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FAA closes investigation into Blue Origin’s launch mishap; flights could resume ‘soon’
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship sits on its pad in advance of its launch in September 2022. (Blue Origin via YouTube) The Federal Aviation Administration says that it’s closed its investigation of last year’s mishap involving Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket ship, but that Jeff Bezos’ space venture isn’t yet cleared to resume…
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Omnispace and Lacuna Successfully Demonstrate NGSO IoT Satellite Connectivity
Omnispace, the company redefining global mobile connectivity, together with communications leader Viasat and Lacuna Space, have demonstrated a first-of-its-kind, global, open standards-based Internet of Things (IoT) services that could pave the way for a range of IoT and direct-to-device (D2D) satellite services. Omnispace successfully demonstrated its non-geostationary (NGSO) IoT satellite connectivity at last week’s ‘The…
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BlueHalo Demonstrates Multi-band Badger Terminal to Space RCO
BlueHalo recently demonstrated its multi-band Badger satellite terminal for U.S. Space Force officials. BlueHalo successfully demonstrated target tracking and processing of signals using the multi-band software defined antenna tiles on its Badger product. The software-defined tile is a scalable phased array solution that BlueHalo says simplifies mission operations through agile and re-configurable beam-forming tiles. The…
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BlueHalo Demonstrates Multi-band Badger Terminal to Space RCO
BlueHalo recently demonstrated its multi-band Badger satellite terminal for U.S. Space Force officials. BlueHalo successfully demonstrated target tracking and processing of signals using the multi-band software defined antenna tiles on its Badger product. The software-defined tile is a scalable phased array solution that BlueHalo says simplifies mission operations through agile and re-configurable beam-forming tiles. The…
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NASA begins opening up OSIRIS-REx samples at Johnson Space Center
NASA receives its first asteroid samples Sunday morning the sample return capsule of OSIRIS-REx touched down in a desert in Utah. Inside it is expected to be a plethora of regolith from the target it collected from three years ago. This is the first set of asteroid samples NASA has collected. The mission is a…
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Sierra Space Raises $290M Series B Round at $5.3B Valuation
Commercial space station company Sierra Space announced a $290 million Series B funding round on Tuesday, valuing the company at $5.3 billion. The round takes Sierra Space’s total capital raised to $1.7 billion. A Japanese strategic partnership co-led the round. The partnership is between MUFG Bank, Kanematsu, and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, Japan’s…
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Sierra Space Raises $290M Series B Round at $5.3B Valuation
Commercial space station company Sierra Space announced a $290 million Series B funding round on Tuesday, valuing the company at $5.3 billion. The round takes Sierra Space’s total capital raised to $1.7 billion. A Japanese strategic partnership co-led the round. The partnership is between MUFG Bank, Kanematsu, and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, Japan’s…
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Intelsat Brings New Services to Customer Base in Brazil
Intelsat has launched new services in Brazil, one of Latin America’s biggest markets, as it targets more revenues from this market. It announced Sept. 27 that new services in Brazil combine local support, new teleport facilities, and broader satellite coverage to deliver connectivity services to more users across the region. Intelsat will be using its…
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Intelsat Brings New Services to Customer Base in Brazil
Intelsat has launched new services in Brazil, one of Latin America’s biggest markets, as it targets more revenues from this market. It announced Sept. 27 that new services in Brazil combine local support, new teleport facilities, and broader satellite coverage to deliver connectivity services to more users across the region. Intelsat will be using its…