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Amazon’s Kuiper satellite network forges partnership with Vodafone’s cell networks
A cellular tower serves as the backdrop for Project Kuiper’s satellite terminal. (Amazon Photo) Vodafone and its African subsidiary, Vodacom, have made a deal to use Amazon’s yet-to-be-deployed Project Kuiper satellite broadband network to extend the reach of their 4G/5G cellular networks. The deal, which was announced this week by Amazon as well as British-based…
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Terran Orbital Releases New Product Line of Seven Satellite Buses
Terran Orbital is updating its satellite bus product line, announcing a new lineup of seven satellite bus platforms on Wednesday across nano, micro, mini, and small classes. The lineup is based on a flexible architecture with common building blocks, and the designs all have flight heritage. The sizes range from a 6U cubesat with 5 kg…
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Iridium to Connect Excavators for XCMG Heavy Equipment
Iridium Communications has signed a new heavy equipment deal to connect excavators built by Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG). XCMG will deploy Iridium IoT services using the Iridium Edge hardware on the company’s excavators, expanding to loaders and crane trucks as needed. Iridium Edge is a plug-and-play satellite IoT terminal that can be paired with…
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Musk declares Starship is ready for its second test flight, following stacking
Aerial view of the fully stacked Starship vehicle at Starbase, Texas, on Sept. 6, 2023. Image: SpaceX. Story updated with information confirmed to Spaceflight Now by the Federal Aviation Administration on Sept. 7, 2023. Another SpaceX Starship rocket stands fully integrated against the South Texas horizon and company-founder Elon Musk said from his perspective, they’re…
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L3Harris Orders 3 Alpha Launches from Firefly Aerospace
L3Harris has ordered three dedicated launches from Firefly Aerospace on its Alpha launch vehicle, the companies announced Tuesday. The launches are targeted for 2026. The three missions will launch from Firefly’s launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The announcement was light on details, but Firefly said the launches to Low-Earth Orbit will support the…
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Japanese H-IIA launches X-ray telescope and lunar lander
The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA launch vehicle, as its career is being wound down in favor of the H3, launched the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) robotic lunar lander and the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) X-ray telescope on its 47th flight. After this flight, the second of 2023 for the H-IIA, the…
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Umbra Collaborates with EUSI to Provide SAR Imagery for European Remote Sensing Projects
Umbra, one of the leaders in advanced space radar technology, has announced a strategic partnership with European Space Imaging (EUSI), a provider of Very High Resolution (VHR) optical satellite imagery. This partnership will allow customers to purchase Umbra’s industry-leading Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data directly through EUSI. This collaboration offers a significant benefit to remote…
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Vodafone Partners with Amazon’s Project Kuiper to Expand 4G/5G Coverage in Europe and Africa
Amazon’s Project Kuiper landed a deal with multinational telco Vodafone to expand 4G and 5G services to Vodafone’s customers in Europe and Africa. The companies announced the deal Tuesday, with Vodafone pitching it as a way to bring high-speed broadband to unserved and underserved communities without the cost of traditional fiber build-out. When Kuiper is…
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Wyvern Signs With Loft Orbital to Expand its Hyperspectral Constellation
Hyperspectral startup Wyvern is working with Loft Orbital to expand its Dragonette satellite constellation, booking a slot on an upcoming Loft Orbital mission. Wyvern will be a part of a mission on Loft’s upcoming second-generation satellite platform, derived from the OneWeb satellite bus. Wyvern said this will add capacity to its existing Dragonette hyperspectral satellite…
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SpaceX all in on X, ditching YouTube for its livestreams
SpaceX livestreams moving off YouTube to X Over the weekend the expected streams of SpaceX’s Starlink Group 6-12 and the splashdown of Crew-6, a crew rotation mission to the ISS through NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, were removed from YouTube. SpaceX just finished its coverage of Crew-6’s undocking and departure of the ISS on both X…