SES, a leading space solutions company, today announced the completion of its highly value accretive acquisition of Intelsat, creating a strengthened global satellite operator with an expanded fleet of 120 […]
SES’s acquisition of Intelsat creates a global multi-orbit connectivity powerhouse
INNOSPACE signs multi-launch service contract with Germany’s Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS)
INNOSPACE (KS:462350) has signed a multi-launch service contract worth $5.8 million with Media Broadcast Satellite GmbH (“MBS”) in Germany. Under the agreement, INNOSPACE will carry out two HANBIT launch missions […]
SpaceX launches and lands NROL-48 on secret mission in dense fog from California on Monday
On Monday, September 22 at 10:38 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The are […]
Rocket Lab’s 2 Mars-bound spacecraft arrive in Florida ahead of their launch
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, in partnership with the […]
Forrester’s Digest: Starlink ups plans to 44,988 satellites
SpaceX has filed a formal application to te Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to launch thousands of extra satellites into very low Earth orbit (VLEO). The scheme will take […]
Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures
Roughly 12,550 miles above Earth, a constellation of U.S. global positioning satellites orbits the planet. GPS satellites also carry a sophisticated system designed to detect above ground nuclear detonations anytime, […]
Europe’s reusable rocket prototype Themis is installed on its launch pad
Since its arrival at Sweden’s Esrange Space Center in June, ArianeGroup teams have completed the integration of the Themis prototype, which was then transferred to the Launch Zone and erected […]
SpaceX sends Starlink Group 10-27 smallsats from Florida
On Sunday, September 21 at 6:53 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape […]
Pakistan halts broadband direct-from satellite
India has been reported to be slowing down its permissions for the likes of Starlink, OneWeb, Kuiper and SES/Jio to start services. Now it seems Pakistan – no friend of […]
SpaceX to launch NROL-48 secret mission on Monday from California
SpaceX is targeting Monday, September 22 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The […]