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NASA’s DSOC Experiment to Demonstrate Laser Communications as Part of Psyche Mission
NASA’s pioneering Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment will be the first demonstration of laser, or optical, communications from as far away as Mars. Launching with NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, DSOC will test key technologies designed to enable future missions to transmit denser science data and even stream…
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites on its second Friday launch
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites, delayed by upper level winds and held up for the Falcon Heavy launch of NASA’s Psyche, launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:01 p.m. EDT (2301 UTC) Friday night. The U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron, based at Cape Canaveral,…
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Open Cosmos Announces MANTIS Satellite Launch on Upcoming SpaceX Transporter 9 Mission
Open Cosmos, a space mission and data provider, and the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced plans for the launch of the MANTIS satellite aboard the upcoming SpaceX Transporter-9 mission. The mission was arranged jointly by SAB Launch Services and Exolaunch. MANTIS was successfully integrated with its EXOpod Nova deployment system in Berlin, provided by…
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Stellant Systems to Acquire Comtech’s Power Systems Technology Line
Stellant Systems is acquiring Comtech’s Power Systems Technology (PST) product line for $40 million, the companies announced Friday. Stellant is acquiring the PST product line to strengthen its portfolio of radio frequency (RF) amplification products. The transaction is expected to close by the end of this month and is subject to regulatory approvals. The sale…
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Momentus Signs Contract with RIDE! Space for Orbital Delivery Services
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with RIDE! Space for transportation and orbital delivery services in the first quarter of 2024. RIDE! Space will be flying its Gaindesat and Djibouti payloads on a single mission. “We are thrilled to mark this…
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SES Appoints Adel Al-Saleh as its New CEO
SES hired from outside of the satellite industry with its new CEO. The company announced Oct. 13 that T-Systems International executive Adel Al-Saleh will become its new CEO in February next year. Steve Collar, who had been CEO for over six years, left at the end of June. Ruy Pinto has been the interim CEO…
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ICEYE Collaborates with ESA for First Civil Security From Space Initiative
ICEYE, one of the global leaders in persistent monitoring with radar imaging satellites and an expert in natural catastrophe solutions, has been selected as a partner by the European Space Agency (ESA) to participate in the Civil Security from Space Programme (CSS) to revolutionize disaster and crisis management from the vantage point of space. This…
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Kratos’ OpenSpace Satellite Ground Platform Earns MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet Certification
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in Defense, National Security, and Global Markets, announced that its OpenSpace Platform is the first commercially available, fully virtualized satellite ground system to achieve MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet certification. The OpenSpace Platform enables satellite operators to deliver and manage their services for applications including communications, MilSatcom, earth…
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SpaceX Launches NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft in Falcon Heavy Mission
SpaceX launched NASA’s Psyche mission on a Falcon Heavy mission on Friday morning, launching the spacecraft to an interplanetary transfer orbit. The Psyche spacecraft is now headed toward the asteroid of the same name, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. This is NASA’s first mission to study an asteroid that has more…