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Daily Telescope: A spooky image of the Solar System’s largest planet
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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Competition for first commercial lunar landing still hot with IM-1 launching in January
Intuitive Machines receives launch window from SpaceX IM-1, Intuitive Machines’ first lunar landing mission, is set to launch no earlier than January 12, 2024. This date came from SpaceX, its contracted launcher for this mission. The launch will take place on a Falcon 9 rocket, one of the most reliable rockets on the market. The…
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Eutelsat’s State-of-the-Art EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS Satellite Successfully Enters into Service
Eutelsat Communications announced the successful entry into service of its state-of-the-art EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS Very High Throughput Satellite, at the 2.7°E orbital position. EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS, a very high throughput satellite built by Thales Alenia Space, will provide fixed, mobile, and government connectivity across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Delivering 230 beams and…
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VITES Taps EnSilica for Terminal Upgrades
EnSilica is to partner with VITES to supply its new beam-former chip for satellite user terminals. The two companies announced the collaboration on Oct. 30. VITES will use the chip at the heart of its new ViSAT-Ka-band terminal. EnSilica’s beam-forming chip is optimized to enable VITES’s creation of power- and cost-efficient ground-based flat panel user…
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ICEYE Partners with Suhora Technologies for Landmark Radar Satellite Imagery Contract
ICEYE, a global company in persistent monitoring with synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellites, announced a partnership with Suhora Technologies, a software and geospatial intelligence company in India that caters to various industry verticals in the region. This partnership is one of the largest SAR deals in Asia, reinforcing ICEYE’s position as a global leader in…
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SES and Boeing to Share Risk and CapEx on 2 Additional mPOWER Satellites
SES is pushing back the start of commercial service for its O3b mPOWER constellation to early in the second quarter of 2024, as it deals with power module issues on the satellites. To deal with the impact to the constellation, SES “reshaped” its contract with manufacturer Boeing to upgrade five of the remaining satellites and…
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FAA concludes SpaceX Starship safety review, continues environmental review
SpaceX’s Starship rocket stands fully stacked near the shoreline of Texas at its Starbase facility on Oct. 20, 2023. On Oct. 31, the FAA said it concluded its safety review ahead of its second test flight. Image: SpaceX SpaceX’s highly anticipated second test flight of its Starship super heavy lift rocket is one step closer…
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Northrop Grumman Selected by SDA to Design and Build Nearly 40 Data Transport Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation an agreement with a total potential value of approximately $732 million to design and build 38 data transport satellites. These satellites will support Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha (T2TL-Alpha), the latest iteration of SDA’s low-Earth orbit Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). This Alpha announcement follows…
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Amazon and Think Tanks Launch Group Advocating for Power Flux Density Changes
Amazon and a number of think tanks have launched a new advocacy group called the Alliance for Satellite Broadband to push for an update to the rules around satellite power limits at the upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23). Amazon along with fellow members — International Center for Law & Economics, the Open Technology Institute at…
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FAA Completes Starship Safety Review
SpaceX photo taken before the Starship test flight mission in April 2023 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed its safety review of SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy license evaluation, the regulator announced on Tuesday. However the FAA is still working on an environmental review. The FAA said in a statement that the safety review focuses on…