Author: starpathwp-production
-
China launches new high-orbit internet-services satellite
China sent a new high-orbit internet-services satellite into space on Thursday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The satellite was launched at 9:14 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully. The launch marks the 529th flight mission of the Long March carrier…
-
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-29A) on Aug. 2, 2024, in support of the Starlink 10-6 mission. It added 23 Starlink Version 2 Mini satellites to a growing satellite internet constellation of more than 6,200 in low Earth orbit. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 1:20 a.m. EDT: SpaceX successfully landed…
-
SES Shows Momentum in Gov and Mobility in the First Half of 2024
Satellite operator SES reported strong momentum in its Networks business, particularly in the Government and Mobility sectors, as it reported its first half 2024 financial results on Aug. 1. Overall, SES reported 978 million euro ($1.1 billion) of revenue in the first half of 2024, down less than 1% year-over-year. Net profit was 73 million…
-
-
Orbit and Viasat Collaborates for Advanced Airborne Satellite Communication Systems
Orbit Communication Systems Ltd., one of the leading provider of airborne communication solutions, announced a milestone collaboration with Viasat Inc., a global company in satellite communications, for the engineering and supply of advanced satellite communication (SATCOM) Multi-Purpose Terminals (MPT) for airborne platforms. This work is expected to significantly enhance performance and access for Viasat customers…
-
Boeing’s Starliner has cost at least twice as much as SpaceX’s Crew Dragon
Boeing announced another financial charge Wednesday for its troubled Starliner commercial crew program, bringing the company’s total losses on Starliner to $1.6 billion. In its quarterly earnings report, Boeing registered a $125 million loss on the Starliner program, blaming delays on the spacecraft’s still-ongoing Crew Flight Test, the program’s first mission to carry astronauts into…
-
NASA is all in on streaming, ditching the NASA TV broadcast
The agency announced this week that it will phase out its NASA TV over the air broadcast service in favor of its digital NASA+ streaming service. Still free, the agency promises all the same great content, just in a new location. Underneath all the ground breaking research and space exploration, NASA is also a full…
-
NASA’s Lunar Gateway has a big visiting vehicles problem
Do you remember the Lunar Gateway? You could be forgiven if not, as the program continues to be tossed around by NASA planners, and it is still not entirely clear what purpose the lunar space station is supposed to serve. The Gateway—a small space station that will fly in a halo orbit around the Moon…
-
Boeing’s Board Picks Kelly Ortberg as Company’s New CEO
Boeing on Wednesday wrapped up its search for its next top executive, naming long-time aerospace and defense industry veteran and executive Robert “Kelly” Ortberg as president and CEO, effective Aug. 8. Ortberg succeeds Dave Calhoun who announced in March he would retire this year. Ortberg, 64, led the former Rockwell Collins for six years until…
-
Former Maxar Chief Dan Jablonsky to Lead Rocket Motor Startup Ursa Major
Ursa Major, one of the upstart developers of rocket motors and engines, surprised the industry on Thursday by appointing former Maxar Technologies CEO Dan Jablonsky as its new top executive, succeeding Joe Laurienti, who is also the startup’s founder and has positioned the company for the next stage of growth. Earlier this year, the Navy…