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The Spaceport Company Secures DoD Contract for Sea-Based Space Launch Demonstration
The Spaceport Company (TSC) was awarded a contract by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver cargo and enable greater access to space by leveraging a unique, sea-going mobile space launch complex. This prototype is intended to demonstrate delivery to a mission-designed orbit and test autonomy-like features of the sea launch vessel. In Phase 1…
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Our only mission at Venus may have just gone dark
JAXA, the Japanese space agency, confirmed Wednesday that it has lost communication with its Akatsuki spacecraft in orbit around Venus. In its update, the space agency said it failed to establish communications in late April after the spacecraft had difficulty maintaining its attitude. This likely means there is some sort of thruster issue on the…
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Verizon Jumps Into Satellite-to-Cell Market With AST SpaceMobile
AST SpaceMobile just added a second major mobile network operator (MNO) partner in the U.S. — announcing a $100 million deal with Verizon on Wednesday. Verizon is now a strategic partner of AST SpaceMobile, making a $100 million commitment for satellite direct-to-cellular service for its customers. This is Verizon’s first move in terms of satellite-to-cell…
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MDA Space Selects TESAT to Deliver 792 Optical Communication Terminals for MDA AURORA
TESAT announced it has been selected to deliver 792 Optical Communication Terminals (OCT) by MDA Space, a provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, as part of the company’s supply chain for MDA AURORA, a game-changing product line driving the transition from analog to digital satellite technology. The 792…
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SES Launches Open Orbits Network for In-Flight Connectivity
SES is launching Open Orbits, an open architecture network to pool capacity from regional satellite operators for a worldwide in-flight connectivity (IFC) service for airlines. The interoperable Ka-band platform will combine capacity from SES’s multi-orbit fleet, along with NEO Space Group (NSG), a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF); AeroSat Link (ASL), a…
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Hughes Unveils Groundbreaking LEO Electronically Steerable Antenna at AIX
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar Company, unveiled its groundbreaking Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) for In-Flight Entertainment & Connectivity (IFEC) at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX). This state-of-the-art technology is poised to transform the aviation industry by providing enterprise-grade, low latency, high-speed connectivity for global commercial aviation. “The introduction of our Hughes…
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Shenzhou-18 crew members complete first spacewalk
Shenzhou-18 crew members on board China’s orbiting space station completed the first spacewalk of their mission at 6:58 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu worked for about eight-and-a-half hours in completing multiple tasks, including the installation of space debris protection devices,…
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New Zealand’s First Space Minister Sets Out an Ambitious Space Roadmap
New Zealand is a country that punches above its weight in the space arena. The country, which has a population of just over 5 million people is making a big splash in space. Rocket Lab, one of the poster children of the New Space era, put New Zealand on the map. But the nation also…
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Japan Airlines Taps Intelsat to Connect 20 New Boeing Aircraft with Multi-Orbit IFC
Japan Airlines selected Intelsat to provide in-flight connectivity on more than 20 upcoming Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The aircraft will have multi-orbit service using Intelsat’s new electronically steered array (ESA) antenna. The service will operate on Intelsat’s family of Geostationary (GEO) satellites and partner Eutelsat OneWeb’s constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. In March,…
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Thales Alenia Space Selected by SKY Perfect JSAT to Build New Software-Defined Satellite
Asia’s largest satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT and Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced they have signed a contract to build JSAT-31, a new generation of software-defined satellite based on the Space INSPIRE (INstant SPace In-orbit REconfiguration) platform by Thales Alenia Space. Operating both in Ka and Ku…