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Eutelsat selects Airbus Defence and Space to build OneWeb LEO constellation extension
Eutelsat Group (Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange: ETL) has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the extension of the company's OneWeb LEO constellation. Under a contract signed between the two companies, Airbus will build the first batches of ...
Astranis to launch next four satellites on Tuesday, December 17th, via SpaceX Falcon
Photo of the MicroGEO satellite, courtesy of Astranis. The next four Astranis satellites are complete and ready for launch. They are currently at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and on track for their scheduled launch date of December 17th — ...
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SpaceX’s New Year’s Eve launch of 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
SpaceX's last launch for the end of 2024 took place on Tuesday, December 31 at 12:39 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at ...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket completes integrated launch vehicle hotfire
Blue Origin's New Glenn has successfully completed an integrated launch vehicle hotfire test, the final major milestone on the firm's road to first flight—NG-1 will carry a Blue Ring Pathfinder as its first manifested payload and will launch from Launch ...
SpaceX to launch Thuraya 4-NGS on Thursday
SpaceX is scheduled to launch Thuraya 4-NGS at 5:27 PM - 9:53 PM PST from Space Launch complex 40, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Thuraya 4-NGS is a communication satellite being built by Airbus Defense and Space for the UAE based ...
Gilat secures more than $18 million IFC orders
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has secured more than $18 million in orders for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solutions. These orders are mainly for Gilat SkyEdge platforms, related services and SSPAs. The equipment and services are scheduled for delivery ...
Video conferencing market at $5.1 Billion in 2024 up from $4.9 Billion in 2023
The global video conferencing market is navigating a period of steady expansion, with volumes expected to approach four million units by the end of 2024, according to a report from Futuresource Consulting. Despite economic pressures, value is expected to surpass ...
QinetiQ US awarded OTA to support UNO prototypes
QinetiQ US has been awarded an Other Transaction Agreement supporting Product Manager Tactical Cyber and Network Operations (PdM TCNO).The Agreement was awarded through Consortium Management Group (CMG)/Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace (C5). The Unified Network Operation (UNO) ...
SpaceX launches Astranis: From One to Many Mission after a last second abort days earlier
On Sunday, December 29 at 12:00 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched four "MicroGEO" satellites for the company Astranis' mission, Astranis: From One to Many to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force ...
SpaceX launches 22 Starlink smallsats from California on foggy Saturday
On a super foggy Saturday, December 28 at 5:58 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This was the 16th flight for ...
NASA selects four commercial companies to support Near Space Network
NASA has selected multiple companies to expand the agency’s Near Space Network’s commercial, direct-to-Earth capabilities services, which is a mission-critical communication capability that allows spacecraft to transmit data directly to ground stations on Earth. Locations of Near Space Network ground ...
Rocket Lab to launch an owl for Synspective, Owl the Way Up mission ready to go on Friday
The “Owl The Way Up” mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a launch window that opens on December 21th Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand (December 17 ...
