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ReliaSat Withdraws from the Acquisition of Arralis Technologies
ReliaSat, a world-leading expert in RF, micro and millimeter wave technology, has withdrawn from the process of acquiring Arralis Technologies Limited. Effective terms could not be agreed and there is no possibility of renegotiation in the future. Both companies have decided to go their own way. ReliaSat operates in the United Kingdom and has a…
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NASA Sets Briefings for Upcoming Crew Mission to the International Space Station
NASA will host a pair of news conferences on July 25, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to highlight upcoming crew rotations missions to the International Space Station. The briefings will cover NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the space station, currently targeted to launch Tuesday, Aug. 15, for a science mission aboard the…
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Goonhilly to Support India and US Lunar Missions
Goonhilly Earth Station will support three upcoming lunar and deep space missions with organizations in India and the U.S., as it looks to showcase its capabilities as a commercial deep space ground station. The company announced this support, July 14. The company has looked to forge partnerships with international space agencies to advance space exploration…
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Comtech Wins $30M Contract to Support the US Army
Fairwinds Technologies awarded Comtech a $30 million contract for its Troposcatter family of systems (FOS) to support U.S. Army tactical communications. Comtech announced the award on July 13. Fairwinds is a tech systems integrator. The contract was made through the NASA solutions for enterprise-wide procurement (SEWP) V catalog. CEO Ken Peterman said this order makes…
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HawkEye 360 Receives $58 Million Funding to Develop New Space Systems
HawkEye 360, the top defense technology company specializing in space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analysis, revealed that it has successfully secured $58 million in new funding. The investment will be utilized to advance space systems and enhance analytics capabilities in order to support crucial defense missions. The Series D-1 funding round was spearheaded by…
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Rocket Report: Rocket Lab’s next step in reuse, Blue Origin engine explodes
Welcome to Edition 6.02 of the Rocket Report! I’m on my third week at Ars, and the space beat is as busy as ever. Going forward, Eric and I will alternate work on the Rocket Report every other week. SpaceX broke its own booster reuse record this week, and a Chinese company made history with…
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NASA to Send Swarm of Satellites to Low Earth Orbit as Part of the Starling Mission
This July, NASA is sending a team of four six-unit (6U)-sized CubeSats into orbit around Earth to see if they’re able to cooperate on their own, without real-time updates from mission control. While that kind of autonomous cooperation may not sound too difficult for humans, this team will be robotic – composed of small satellites…
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Synspective Signs Multi-Launch Deal with Rocket Lab
Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) company Synspective has signed a multi-launch deal with Rocket Lab for two dedicated Electron missions, the companies announced July 13. Including a previously scheduled mission, Rocket Lab is now scheduled to launch three missions for Synspective beginning in late 2023 from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. Synspective has been…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX finishes Starlink v1 flights – China launches methane powered ZQ-2
This week, LandSpace reached orbit on its second test flight of the ZhuQue-2 rocket; SpaceX launched the final v1.0/v1.5 Starlink satellites on Starlink Group 5-15; and India launched the Chandrayaan-3 lunar exploration mission atop their Launch Vehicle Mark 3 rocket. These launches will mark the 102nd through 104th orbital launches of 2023. If the launch…
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Rocket Lab Signs Multi-Launch Deal with Synspective to Deploy its Satellite Constellation
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed a deal with Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective to launch two dedicated Electron missions. The new missions bring the total number of Electron launches contracted by Synspective to six. Rocket Lab has been launching for Synspective since 2020 when…