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SES Signs Broadband Deal in the Philippines With We Are IT
SES has announced in a new partnership in the Philippines. SES is teaming up with We Are IT (WIT) to deliver connectivity services via the SES-9 satellite to 43 Filipino Commission of Elections offices. SES announced the partnership, Aug. 23. The partnership will see SES enable WIT to deliver connectivity to the commission’s offices in…
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Space Development Agency Selects Mynaric for Optical Ground Terminal Demonstration Project
Mynaric, a provider company of industrialized, cost-effective and scalable laser communications products, announced that it has been selected by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to contribute to an optical ground terminal demonstration. The research and development program’s mission, slated for 2025, is to demonstrate the successful connection between various space-based optical communications terminals (OCTs) and…
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Mission Status Center: surprise switch to recoverable booster for 40th Electron mission
Mission Status Center
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Momentus Uses a Reverse Stock Split to Raise Share Price
In-space transportation company Momentus executed a reverse stock split on Wednesday, to raise the price of its shares so the company can continue trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Momentus was set to execute the reverse stock split at 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 23 at a 1-for-50 ratio. This means that every 50 shares of…
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Booster 9 conducts pre-flight static fire test
SpaceX’s Super Heavy Booster 9 prototype has completed its pre-launch static fire test. This follows roughly two weeks after its first static fire attempt that ended prematurely at only half the expected duration. Work continues in parallel at Starbase to prepare Ship 25 for flight, which could occur in the next week or two, pending…
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India’s Chandrayaan 3 makes successful lunar landing
Updated: 12 p.m. EDT with landing photo The first image released from Chandrayaan 3 on the surface shows part of a landing leg and its accompanying shadow. Image: ISRO. India’s space agency said Wednesday it had successfully landed its Chandrayaan 3 robotic probe on the surface of the Moon. The Chandrayaan 3 lander touched down…
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ClearSpace’s In-Orbit Cleanup Target is Hit by Other Debris
A payload adapter that is the target for ClearSpace’s future debris removal mission was likely hit by other space debris, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Tuesday. ESA reported that a small, untracked object likely collided with the VESPA payload adapter left in-orbit from a 2013 Vega launch — because ESA is now tracking new…
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NASA Selects Geology Team for Artemis III Lunar Mission
NASA has selected the geology team that will develop the surface science plan for the first crewed lunar landing mission in more than 50 years. NASA’s Artemis III mission will land astronauts, including the first woman to land on the Moon, near the lunar South Pole to advance scientific discovery and pave the way for…
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Sidus Space Acquires Edge Computing Company Exo-Space
Sidus Space is acquiring Exo-Space to expand into the AI sector and improve its solutions for the Earth observation market. Sidus Space is a satellite manufacturing and space services company developing the multi-mission LizzieSat constellation. Sidus Space said that Exo-Space’s technology in AI edge computing for software and space hardware complements its own. The company…
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Chris Kemp unplugged—Astra’s CEO dishes on the space company’s struggles
Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT update: Updated to clarify Kemp’s statements about cash and revenue. Chris Kemp is a fighter. That’s the price of admission if you want to compete in the brutal small launch industry. He is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Astra, founded in 2016 with a goal of essentially commoditizing small satellite…