to meet the demanding needs of front‑line forces while also serving government, public safety, critical infrastructure, unmanned systems, and commercial users. Built on a ...
GA-ASI + AeroVironment complete 1st air launch of Switchblade 600 from an MQ-9A UAS
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and AeroVironment (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV) collaborated on the air launch of a Switchblade 600 loitering munition (LM) from a GA-ASI Block 5 MQ-9A unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The flight testing took place from July ...
iKOMG, GB News launch FASTonSAT partnership for MENA viewers
iKO Media Group (iKOMG), a specialist in satellite, cloud, and OTT services, has announced the launch of The FAST Track, a fully integrated, platform-agnostic framework that changes how FAST channels are delivered, monetized and experienced worldwide. a landmark partnership with GB ...
Blue Origin’s major milestone toward permanent + sustainable lunar infrastructure
Blue Origin manufactured this working solar cell prototype from lunar regolith simulants Blue Origin has revealed that the company's in-space resource utilization system, Blue Alchemist, has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR), marking a transformative milestone toward humanity's permanent ...
Forrester’s Digest: FCC ends EchoStar investigation
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been something of a thorn in the side of Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar, and frequently complaining that EchoStar’s use of its wholly-owned 5G cellular spectrum was inadequate. The past month has seen EchoStar agree a ...
SpaceX ready for Space Development Agency’s top secret first Tranche 1 mission on Wednesday from California
TRANSPORT LAYERSDA's Transport Layer will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and communications connectivity worldwide to a full range of warfighter platforms. SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, September 10 at 7:12 a.m. PT for a Falcon 9 launch of the Space ...
Ofcom to authorise satphone connectivity
UK comms regulator Ofcom has confirmed that it will move ahead with plans to make the UK the first country in Europe to enable standard smartphones to connect to satellites using mobile spectrum bands. It means that services could soon ...
