The IRIS2 project for hundreds of satellites was confirmed December 16th with the signing of contracts worth €10.6 billion with the SpaceRISE consortium. The consortium, led by satellite operators SES, […]
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SES’s 7th + 8th O3b mPOWER satellites arrive at Cape Canaveral
SES’s seventh and eighth O3b mPOWER satellites arrived at Cape Canaveral earlier this month, where they will be readied for launch by SpaceX in December. Both of these O3b mPOWER […]
China set to build next-generation BeiDou system
China is planning to develop its next-generation BeiDou system, which will be technologically more advanced and functionally more powerful, and offer higher quality services. Three experimental satellites of this navigation […]
Lite Sat 2.2A certified to operate on SES O3B mPOWER managed network
Lite Coms LLC announced earlier this month that O3B mPOWER certification has been given in coalition with SES Space & Defense, on the company’s Lite Sat 2.2A Auto Acquire Terminal. Lite […]
Russia plans another military spacecraft launch in late September
Another launch to Medium Earth Orbit of Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat of Glonass-K1 No. 18 mission, is planned by Russian Space Forces on approximately September 29, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation at […]
SpaceX launches ESA’s Galileo L13 navigation satellite, Europe’s alternative to American and Russian GPS
On Tuesday, September 17 at 6:50 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission to orbit from to medium Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) […]
Forrester’s Digest: Confusion over IRIS2 bids
Airbus Defence & Space and Thales Alenia Space, which were once part of the IRIS2 SpaceRISE consortium bidding for a mega-constellation of low Earth satellites, have submitted separate bids to […]
SpaceX’s Galileo L13 set for Tuesday launch weather permitting at the Cape
Plans still remain for SpaceX to launch Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32) to Medium Earth Orbit, on Tuesday, September 17th, at 3:51 PM – 4:24 PM PDT from Space […]
SpaceX ready for Galileo L13 launch on Tuesday
SpaceX is now scheduled to launch Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32) to Medium Earth Orbit, on Tuesday, September 17th, at 3:51 PM – 4:24 PM PDT from Space Launch […]
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 […]