AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), is building the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, has signed a Coordination Agreement […]
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Turkey establishes satellite production ecosystem
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking at the commissioning ceremony for the country’s home-produced TÜRKSAT 6A on April 21st, said that Turkey was now one of only a few counties […]
Firefly Aerospace’s Firefly Alpha to launch Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission on Friday
On Friday, April 18 Firefly Aerospace will launch FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) between 6:37 AM – 8:17 AM PDT Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, at a cost […]
FireFly Alpha Message in a Booster on hold launch to be determined
The projection of a Sunday launch of FireFly Alpha’s Message in a Booster has come and gone with no statement issued as to a new date. There is a possibility […]
Momentus + Solstar Space announce strategic partnership for on-demand space comms
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) and Solstar Space Company(“Solstar”) earlier this month signed a strategic partnership agreement and will collaborate on creating new ways of operating in space by enabling customers […]
SpaceX Thuraya 4 mission now on for Friday
SpaceX is targeting Friday, January 3 for Falcon 9’s launch of the Space42 Thuraya 4 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral […]
Northrop Grumman-built Optus X for Australia’s Optus ready for SpaceX launch on Sunday
SpaceX will launch Northrop Grumman-built geostationary communications satellite, Optus X for Australian satellite operator Optus on Sunday, November 17 at 1:29 PM – 3:27 PM PST from Launch Complex 39A, […]
SpaceX is finally ready for Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, August 11 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Space Norway Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) to Molniya transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) […]
SpaceX has two Monday launches from each coast—1st is Türksat 6A comsat then Starlink smallsats
As usual SpaceX is busy and on Monday has two launches from each coast. If on schedule Falcon 9 will launch Türksat 6A communications satellite for the Turkish operator Türksat […]
Astranis’ next generation product: Omega
Astranis has announced Omega which, according to the company, is pound-for-pound the most powerful communications satellite for a GEO satellite to ever offer, with more than over 50 Gbps in […]