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SpaceX launched Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites
A Falcon 9 rocket soars through thick fog around Florida’s Space Coast during the launch of the Starlink 6-41 mission on Monday, March 4, 2024. Image: Pete Carstens/Max Q Productions for Spaceflight Now Coming on the heels of the successful launch of the four-person Crew-8 mission heading up to the International Space Station, SpaceX pulled…
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Iridium to Acquire Satelles to Bolster Alternative PNT Capabilities
Iridium is acquiring longtime partner Satelles for its alternative positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service. Iridium plans to use Satelles Satellite Time and Location (STL) service to provide a backup for GNSS/GPS. This the company’s first-ever acquisition, full integration is expected to begin April 1. Iridium reported a growing need for delivering PNT information that…
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Rivada Receives UK Market Access from Regulator
Rivada Space Networks’s now has market access in the United Kingdom after independent communications regulator Ofcom granted the company a license that enables the company to provide satellite communications services in the country. The company is launching a constellation of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to provide government communications, maritime and aviation connectivity, enterprise networking and…
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Synspective and Dynamic Map Platform Selected for Enterprise Innovation Promotion Program
Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and analytics solution provider, and Dynamic Map Platform Co.Ltd, a geospatial measurement and mapping company, have been selected by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for the Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Promotion Program. Synspective’s Land Displacement Monitoring Solution With the Dynamic Map Platform, we submitted a…
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SpaceX launches three-man one-woman crew to space station
A remotely triggered camera captures the liftoff of a SpaceX Dragon atop a Falcon 9 rocket on the Crew 8 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. Three NASA astronauts and a cosmonaut blasted off on a flight to the International Space Station Sunday, the first of two launches by NASA and the Russian space agency to…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launches to International Space Station
NASA‘s SpaceX Crew-8, an international crew of four, reached orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is the agency’s eighth commercial crew rotation mission with the company to the space station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled…
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The world’s most-traveled crew transport spacecraft flies again
SpaceX’s oldest Crew Dragon spacecraft launched Sunday night on its fifth mission to the International Space Station, and engineers are crunching data to see if the fleet of Dragons can safely fly as many as 15 times. It has been five years since SpaceX launched the first Crew Dragon spacecraft on an unpiloted test flight…
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NASA Cancels OSAM-1 Mission Citing Cost and Schedule Issues
NASA made the decision to cancel the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) mission, citing technical, cost, and schedule challenges. NASA announced the decision on March 1, which affects prime contractor Maxar. OSAM-1 was set to be the first mission to robotically refuel a satellite not designed for fueling or servicing. Yet NASA said…
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EnduroSat Welcomes Simon van den Dries as a Head of Space Service
EnduroSat, a company with a mission to transform complex satellite industry, has appointed Simon van den Dries as the Head of its Space Services sales team as per March 1, 2024. Simon brings over 24 years of experience in the space industry, having worked with Spire as VP of Business Development Space Services, as well…
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Blue Origin is getting serious about developing a human spacecraft
The space company named Blue Origin is having a big year. New chief executive Dave Limp, who arrived in December, is working to instill a more productive culture at the firm owned by Jeff Bezos. In January, the company’s powerful BE-4 rocket engine performed very well on the debut launch of the Vulcan booster. And…