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Meteorological satellite launches into orbit
A Long March 4C rocket carrying the Fengyun 3F satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, Aug 3, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] China launched a meteorological satellite on Thursday for weather forecasting, climate change monitoring and research on atmospheric chemistry. A Long March 4C carrier rocket lifted off at 11:47 am at the…
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Intelsat’s Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 Marks 40 Years of the Galaxy Fleet
SpaceX launched the Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 satellite for Intelsat in the early hours of Thursday morning. The launch marks a milestone for Intelsat — it’s the operator’s eighth Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite launched over a period of 10 months. SpaceX launched the mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida…
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ESA still seems shy about sharing news on Ariane 6 rocket testing
Last month, a full-scale test model of Europe’s Ariane 6 was put to the test on its launch pad in the jungles of French Guiana. For the first time, the launch team at the tropical spaceport loaded cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the Ariane 6 over the course of a marathon 26-hour test…
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Ursa Major Extends Partnership with America Makes for Advanced Rocket Engine Technology
Ursa Major, America’s privately funded company focused solely on rocket propulsion, announced it received additional funding from America Makes, an Ohio-based organization that aims to accelerate U.S. manufacturing competitiveness through the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM). Ursa Major and America Makes began their relationship in 2021 with the establishment of the Ursa Major Advanced Manufacturing…
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Tilebox Closes Pre-Seed Funding, Raising $1.7M
Tilebox, a new European space startup has closed its pre-seed round of funding, raising $1.7 million. The company announced the close of the funding round Aug. 1. The round was led by tech investors including Cocoa Ventures, Possible Ventures, Remote First Capital, along with Findus Ventures and Luis Sanz, CEO of CARTO. The company aims…
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Momentus to Highlight its M-1000 Commercial Satellite Bus at Small Satellite 2023
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers commercial satellite buses and orbital transportation, and in-space infrastructure services, will be attending Small Satellite 2023 from August 5-10 in Logan, Utah. During the event, Momentus will be hosting a featured presentation to discuss its orbital transportation and hosted payload services, as well as its M-1000 satellite…
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SES Reports Revenue Uptick in H1, Along with Power ‘Trip Offs’ in mPOWER Power Modules
Revenue at SES grew nearly 10% in the first half of this fiscal year, but the operator also disclosed a minor issue with O3b mPOWER satellites in its half year financial results on Thursday. Interim CEO Ruy Pinto led the company’s investor call for the first financial report since former CEO Steve Collar left the…
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Voyager Space and Airbus Collaborate to Build and Operate Starlab Commercial Space Station
Voyager Space, one of the global leaders in space exploration, and Airbus Defence and Space, the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe, announced an agreement paving the way for a transatlantic joint venture to develop, build, and operate Starlab, a commercial space station planned to succeed the International Space Station. The US-led joint venture…
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A flawless Cygnus launch brings eras to a close
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va.—I had been told that rocket launches are a physical experience, that the carefully controlled explosions that send payloads to space create waves of sound intense enough to be felt from over a mile away. But my first close-up experience with a launch involved the relatively small Electron rocket, and that left me…
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Intelsat completes refresh of satellites with Falcon 9 launch of Galaxy 37
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Aug. 3, 2023, carrying Intelsat’s Galaxy 37 satellite. Photo: Adam Bernstein. SpaceX launched an Intelsat communications satellite early Thursday, part of a fleet-wide refresh under a Federal Communications Commission push to free up transmission space for 5G cellular networks.…