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This Week in Launch: Intuitive Machines to start its attempt for lunar landing
This week’s launch: February 14 (Wednesday) SpaceX | Falcon 9 | IM-1 | 12:57 A.M. ET LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL SpaceX | Falcon 9 | USSF-124 | 2:30 P.M. PT SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 7-14 | 4:55 P.M. ET SLC-4W, Vandenberg Space Force Base,…
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Fueling a spacecraft while it’s on a rocket? “Not trivial,” SpaceX official says.
Are you ready for round two of the lunar lottery? As early as Thursday morning, a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a privately developed lunar lander may launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle, built by a Houston-based company called Intuitive Machines, will be the second US-made lunar lander to launch from Florida in…
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LeoLabs and Secure World Foundation Lead Joint Statement for Debris Remediation in LEO
Visualization of space debris LeoLabs and Secure World Foundation (SWF) released a joint statement on Wednesday to respond to the accumulation of derelict objects in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) like spent rocket bodies. LeoLabs and SWF cite that as of January 2024, around 29% of the total mass in LEO consists of these massive objects, 43%…
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Kuva Space Details Plan to Target US Government Business in Expansion
Finnish hyperspectral startup Kuva Space is working to break into the U.S. market, recently hiring former Iceye US CEO Jerry Welsh to lead the company’s expansion in the U.S. The company plans to launch two hyperspectral satellites this year and establish a constellation of 100 satellites by 2030. For Welsh, this role represents a tough, but…
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BAE Set to Close Ball Aerospace Acquisition
BAE Systems in the coming days will close its $5.6 billion acquisition of Ball Aerospace after receiving all required regulatory approvals, the company said on Wednesday morning. Ball Aerospace will operate within BAE Systems, Inc., the U.S. business of Britain’s BAE Systems, and will report as a new sector called Space & Mission Systems. Dave Kaufman,…
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Intuitive Machines and SpaceX Successfully Completes IM-1 Mission Test Campaign
Intuitive Machines, a space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, and SpaceX have analyzed the data from the lunar lander fueling tests for the IM-1 mission and determined the testing campaign is complete. Liftoff of the IM-1 mission is targeted for a multi-day launch window that opens at 12:57 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 14,…
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Frontier Aerospace Deploys TALOS Engines in Space Exploration Missions
Frontier Aerospace, one of the leaders in next-generation liquid rocket engines used for commercial space, exploration, and missile defense, revealed its attitude control and axial thrusters were used during Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission. Frontier Aerospace provided a complete flight set of Thruster Advancement for Low-Temperature Operations in Space (TALOS) attitude control and axial thrusters for the…
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Viasat Installs Satcom Solution on US Navy MSC Ship
Viasat had integrated a managed satcom solution on a U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship as part of a contract to provide service to 105 ships. Viasat announced the first installation on Tuesday. Inmarsat Government received the Next Generation Wideband (NGW) follow-on 10-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency in…
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Has an Ecological Focus Stalled the Space Sustainability Market?
Space sustainability is becoming an undisputed necessity. However, not everyone agrees yet on the how, nor does everyone believe in the viability of a commercial market for space safety, security and sustainability – the 3S’s of space. Despite Morgan Stanley, and others, estimating that the revenue generated by the space situational awareness (SSA) market alone…
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Eutelsat Completes LEO Backhaul Rollout in Australia With Telstra
Eutelsat has revealed details of a large backhaul rollout in Australia. Working with the Australian telco, Telstra, the operator has launched the largest rollout of Eutelsat OneWeb LEO backhaul in Australia. The launch follows the signing of a strategic multi-year agreement last year that will enable Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity delivered to Telstra’s most remote…