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Hughes Lands Jupiter Gateway and Terminal Deal in Saudi Arabia
Hughes Network Systems will build a Jupiter gateway and provide 1,200 Jupiter terminals to Saudi Arabia service provider Luna Space Telecommunications under a deal announced Thursday. Luna Space is part of the Skyband Holding company. Skyband has been a customer of Hughes for more than a decade. The company provides satellite network infrastructure to corporate…
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Amazon’s Kuiper Constellation to Connect Latin American Countries With Vrio Deal
Amazon’s Kuiper satellite constellation will provide connectivity in Latin America through a new deal with Vrio Corporation, the parent company of DirecTV Latin America and Sky Brasil. Under the agreement announced Thursday, Vrio plans to use Project Kuiper’s network to provide connectivity services to residential customers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia…
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Amazon’s Kuiper Constellation to Connect Latin American Countries With Vrio Deal
Amazon’s Kuiper satellite constellation will provide connectivity in Latin America through a new deal with Vrio Corporation, the parent company of DirecTV Latin America and Sky Brasil. Under the agreement announced Thursday, Vrio plans to use Project Kuiper’s network to provide connectivity services to residential customers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia…
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10 candidates selected for China’s fourth batch of astronauts
Ten candidates, including eight space pilots and two payload specialists, have been selected for China’s fourth batch of astronauts, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Tuesday. Of the two payload specialists, one is from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the other is from the Macao Special Administrative Region, said the CMSA.…
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Intelligent mini rover captures photo of Chang’e-6 on far side of moon
A recent photo of the Chinese Chang’e-6 probe’s lander-ascender combination on the far side of the moon has captured a historic moment in human lunar exploration. The photograph was taken by a mini rover that was carried to the moon by the Chang’e-6 mission. The probe has collected samples from the moon’s far side and…
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China’s first universal launch pad for liquid fuel rockets completed in Hainan
The construction of China’s first universal launch site for liquid fuel rockets was officially completed in Wenchang City, south China’s island province of Hainan, on Thursday. The new launch pad, which is the No. 2 launch pad of China’s first commercial spacecraft launch site, the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site, is equipped with an innovative…
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Starship Flight 4 milestones effect changes to Flight 5’s Ship
Following the highly successful milestones achieved by Booster 11 and Ship 29 on Flight 4 of SpaceX’s Starship, engineers are already implementing lessons learned from the mission ahead of the next flight, including widescale changes to the Thermal Protection System (TPS). Although Elon Musk thinks the next flight is a month away, the Flight 5…
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FAA, NASA seek public input on SpaceX Starship launches at the Kennedy Space Center
The Ship 29 upper stage of the fully integrated Starship rocket as seen before its fourth flight test on June 6, 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now The Federal Aviation Administration is preparing to gather public input on SpaceX Starship launch operations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The request for comments comes about a month after…
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Netcracker Unveils Digital Satellite Solution to Revolutionize LEO and GEO Satcom Ground Networks
Netcracker Technology announced the launch of its Digital Satellite Solution, a blueprint for multi-orbit IT that radically transforms how satellite operators manage, optimize, and monetize their business. With the new solution, operators can guarantee the best service quality at any time, deliver a premium digital engagement to their customers, and expand their business with any…
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Intuitive Machines Uses Sciaky’s EBAM 3D-Printed Part for Successful Lunar Landing
What do you do when you’re the only company on the planet to have printed large-scale AM parts for land, sea, air and satellite applications? You go to the Moon, of course. And that’s just what Sciaky did by manufacturing a critical part for Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission to the Moon. The part, printed with…