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Russia has a plan to “restore” its dominant position in the global launch market
It has been a terrible decade for the Russian launch industry, which once led the world. The country’s long-running workhorse, the Proton rocket, ran into reliability issues and will soon be retired. Russia’s next-generation rocket, Angara, is fully expendable and still flying dummy payloads on test flights a decade after its debut. And the ever-reliable…
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Amit Somani Returns to Yahsat as Chief Growth and Strategy Officer
United Arab Emirates satellite operator Yahsat has appointed Amit Somani as chief growth and strategy officer, Yahsat announced Monday. Somani is returning to Yahsat, where he worked from 2010 to 2022. Somani’s appointment took effect on April 1. Somani was previously CEO of ABS (Agility Beyond Space) and left the company in January. He left…
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Spire Global Partners with HANCOM InSpace to Expand South Korea’s Satellite Constellation
Spire Global, one of the leading global providers of space-based data, analytics and space services, announced an agreement with HANCOM InSpace, initially a spin-off by Korea Aerospace Research Institute and now a part of HANCOM Group, for Sejong-2 and Sejong-3 two additional satellites with Spire Space Services. Under this agreement, Spire will build and operate…
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Interstellar Technologies Partners with JAXA to Provide Launch Service for SmallSat Missions
Interstellar Technologies, a comprehensive space infrastructure company committed to tackling global challenges through space transportation and utilization, announced the recent establishment of a basic agreement, signed on March 2024, with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), regarding the procurement of launch transport services. This agreement is designed to select private-sector entities capable of launching satellites…
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Event Horizon Telescope reveals magnetic fields around the Milky Way’s central black hole
Astronomers from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration have found strong magnetic fields spiraling around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, named Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). In 2022, the EHT Collaboration released the first image of Sgr A*, revealing that it looked very similar to the much larger black hole at…
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Eutelsat mission marks first of double Falcon 9 launch day for SpaceX
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Eutelsat 36D satellite lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on March 30, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX was aiming for an ambitious launch cadence on Saturday evening with potentially three launches on tap in fewer than five hours. The first two Falcon 9…
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites onboard Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 rocket streaks across the night sky above Florida on the Starlink 6-45 mission on March 30, 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update: Falcon 9 launched at 9:30 p.m. EDT (0130 UTC). SpaceX followed the successful launch of a European television satellite with the first of a planned pair of its own Starlink…
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ESA’s Young Professionals Satellite (YPSat) to be part of Ariane 6’s Inaugural Launch
Europe’s newest rocket soon launches, taking with it many space missions each with a unique objective, destination and team at home, cheering them on. Whether launching new satellites to look back and study Earth, peer out to deep space or test important new technologies in orbit, Ariane 6’s first flight will showcase the versatility and flexibility…
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Planet Grows Revenue 15% in FY 24, Makes Changes to Executive Team
Rendering of a Tanager hyperspectral satellite. Photo: Planet Planet Labs increased revenue by 15% year-over-year in fiscal year 2024 to $220.7 million. The satellite imagery and analytics company reported financials for the 2024 fiscal year that ended Jan. 31 on March 28, along with changes to its executive team. Revenue was in line with the…