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SpaceX launches U.S. Space Force’s secret GPS III-7 to stand against increasing threats

May 30, 2025

On Friday, May 30 at 1:37 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the GPS III-7 mission to medium-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station […]

Filed Under: Falcon 9, GPS III-7 (SSC), High Precision, M-Code, MEO, Military, Mission, NASA, Orbital, SpaceX, Warfighters Tagged With: Featured

SES expects 30% growth from O3b mPOWER fleet

May 4, 2025

Satellite operator SES reported its numbers on April 30th but it has now emerged that the company’s O3b mPOWER Mid-Earth orbiting fleet is expected to grow capacity by 30 per […]

Filed Under: Aerospace, CEO, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Constellation, Government, Insurance Claim, Intelsat, Investors, IRIS2, Maritime, MEO, Modules, Networks, O3b mPOWER, Payloads, Revenue, Satellites, SES, SES O3b mPOWER, Traffic Management

Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission is ‘to be determined’

April 17, 2025

Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, is yet to be determined. Alpha FLTA006 is the second mission […]

Filed Under: Aerospace, Agreement, Agreement, Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Alpha Rocket, Business Moves, Firefly Aerospace, LM 400 (LMC), Lockheed Martin, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), MEO, Multi-Launch Agreement, Multi-Mission, Multiple Launch Agreement (MLA), Payloads, Satellite Buses, Vandenberg SFB

SES reinstates Cleosat LEO scheme

March 17, 2025

SES has resurrected its ‘Cleosat’ filing with the ITU which lapsed in 2015. Cleosat calls for an L and S-band constellation of 62 satellites (6×10 @ 850km/86°, 1 @ 533km/97.5° […]

Filed Under: 5G, Constellation, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), L-Band, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA), Lynk Global, MEO, S-Band, SATCOM Direct To Smartphones, Satellites, SES

K2 Space’s double good news, $110M Series B and first successful in-space demonstration

February 13, 2025

K2 Space today announced its $110 million Series B to ramp up mass production of its multi-orbit, high power satellite platform. The funding round, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter […]

Filed Under: Buses, Business Moves, Electric Propulsion, Government, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Manufacturing, MEO, Milestone, Multi-Orbit, Multi-Orbit Architecture, Orbit, Platform, Radiation, Series B, Telesat Lightspeed

GPS III SV-07 receives operational acceptance

January 28, 2025

The U.S. Space Force transferred Satellite Control Authority of the Global Positioning System (GPS) III Space Vehicle 07, to the 2nd Navigation Warfare Squadron, Mission Delta 31, operating at Schriever […]

Filed Under: GPSIII SV-07 (USSF), MEO, Military, News, Position Navigation Timing (PNT), Schriever Space Force Base, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Force Commercial Space Strategy, U.S. Space Forces — Space, U.S. Space Systems Command, U.S.S.F. 2nd Navigation Warfare Squadron, Mission Delta 31

Forrester’s Digest: EU spends €10bn on Starlink rival

December 17, 2024

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, […]

Filed Under: Airbus Space Systems, Business Moves, Commercial, Commercial Partnerships, Comms, Consortium, Contracts, Equity Financing, Europe, European Commission, European Space Agency (ESA), European Union, Eutelsat, Eutelsat Group, Eutelsat OneWeb, Forrester, Chris, Forrester's Digest, Governments, Hispasat, Investment Agreement, Investments, IRIS2, Laser, MEO, Military, OneWeb, Satellite Fleet, SES, Software, Starlink, Thales Alenia Space

SpaceX’s upcoming launch SES O3b mPOWER mission

December 17, 2024

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, December 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of the SES O3b mPOWER mission to medium Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center […]

Filed Under: Booster, Droneship, Launch Complex 39A (Kennedy Space Center), MEO, SES O3b mPOWER, SpaceX

SES’s 7th + 8th O3b mPOWER satellites arrive at Cape Canaveral

December 5, 2024

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 […]

Filed Under: Cape Canaveral SFS, MEO, News, SES, SES O3b mPOWER, SpaceX, Upcoming Launch

China set to build next-generation BeiDou system

December 2, 2024

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 […]

Filed Under: Analysis / Reports, Beidou, China, Constellation, HEO, Hybrid, LEO, Long March, MEO, Navigation, Network, Network Timing Platform, Orbit, Positioning, Satellites, Terminals, Xichang Satellite Launch Center

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