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AMN Deploys Starlink Connectivity in Rural Villages in Nigeria
Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) has deployed the company’s first base station in Nigeria that has connectivity via SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, AMN announced last week. AMN has deployed over 4,000 base stations for cellular backhaul via satellite across Africa and Latin America since 2018. Last year, the company signed a commercial agreement to use the Starlink…
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D-Orbit Integrates SkyServe’s Edge Computing Platform on its ION Satellite Carriers
D-Orbit, one of the leading companies in the space infrastructure, logistics, and orbital transportation industry, announced that they will be enabling edge computing capabilities with the SkyServe STORM platform, aboard some of the ION Satellite Carriers that make up the fleet of orbital transfer vehicles that the company has already in orbit (specifically, ION SCV004…
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mu Space Partners with RBC Signals for Satellite Ground Station Facilities Project
mu Space and Advance Technology, a leading satellite technology company based in Thailand, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with RBC Signals International, an innovative provider of global satellite data communication products and solutions. The MOU, effective from March 1, 2024, is the beginning of a collaboration aimed at exploring opportunities related to…
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Dhruva Space Receives $15 Million in Funding to Expand Spacecraft Manufacturing Facility
Dhruva Space, a full-stack Space Engineering solutions provider based in Hyderabad, India, has announced a successful closure of their Series A funding at INR 123 Crores. The funding will go towards the company’s upcoming spacecraft manufacturing facility, strategic business acquisition plans, and enhancing product offerings to deploy them to the global market. Dhruva Space’s Series…
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Lockheed Martin Space Segment Increases Sales and Profit in Q1 2024
Lockheed Martin increased both sales and operating profit in the company’s Space segment in the first quarter of 2024, compared to the same time period in 2023. Space posted $3.3 billion of sales in Q1. Lockheed Martin reported higher sales on Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM), and ramp up in the hypersonic and Next Generation Interceptor…
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New solar sail technology launches on Rocket Lab flight
A potential new way to travel through space launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 located on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. The mission, named “Beginning of the Swarm,” put two payloads into a Sun-synchronous orbit. The flight lifted off at 22:32 UTC on April 23, 2024. One of the two payloads aboard…
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Spanish Launch Startup PLD Space Raises $85M
Spanish launcher in development PLD Space has raised 78 million euros ($84 million) from investors, the company announced Tuesday. The company plans to use the funds to open the first rocket factory in Elche, Spain in mid-2024. This new funding is in addition to 42 million euros ($45 million) the company received from the Spanish…
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Rocket Lab launches NASA, Korean payloads on Electron flight
An artist’s concept of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft in orbit. Graphic: NASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart Rocket Lab completed its fifth launch of the year, which was a rideshare mission between the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and NASA. This was also the company’s 47th Electron launch to date. Liftoff from…
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SpaceX completes 300th Falcon booster landing during Starlink mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 on the Starlink 6-53 mission on April 23, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 7:32 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed deployment of the 23 Starlink satellites. SpaceX completed a Falcon 9 launch, highlighted by the company’s 300th booster landing to date. The Starlink 6-53…