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Momentus Unable to Confirm 3 Customer Deployments from Transporter-9 Mission
Momentus said it is unable to confirm the deployment of three out of five satellites launched on the recent SpaceX Transporter-9 mission in November. Momentus used a third party deployer on this mission instead of its Vigoride orbital service vehicle. In an update published late Tuesday, Momentus confirmed the deployment of two satellites for Hello Space.…
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Momentus Unable to Confirm 3 Customer Deployments from Transporter-9 Mission
Momentus said it is unable to confirm the deployment of three out of five satellites launched on the recent SpaceX Transporter-9 mission in November. Momentus used a third party deployer on this mission instead of its Vigoride orbital service vehicle. In an update published late Tuesday, Momentus confirmed the deployment of two satellites for Hello Space.…
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Taoglas Plays Key Role in Launch of Ireland’s First Satellite, EIRSAT-1
Taoglas, a trusted provider of antennas and IoT components that help solve complex engineering problems, proudly announced its pivotal role in the launch of Ireland’s first satellite, the Educational Irish Research Satellite 1 (EIRSAT-1). Developed by a highly skilled team of researchers and students at University College Dublin (UCD), with the support of the European…
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Viasat and Airbus Supply Satcom Solution for Air Corps C295 MSA Aircraft
Viasat and Airbus equipped two Irish Defence Forces C295 MSA aircraft with a Viasat terminal for managed satcom service, the companies announced this week. Airbus delivered the C295 MSA multirole surveillance aircraft earlier this year. The aircraft were delivered to the Irish Air Corps (IAC), a division of the Irish Defence Forces focused on the…
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Viasat and Airbus Supply Satcom Solution for Air Corps C295 MSA Aircraft
Viasat and Airbus equipped two Irish Defence Forces C295 MSA aircraft with a Viasat terminal for managed satcom service, the companies announced this week. Airbus delivered the C295 MSA multirole surveillance aircraft earlier this year. The aircraft were delivered to the Irish Air Corps (IAC), a division of the Irish Defence Forces focused on the…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX continues toward 100 launch goal
As SpaceX continues toward its goal of launching 100 times in 2023, the company launched two Starlink missions this week — one from Space Launch Complex (SLC) 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in Florida and the second from SLC-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California. Later in the…
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Sidus Space Selected by Bechtel to Manufacture Additional Cables for Mobile Launcher 2
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company announced that it has been selected by Bechtel to manufacture additional cables in support of the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 contract for the Artemis missions. This follows Sidus’ prior contract with Bechtel to fabricate custom cables and populate unique electronics cabinets supporting the launch control subsystem and…
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Albedo Awarded Electro-Optical Capabilities Contract by National Reconnaissance Office
Albedo, one of the leaders in building Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellites for ultra-high resolution imaging, announced that it has been awarded a 2.5-year contract, with additional flexibility to extend it further, from the NRO’s Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO) as part of the Strategic Commercial Enhancements Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Framework, specifically the…
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Sierra Space Awarded DARPA Contract for Lunar Architecture Capability Study
Sierra Space, a pure-play commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced that it secured a significant contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Under this contract, Sierra Space will embark on a groundbreaking research and development initiative, the 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study. Sierra Space…
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Three robotic missions target Moon landings over one week in January
Intuitive Machines engineers loading the IM-1 mission Nova-C lunar lander into its custom container in Houston, TX. Image: Intuitive Machines In a blend of interesting circumstances and happenstance, two private companies and Japan’s space agency are all poised to land on the Moon in the back half of January 2024. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency…