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Eutelsat Revenue Dips in First Quarter of FY 2023-24
Eutelsat Communications operating vertical revenues in the first quarter of the operator’s 2023-24 fiscal year were down 2.4% compared to the same time last year on a like-for-like basis. Eutelsat reported financial results on Thursday, also reporting Konnect VHTS satellite that launched more than a year ago entered service. Konnect VHTS will provide fixed, mobile…
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Zeno demonstrates an innovative type of radioisotope heat source for off-grid power
Team members at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory remove Zeno Power’s strontium-90 heat source from a transfer port during a series of tests. (Zeno Power Photo) Zeno Power says it has successfully completed its first demonstration of a new type of radioisotope heat source that could be used to generate off-grid power in settings ranging from…
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MDA Selects SpaceX to Launch CHORUS Earth Observation Constellation
MDA, a provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced at its Earth Insight customer conference that it has selected SpaceX to be the launch service provider for CHORUS, MDA’s next-generation Earth observation constellation. CHORUS is targeted to launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in the Q4 2025 launch…
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Boeing says it can’t make money with fixed-price contracts
Boeing released its third-quarter results on Wednesday, and there were promising numbers showing increasing revenues and narrowing losses as the multinational corporation continues its economic recovery. However, amid these improving results, Boeing’s financials continued to be dragged down by its Defense, Space & Security division. This division, which includes missile production for the military and…
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Rocket Lab Plans to Resume Launches By the End of the Year
Rocket Lab expects to resume launching its Electron rocket by the end of the year, after the company’s Electron mission failure in September. Rocket Lab reported Wednesday that its license to launch with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is still active, but Rocket Lab is still working through a review. The Sept. 19 mission failure…
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Daily Telescope: Snapshot of a brilliant green comet before it left forever
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’ll take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is…
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Rocket Lab Receives Authorization from FAA to Resume Electron Launches
Rocket Lab USA, a global launch services and space systems company, announced it has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to resume Electron launches from Launch Complex 1. The authorization comes after Rocket Lab experienced an in-flight anomaly on September 19th during the Company’s 41st Electron launch. The FAA, the federal licensing body…
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Marc Bell Attempts to Assuage Investor Concerns in Terran Orbital Town Hall
Terran Orbital held a town hall on Thursday to increase investor confidence in an attempt to raise the share price. Over an hour-long call, CEO and Chairman Marc Bell took questions to assuage concerns that the company’s business is too concentrated with customers Lockheed Martin and Rivada Space Networks. The town hall event was in…
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ESA Awards $4.7 Million Contract to Terran Orbital for In-Orbit Servicing Mission
Terran Orbital Corporation, one of the global leaders in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defence industries, announced its wholly-owned international subsidiary, Tyvak International s.r.l., has been chosen as a prime contractor under a $4.7 million or €4.5 million contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) for a proximity operation and in-orbit servicing mission…
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Northrop Grumman Raises Space Guidance for 2023 With Double-Digit Q3 Growth
Space Systems was the fastest-growing segment at Northrop Grumman in the third quarter of 2023, with 11% growth year-over-year. The company released Q3 results on Thursday, and raised guidance for Space. Northrop Grumman reported a strong quarter overall on Thursday, posting $9.8 billion in sales, up 9% year-over-year. Each segment posted higher sales year-over-year. Company-wide, third…