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Amazon Demonstrates 100 Gbps Laser Links on Prototype Kuiper Satellites
Amazon’s prototype Kuiper satellites are equipped with optical inter-satellite links, Amazon revealed Dec. 14, along with the news the links have been successfully tested in space. Amazon shared that its prototype satellites launched in October include advanced optical communications payloads which completed multiple successful demonstrations. In the tests in early November, the payloads maintained 100…
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Daily Telescope: How small can the smallest star be?
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a…
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Vast Appoints Veteran NASA Astronaut Dr. Andrew J. Feustel as Its Human Spaceflight Advisor
Vast, a pioneer in space habitation technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Andrew J. (Drew) Feustel as its newest advisor. Dr. Feustel is a veteran NASA Astronaut with 23 years of experience, most recently as NASA’s acting Chief Astronaut. Prior to that role, he served as the Deputy Chief of the Astronaut…
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Rocket Lab returns to flight following anomaly
Rocket Lab launched its first Electron rocket since a failure on Sept. 19. The mission, named “The Moon God Awakens” launched on Dec. 15 at 7:00 pm NZDT (04:00 UTC). The payload consisted of an Earth-observing satellite named Tsukuyomi-I for the Japan-based company the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). The Anomaly The…
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First Vulcan Centaur Launch Slips to 2024, ULA Completes Wet Dress Rehearsal
ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket won’t debut until early 2024, after it encountered routine issues during the first wet dress rehearsal. ULA announced Thursday that it fixed the issues, ran a successful wet dress rehearsal, and is now targeting a Jan. 8 launch date. The launcher was previously targeting a Christmas Eve debut. CEO Tory Bruno…
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First Vulcan Centaur Launch Slips to 2024, ULA Completes Wet Dress Rehearsal
ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket won’t debut until early 2024, after it encountered routine issues during the first wet dress rehearsal. ULA announced Thursday that it fixed the issues, ran a successful wet dress rehearsal, and is now targeting a Jan. 8 launch date. The launcher was previously targeting a Christmas Eve debut. CEO Tory Bruno…
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SUIT Instrument On Board ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Spacecraft Captures Full-Disk Images of the Sun
The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) instrument on board the Aditya-L1 spacecraft has successfully captured the first full-disk images of the Sun in the 200-400 nm wavelength range. SUIT captures images of the Sun’s photosphere and chromosphere in this wavelength range using various scientific filters. On November 20, 2023, the SUIT payload was powered ON.…
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Thuraya Releases New Version of Satellite Phone
Thuraya is releasing a new generation version of its XT-PRO DUAL satellite phone. It is a dual-mode, dual-SIM satellite-cellular phone that allows users to move in and out of terrestrial coverage and seamlessly connect regardless of their location. The Thuraya XT-PRO DUAL will be available from mid-December 2023 onwards, and pre-orders are open via Thuraya’s…
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FCC denies Starlink of $900 million subsidy, because it was too early
FCC denies Starlink’s appeal to 2022 decision In a 3-2 vote down party lines, the FCC decided to reaffirm its denial of Starlink, SpaceX’s LEO satellite internet service, of a $886 million subsidy. The subsidy would have come through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program, which aimed to bring high speed internet to primarily rural…
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Effects of Falcon Heavy launch delay could ripple to downstream missions
SpaceX and the US Space Force thought they were ready to launch the military’s mysterious X-37B spaceplane this week, but ground teams in Florida need to roll the Falcon Heavy rocket back into its hangar for servicing. This is expected to push back the launch until at least late December, perhaps longer. SpaceX and Space…