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SoftBank Completes Successful HAPS Demo with the Government of Rwanda
The Government of Rwanda and SoftBank have delivered 5G connectivity from the stratosphere as part of a key demonstration. SoftBank announced details of the successful demo, Oct. 17. They have successfully tested SoftBank’s proprietary 5G communications payload in the stratosphere installed on a solar-powered High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) prototype. SoftBank…
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Virgin Galactic Announces Flight Window for ‘Galactic 05’ Research Mission
Virgin Galactic Holdings announced the ‘Galactic 05’ flight window will open on November 2, 2023. This would be the Company’s sixth spaceflight this year and tenth to date. The ‘Galactic 05’ mission would once again see Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship converted into a suborbital space lab for space-based research. This research mission reaffirms Virgin Galactic’s commitment…
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Neuraspace Partners with Arcsec to Use Star Trackers for Space Debris Detection
Neuraspace, one of the leading providers of smarter space traffic management (STM), has partnered with Arcsec, a renowned provider of star trackers, for a groundbreaking new way to detect space debris, enabling it to track smaller objects and improve orbit calculations. Joining their forces, Neuraspace and Arcsec will harness the exceptional precision of Arcsec’s space-based…
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Viasat Expands IFC Deal With Canada’s Porter Airlines
Canada’s Porter Airlines expanded its deal with Viasat to equip 20 new Embraer E195-E2 aircraft with Viasat’s in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution. Porter is a Canadian airline that flies across Canada and to select destinations in the U.S. The company is currently expanding its cross-Canada destinations and routes to the southern and western U.S. It is…
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India sets sights on a Moon landing in 2040, but is it realistic?
In recent years the nation of India has embraced spaceflight as a means of establishing itself as a major geopolitical player. The Soviet Union and United States, of course, pioneered the use of space exploration to exercise soft power in the 1960s during the Cold War. More recently China has used its various space missions,…
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Thuraya Targets Shipping Sector with IoT Product Launch
Thuraya has revealed details of a new IoT product targeting the shipping sector. It has announced the release of Cypod Solutions’ CyLock-Satcom Product, using Thuraya’s network, an IoT new tracking and monitoring product that Thuraya hopes will transform shipping logistics. Cypod Solutions is a company based in Norway. The two companies announced the new product…
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SpiderOak Secures SDA Agreement for Rapid Resilience Command and Control Research
The Space Development Agency has awarded SpiderOak, a leader in space cybersecurity software, an Other Transactional Authority agreement to research integration of the company’s OrbitSecure software suite into the agency’s contribution to the Space Force’s Rapid Resilient Command and Control effort. SpiderOak’s end-to-end zero-trust design can enhance the cybersecurity of command and control networks as…
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Lockheed Martin Invests $10M in HawkEye 360
HawkEye 360, which operates a constellation of satellites that sense radio frequency transmissions on Earth, has raised an additional $10 million from Lockheed Martin and company insiders, the company announced Wednesday. The funding will used in the development of new satellites and other technologies such as artificial intelligence and data fusion. Terms of the deal…
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SpaceX battles regulatory process that could hold up Starship test flight for months
SpaceX’s Starship rocket after Ship 25 was restacked on top of Booster 9 on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The rocket was unstacked the following day. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 19: Added comment from the Federal Aviation Administration. Update Oct. 18: Added date that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received the final biological assessment from the Federal…
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SpaceX battles regulatory process that could hold up Starship test flight for months
SpaceX’s Starship rocket after Ship 25 was restacked on top of Booster 9 on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The rocket was unstacked the following day. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 19: Added comment from the Federal Aviation Administration. Update Oct. 18: Added date that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received the final biological assessment from the Federal…