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The Clock is Ticking: UK Launch Sector is Ready to Lift Off
August 2024 could mark one of the most important points in the United Kingdom’s space history, with plans underway for the first vertical launch from U.K. soil. If the launch goes as planned, it will make headlines beyond the space industry and beyond the U.K. After Virgin Orbit’s high-profile air-launch failure in 2023, the stakes…
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MDA Selects Tesat Optical Terminals for Telesat Lightspeed
MDA Space selected Tesat to provide the optical communication terminals (OCT) for Telesat’s Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. Tesat announced Tuesday that MDA Space selected its SCOT80 optical communications terminal (OCT) for the company’s Aurora software-defined product line, including its anchor customer, Lightspeed. MDA Space placed an order for 792 terminals. Financial terms of the…
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Sky Perfect JSAT Orders Software-Defined JSAT-31 from Thales
Japanese satellite operator Sky Perfect JSAT ordered a software-defined satellite from Thales Alenia Space, JSAT-31. Based on the Space INSPIRE platform, JSAT-31 will have the largest capacity in the history of SKY Perfect JSAT satellites. It is expected to launch in 2027. This is JSAT’s first order with Thales. The satellite will operate in both…
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Delivering Connectivity for All, via SES’s Multi-Orbit Network
One click to buy something online, watch a video, get the latest game score, or news update. A few more clicks and a complex spreadsheet can be sent to a colleague and will reach its destination in seconds. Another click and you can join an online video meeting with coworkers in another country. Dream or…
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MDA Space Selects Rakon as Part of Supply Chain for MDA AURORA
Rakon, one of the global leaders in frequency control and timing solutions, announced it has been selected by MDA Space, a leading 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…
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China’s Push for a More Commercial Space Industry
China’s progress in space exploration and technology has been rattling U.S. defense and NASA experts for years. From the threat of space weapons to the risk of appropriating the moon, China is a force to be reckoned with. However, China’s efforts to foster an innovative, disruptive commercial space industry have so far rendered lukewarm results,…
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SpaceX Starship’s Third Test Flight Paves the Way for Reliable Reusable Rockets
SpaceX’s Starship is designed to fundamentally alter humanity’s access to space, ultimately enabling us to make life multiplanetary. The third flight test of Starship and Super Heavy made tremendous strides towards this future and was an important step on the road to rapidly reliable reusable rockets. On March 14, 2024, Starship successfully lifted off at…
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UK Scientists Utilize Data from Euclid Spacecraft to Probe Mysteries of the Dark Universe
The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission launched in July 2023 to map the ‘dark Universe’. This involves observing two billion galaxies to create a 3D map of the universe and gathering data on how its structure has formed over its cosmic history. The images and science released represent early findings – from only 24 hours…
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An International Focus
Welcome to the June edition of Via Satellite. You might have done a double-take when you saw the editor picture at the top, expecting Mark Holmes. I’m Via Satellite’s senior managing editor, and I am honored to contribute some of the Editor’s Notes going forward. While we didn’t plan it this way, this edition turned…
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