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SpaceX completes static fire test in push toward third Starship launch
Just one month after the second flight of its massive Starship rocket, SpaceX is making progress toward a third attempt. On Wednesday, at 1:37 pm local time in South Texas, the company performed a static fire test of the next Starship—which bears the serial number Ship 28. The test of the rocket’s six engines appeared…
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Via Satellite’s Essential Interviews of 2023
Via Satellite’s executive interviews provide an in-depth look into the biggest stories of the year. Here is a roundup of our best and most popular interviews of 2023 with the leaders who drive the satellite industry forward. This round-up is part of our year-end content series. Check out the 2023 in review podcast, where Via Satellite editors analyze…
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Via Satellite’s Essential Interviews of 2023
Via Satellite’s executive interviews provide an in-depth look into the biggest stories of the year. Here is a roundup of our best and most popular interviews of 2023 with the leaders who drive the satellite industry forward. This round-up is part of our year-end content series. Check out the 2023 in review podcast, where Via Satellite editors analyze…
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For the first time, ULA’s Vulcan rocket is fully stacked at Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance’s first Vulcan rocket has been fully assembled at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for its inaugural flight next month. Technicians hoisted the Vulcan rocket’s payload fairing, containing a commercial lunar lander from Astrobotic, on top of the launch vehicle Wednesday morning at ULA’s Vertical Integration Facility. This milestone followed the early morning…
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Pale Blue Partners with TOKYO KEIKI for Mass Production of Satellite Propulsion Systems
Pale Blue signed an individual contract with TOKYO KEIKI, and has initiated a collaboration to manufacture and assemble the subsystems of prototype mass-production model of its propulsion system 1 as part of the Deep Tech Startups (“DTSU”) support program – DMP phase (Demonstration development for Mass Production) by NEDO, a national research and development agency…
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Japan’s Axelspace Raises $44 Million in Series D Round
Japanese satellite company Axelspace raised $44 million in a Series D funding round, the company announced Dec. 20. Axelspace, based in Tokyo, has an Earth observation (EO) business and manufactures microsatellites as well. The company said it will use the funds to improve its EO business by expanding its five-satellite constellation. The company also plans to…
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Japan’s Axelspace Raises $44 Million in Series D Round
Japanese satellite company Axelspace raised $44 million in a Series D funding round, the company announced Dec. 20. Axelspace, based in Tokyo, has an Earth observation (EO) business and manufactures microsatellites as well. The company said it will use the funds to improve its EO business by expanding its five-satellite constellation. The company also plans to…
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1,000 sols into their mission, Perseverance and Ingenuity continue to investigate Jezero Crater
After celebrating their 1,000th sol, or Martian day, on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter are continuing to explore Jezero Crater on the Red Planet. Recently, the robotic pair completed their extensive investigation of the ancient river delta within Jezero, which contains evidence of flowing water that may have once filled Jezero thousands of…
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ULA stacks Vulcan rocket for the first time ahead of Jan. 8 debut launch
ULA’s fully integrated Vulcan rocket with the addition of the payload fairings added on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. On board is the main payload, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander. Image: ULA United Launch Alliance achieved a critical milestone towards the debut of its next launch vehicle. On Wednesday, the company integrated the payload fairing on top…
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Teledyne e2v HiRel Introduces New Space-Screened GaN HEMTs
Teledyne e2v HiRel announced the addition of new space-screened versions of its popular 100 V, 90 A, and 650 V, 30 A high-reliability gallium nitride high electron mobility transistors (GaN HEMTs). TDG650E30BSP TDG100E90BSP TDG100E90TSP The new parts go through NASA Level 1 or ESA Class 1 screening flow and can be brought up to full…