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Aarti Holla-Maini to Lead the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs
Aarti Holla-Maini will lead the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) as its director, the UN announced Monday. Holla-Maini succeeds Simonetta Di Pippo of Italy. Holla-Maini lives in the United Kingdom and is a satellite expert. She was the longtime secretary general of the Global Satellite Operators Association, and has served as a…
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Smiths Interconnect Showcases New Resistive and Wilkinson Power Dividers for Space and Defense Markets
Smiths Interconnect one of the leading providers of technically differentiated electronic components, subsystems, microwave, optical, and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical applications has announced the release of its new High-Frequency Surface Mount Resistive and Wilkinson Dividers in DC-50 GHz frequency range. The Resistive Power Divider Series offers excellent broadband performance, fitting…
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Intelsat Works With Lintasarta on Cellular Backhaul Rollout
Intelsat is helping bring more connectivity to Indonesia, one of Asia’s biggest markets by expanding its partnership with some key players in the region. Intelsat is working with Lintasarta, an Indonesian information and communication technology company via its mobile network operator subsidiary Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH), to roll out a network to cover remote areas…
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NASA to Provide Coverage for Launch of ESA’s Euclid Dark Universe Mission
The ESA (European Space Agency) and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 11:11 a.m. EDT (8:11 a.m. PDT) Saturday, July 1, to launch the Euclid spacecraft. Euclid is an ESA mission with contributions from NASA that will shed light on the nature of dark matter and dark energy, two of the biggest modern mysteries about…
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Biden Administration to Invest $42B in High-Speed Broadband Infrastructure
The Biden Administration is investing $42.45 billion in a high-speed broadband program with the goal of connecting every resident and small business with high-speed internet by 2030, the White House announced Monday. The funding is through the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, with funds to be spent on planning, infrastructure deployment, and adoption…
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SpaceX conducts six-engine test fire as it gears up for second Starship flight
An overhead drone captures the static test fire of Starship Ship 25 on June 26, 2023. Credit: SpaceX. SpaceX conducted a six-engine static test fire on Monday of the Starship vehicle that will eventually be paired with a Super Heavy booster for the second test flight of the company’s fully-reusable launch system. The six Raptor…
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ESA Awards GMV $218M Contract for Galileo 2nd Gen Ground System
The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded GMV a contract worth more than 200 million euros ($218 million) to develop the ground segment for in-orbit control and validation of the Galileo Second Generation (G2G). Galileo is Europe’s global navigation satellite system. GMV will contract out core G2G activities, for a value of around 155 million euros…
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Launch Roundup: Virgin Galactic performs crewed suborbital mission; SpaceX launches Euclid
Four launches are planned for the week of June 24 to July 1. The Russians opened the launches, with a Meteor weather satellite riding a Soyuz rocket on Tuesday, June 27, while Virgin Galactic flew its Galactic 01 crewed suborbital mission Thursday, June 29. Firefly’s Alpha rocket was thought to be making its first operational…
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Dramatic Week for SES is Talk of the Industry
As I write this ed note, it has been a fairly dramatic time in the satellite industry for SES. At the time of writing, we have seen the news of that Steve Collar, SES’s CEO, and one of the most recognizable faces in the industry, will be leaving SES at the end of June and…
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UNIO Execs Katrin Bacic and Frederic Baker Outline Their Vision for the Future
UNIO Enterprise is an exciting new player in the European satellite sector as it looks to make a splash in the mobility sector, particularly in the automotive arena. A joint venture led by Isar Aerospace, Mynaric, Reflex Aerospace, and SES, the company plans to build a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network for mobility and has…