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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches two Starlink missions; China launches Chang Zheng 5
A brand new week of spaceflight is approaching with SpaceX preparing to launch three Starlink missions, China getting ready to send two payloads to orbit, including one on the powerful Chang Zheng 5 (CZ-5) rocket, and Roscosmos preparing to launch Russian-built satellites to orbit atop Soyuz. Late on Feb. 22, Starlink Group 7-15 took 22…
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ClearSpace Secures UK Space Agency Contract to Develop Satellite Refuelling Capabilities
ClearSpace announced that it has secured a contract with the UK Space Agency to investigate the feasibility of an in-orbit satellite refueling mission, an exciting new market for in-orbit services. The REFUEL.ME study, which will run until September 2024, will involve establishing the key mission requirements and defining the mission concept of operations, leading to…
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Avanti Partners with Telesat to Boost LEO Capabilities
Avanti Communications signed an agreement with Telesat to test and develop Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) services. Avanti plans to incorporate Telesat’s services into its network to improve its broadband connectivity for customers. This is Avanti’s first low-latency LEO constellation agreement. The collaboration will serve the growing connectivity demands of Avanti’s customers once the Telesat Lightspeed constellation…
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Starship expanding to Cape Canaveral as SpaceX test IFT-3 rocket
SpaceX looking to take over East Coast Delta IV pad Last week the Space Force published a website announcing plans to bring SpaceX’s Starship rocket to Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Specifically they want to use the soon to be old Delta IV Heavy launch site at SLC-37. This has long been the pad…
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Hughes Awarded a Contract by SES Space & Defense for Multi-Orbit Auto-PACE Solution
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, announced that SES Space & Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES, awarded Hughes a contract to provide a flexible, software-defined, multi-orbit, auto-PACE solution and associated modems in support of SES Space & Defense’s and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program. …
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 22 Starlink satellites from California
A Falcon 9 booster lifts off on its 19th flight on Feb. 22, 2024, carrying 22 Starlink satellites. Photo: SpaceX. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the West Coast with another batch of 22 Starlink satellites at 8:11 p.m. PST Thursday (11:11 p.m. EST / 0411 UTC). The Starlink 7-15 mission roared away…
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Dryad Networks Selects EchoStar Mobile Satellite IoT Solution for Wildfire Prevention
Dryad Networks purchased 3,000 IoT modules and other connectivity services from EchoStar Mobile for wildfire detection. Dryad provides early detection of wildfires through the Silvanet solution – solar-powered gas sensors deployed in a LoRaWAN mesh network. EchoStar will provide EM2050 modules, powered by Semtech’s LR1120 device, to provide embedded LoRaWAN satellite IoT capabilities for the…
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Blue Origin has emerged as the likely buyer for United Launch Alliance
Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has emerged as the sole finalist to buy United Launch Alliance. The sale is not official, and nothing has been formally announced. The co-owners of United Launch Alliance (ULA), Lockheed Martin and Boeing, have yet to comment publicly on the sale of the company,…
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Carrier rocket for China’s Queqiao-2 arrives at launch site
The carrier rocket for China’s relay satellite Queqiao-2 has arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China’s Hainan Province, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Thursday. The Long March-8 Y3 carrier rocket will undergo assembly and testing at the launch site, the CNSA added. As a new generation carrier rocket, Long…
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Evona Combats Space Industry Hiring Challenges with Subscription Staffing Model
Space industry recruiting agency Evona has adapted its business model, pushing a new subscription staffing solution in response to industry trends, as space companies are seeing a slowdown in later-stage funding rounds. In October 2022, Evona observed the slow-down in venture capital rounds, as space investment dipped overall in 2022, which the company suspected would…