
SpaceX launches “Israel’s most advanced communications satellite” built by Israel Aerospace from the Cape early Sunday morn
On Sunday, July 13 at 1:04 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Commercial GTO-1 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellite will reach fixed point over Earth within 2 weeks. Photos ...

Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies plans maiden flight of Eris Test Flight1 on July 15, nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years
Gilmour Space plans a Tuesday, July 15, launch for the maiden flight of Eris Test Flight1 at 2:30 PM - 12:30 AM PDT. The launch will be from Bowen Orbital Spaceport, a private orbital launch facility owned and operated by ...
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SSC awards $2.8 billion contract for the first two satellites of the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (SATCOM) [ESS] program
Image is courtesy of Boeing The United State Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded a $2.8 billion contract to The Boeing Company to build and deliver the first two satellites of the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (SATCOM) [ESS] program. ...
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The focus is on the future… SES acquisition of Intelsat approved by the U.S. FCC
The official SES press releases follows... SES S.A. (“SES”) and Intelsat S.A. (“Intelsat”) announce an agreement for SES to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings S.a.r.l. for a cash consideration of $3.1 billion ...

Australia’s Gilmour Space plans Wednesday for maiden launch of Eris Test Flight1
Gilmour Space Technologies is gearing up for their first Eris Test flight on Wednesday, July 16, at 2:30 PM - 12:30 AM PDT. The launch will be from Bowen Orbital Spaceport, a private orbital launch facility owned and operated by ...

SpaceX to launch Amazon’s Project Kuiper-01 on Tuesday from the Cape
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, July 16 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF- mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 27-minute window opens at 2:18 a.m. ET. If ...

SpaceX plans for Tuesday launch of Starlink Group 15-2 smallsats from California
AquaChile, the largest salmon farmer in Chile and the second largest in the world, supplies food to over 150 million people globally each month. Many of AquaChile’s sites are in remote areas of southern Chile, where securing stable, high-speed internet ...

Rocket Lab’s explanation about launch delay of super secret government mission of JAKE 4 HASTE is precisely because it’s “a super secret government mission” … nuff said
The explanation of the delay of JAKE 4 HASTE launch is because it's a "super secret government mission". And, due to the mission's nature, specific details about the hold are not publicly available. The mission is a Rocket Lab launch of ...

Forrester’s Digest: FCC approves Intelsat sale to SES
July 11th saw the clearest indication that the long wait for SES to receive its permissions to acquire rival Intelsat is coming to an end, with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) giving its approval to the transfer “of the control ...

Northrop Grumman completes key test for exoplanetary ascent propulsion
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has achieved a significant milestone in space exploration technology with a successful testing of an advanced, second-stage motor for ascent propulsion from another planet. This crucial test ensures that when the first rocket launches from another ...

Lockheed Martin completes SouthPAN CDR
Lockheed Martin and Geoscience Australia have successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) system. During the CDR, Lockheed Martin and its strategic partners, as well as representatives from Geoscience Australia and Toitū Te ...

Viasat to enhance IFC for business jets on Hawaii routes
Viasat Inc. is reporting recent, successful test flights that connected the Global Aero Terminal (GAT) 5510 to a ViaSat-3 satellite for the first time. An initial five-hour flight from San Diego to Hawaii, operated using a Gulfstream G280 aircraft, delivered ...

Rocket Lab launch of JAKE 4 HASTE on super secret government mission on hold
Photo of Electron Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch their Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) into low Earth orbit on Sunday, July 13 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. The cost ...