SpaceX sends BlueBirds flying as AST SpaceMobile’s largest satellite communications array launches in low Earth orbit
Photo captured on Thursday, September 12, by Satnews from SpaceX's video stream. On Thursday, September 12 at 4:52 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 1-5 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral ...
SpaceX to launch ESA’s Galileo L13, two more satellites for Europe’s alternative to American GPS
SpaceX is scheduled to launch Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32) to Medium Earth Orbit, on Sunday, September 15th, at 3:57 PM - 4:39 PM PDT from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch is of two satellites ...
SpaceX’s Success at last as Polaris Dawn soars to the highest orbit with humans since the Apollo 17
Photo captured on Tuesday, September 10, by Satnews from SpaceX's video stream. SpaceX announced that on Tuesday, September 10 at 5:23 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Polaris Dawn to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ...
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Telesat completes billions in funding agreements for their Lightspeed satellite constellation
Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) has completed funding agreements with the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec for their highly advanced Telesat Lightspeed LEO broadband satellite constellation. With this milestone completed, Telesat now has all financing sources in place ...
Forrester’s Digest: Intelsat is on a role…
Satellite giant Intelsat used IBC to announce an impressive set of new business wins and services. Top of the list is a contract for a hybrid TV distribution service for A&E Networks, now branded as Hearst Networks. Intelsat will transmit ...
SpaceX sends off second launch on Thursday, this one is 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
Photo captured on Tuesday, September 10, by Satnews from SpaceX's video stream. Despite the curtain of overcast California skies SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully sent off 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space ...
Sidus Space receives an additional contract award for NASA ASTRA
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has been awarded a follow on contract from NASA Stennis for additional ASTRA (Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications) support aboard LizzieSatTM-1. A key component of the additional objectives is collecting onboard data for critical systems ...
SpaceX’s second Thursday launch will be a West Coast sendoff of 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
Photo captured on Tuesday, September 10, by Satnews from SpaceX's video stream. SpaceX is targeting Thursday, September 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch ...
Viasat + Pulsar expand commercial partnership
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has announced Pulsar International (Pulsar) as the latest member of its ELEVATE program – helping to bring Viasat’s reliable L-band connectivity to more customers around the world. Pulsar is a satellite communications and connectivity solutions provider with ...
ICEYE US selected by NASA for radar satellite imagery to support Earth science + research
ICEYE US has been selected by NASA to provide synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data for its Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program through a five year fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (IDIQ), multiple-award contract. Since 2020, NASA’s CSDA program has been identifying, ...
Australia set to become hypersonic flight testing home
Southern Launch and Hypersonix Launch Systems are helping to cement South Australia’s position as the next global aerospace hub after signing a MoU to collaborate on a turnkey, hypersonic test bed service. Hypersonix is an aerospace engineering, design and manufacturing ...
Celestia + Uzma move toward ground segment technologies partnership
Celestia has signed an Expression of Interest (EOI) with Uzma for a mutual collaboration between the two commercial partners on the development of advanced space satellite solutions for the South East Asia region. Screenshot The signing follows the successful first ...
1st images from the Arctic Weather Satellite are received
The European Space Agency's Arctic Weather Satellite late last month delivered the first images captured by its scientific weather payload supplied by AAC Clyde Space — these first images revealed atmospheric temperature and humidity, aiming to improve short-term weather forecasts ...
