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Launch Roundup: SpaceX continues high cadence
After SpaceX achieved a record-breaking 12 Falcon 9 launches in March, the company continued this cadence during the first week of April. Missions this week included a Starlink flight, a mystery-shrouded launch from China, then another three Falcon 9’s toward the end of the week — two more Starlinks and the first of a series…
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SpaceX Launches the Eutelsat 36D Satellite
SpaceX launched the Airbus-built Eutelsat 36D telecommunications satellite for Eutelsat Group over the weekend. It was launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 30. Eutelsat selected Airbus in March 2021 to build Eutelsat 36D. This is the 22nd Airbus-built communications satellite for Eutelsat. Eutelsat 36D is based…
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Thales Alenia Space Completes Primary Structure for Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus Cargo Modules
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus pressurized cargo modules (PCM), the first of its kind conceived in 2000’s, has completed the primary structure construction under the work of Thales Alenia Space’s engineers. These modules were designed and built to ferry supplies to the International Space Station in the so-called standard version, with a payload capacity of 2,750 kg…
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To LEO, GEO, and Beyond: A Conversation With Tom Mueller
We have a special On Orbit episode from SATELLITE 2024 this week, a fireside chat with Impulse Space CEO Tom Mueller. Mueller is considered one of the world’s leading spacecraft propulsion experts. As one of SpaceX‘s founding members, he led the development of propulsion systems for the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, as well…
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Gogo Partners with Atlas Air to Certify Gogo Galileo IFC Solution for European Market
Gogo Business Aviation is partnering with Atlas Air Service AG to develop a European Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Gogo Galileo HDX antenna. The STC modifications will be applied to the Cessna CitationJet series of light jet aircraft and the Embraer Phenom 300. Gogo Galileo is the in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution for business aircraft…
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InRange: Safran’s Global Satellite Telemetry Service for Ground Stations
In the realm of launcher and rocket launches, the pivotal factor for success lies in the precise reception of telemetry data, crucial for both commercial ventures and sovereign missions. Addressing the challenge of transmitting this data across even the most remote regions of the planet, Safran has innovated with InRange, a global satellite telemetry service…
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AST SpaceMobile Commences Tape-Out Phase for its ASIC Chip in Collaboration with TSMC
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones designed for both commercial and government use, proudly announced the commencement of the tape-out phase for its Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), in collaboration with TSMC, the world’s leading foundry. As the cornerstone of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird Block…
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Eutelsat Successfully Launches EUTELSAT 36D Satellite Aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket
Eutelsat Group announced the successful launch and deployment of its EUTELSAT 36D satellite. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the satellite into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GEO) on March 30, 2024, at 5:52 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. Based on the Airbus Eurostar Neo platform, EUTELSAT 36D will replace…
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Daily Telescope: A flying telescope gets photobombed by some planets
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a…
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Canada to Support Telesat Lightspeed With $1.6B Loan
Telesat’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation Lightspeed will receive additional support from the Canadian government with a new loan announced Monday. The government of Canada is prepared to loan Telesat $2.14 billion Canadian dollars ($1.6 billion) for Lightspeed. This comes after several months of negotiations. Telesat shared the terms of the deal, which is subject to…