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ESA Awards €16 Million Contract to Spire Global for Satellite-Based Aviation Surveillance System
The European Space Agency has awarded Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, a €16 million phased contract for the EURIALO project, which will develop the preliminary design and demonstrator for a global space-based independent aircraft surveillance system. Spire will provide a system design and in-orbit technology demonstrator for a…
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Falcon Heavy launch of largest commercial communications satellite scrubbed
Update: SpaceX called off the launch of the Falcon Heavy with the Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 satellite with 1 minute, 5 seconds left on the clock. Falcon Heavy stands ready to launch the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever, the Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 satellite. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX rolled a Falcon Heavy to the launch pad early Wednesday…
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Satixfy Selected Quantic-X Microwave for Modular RF Hardware on Beam-Hopping JoeySat
Quantic X-Microwave confirmed Wednesday that it was contracted by satellite communications systems developer SatixFy to provide up/down converters for the fully regenerative digital processed payload it installed on-board “JoeySat,” one of 16 satellites that SpaceX successfully launched in May for OneWeb and the European Space Agency (ESA). SatixFy utilized Quantic X-Microwave’s modular RF & microwave…
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Boeing has now lost $1.1 billion on Starliner, with no crew flight in sight
A difficult summer for the Starliner program continued this week, with Boeing reporting additional losses on the vehicle’s development and NASA saying it’s too early to discuss potential launch dates for the crewed spacecraft. Throughout this spring, NASA and Boeing had been working toward a July launch date of the spacecraft, which will carry two…
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Lucky Break: A third company could secure lucrative Space Force contract
Why do we care about the NSSL? The National Security Space Launch Program (NSSL) holds immense importance in the United States’ space launch industry, and it has played a pivotal role in the existence of companies like SpaceX and ULA. The driving force behind its significance is, unsurprisingly, the substantial financial rewards it offers. The…
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Atomos Announces its First Orbital Demonstration Mission
After a period of intense development, in-space logistics provider Atomos Space is ready to launch two internally designed and built spacecraft. The vehicles, Quark and Gluon, will perform rendezvous, docking, refueling, and orbital transfer. This demonstration mission, dubbed The Singing Astronomer (after astronomer and opera singer Caroline Herschel, the first woman to receive a salary…
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Space Explored Podcast 67: Are ULA and Blue Origin in trouble?
Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Overcast PausePlay% buffered00:0036:47UnmuteMuteDisable captionsEnable captionsSettingsCaptionsDisabledQualityundefinedSpeedNormalCaptionsGo back to previous menuQualityGo back to previous menuSpeedGo back to previous menu0.5×0.75×Normal1.25×1.5×1.75×2×4×PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreenPlay The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week’s biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday,…
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Falcon Heavy launches largest ever geostationary satellite
For its third flight this year, Falcon Heavy conducted the record-breaking launch of EchoStar 24. Also known as Jupiter 3, this payload will be the heaviest satellite launched to a geostationary transfer orbit, massing 9.2 tonnes. As such, Falcon Heavy needed to expend its center core to gain additional performance, like what has been done…
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Pixxel Wins Grant to Build Multi-Payload Satellites for India’s Air Force
Indian hyperspectral earth-imaging technology firm Pixxel won a grant under the Indian Air Force‘s iDEX Prime program to manufacture miniaturized multi-payload satellites, the company announced Tuesday. Pixxel will to develop small satellites of up to 150 kgs for electro-optical, infrared, synthetic aperture radar and hyperspectral applications. The award was part of a SPARK grant program…
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Commercial Providers Applaud PLEO Contracts from Space Systems Command
Under a Proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services program that may be worth $900 million, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded 16 companies five-year contracts to establish commercial communications for military use. The July 18 DISA contract awards came via SSC’s Commercial Satellite Communications…