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Jammed radar boom on Jupiter-bound JUICE probe finally freed
Artist’s concept of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer with all its antenna deployed. Credit: European Space Agency After three weeks of intense analysis and troubleshooting, European Space Agency flight controllers have finally succeeded in freeing a jammed 52-foot (16-meter) boom critical to the Jupiter-bound JUICE probe’s ice-penetrating radar instrument. The Jupiter Icy Moons mission –…
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Allen Institute takes on a supporting role in experiment to grow stem cells in space
A live colony of human induced pluripotent stem cells fills the screen of a microscope. (Allen Institute Photo) Space: The final frontier … for stem cells? Seattle’s Allen Institute for Cell Science says cells from its collection are going into space for the first time on a private mission to the International Space Station. The…
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SSC Signs 10-Year Deal to Build OneWeb Gateway in NW Canada
SSC has a new 10-year contract to build and manage a satellite network portal (SNP) in Northwest Canada for OneWeb. The site is currently under construction and will serve as a gateway for OneWeb satellite broadband internet in Canada, with 27 antenna bases once it is completed by the end of this year. The new…
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SpiderOak Snags Investments from Accenture, Raytheon Technologies & Stellar Ventures
Satellite cybersecurity company SpiderOak has received new investments from Accenture Ventures, Raytheon Technologies‘ RTX Ventures, and Stellar Ventures — beyond the company’s $16.4 million Series C round closed in January. The company said this investment will fund the company’s deployment of its zero-trust data security solutions for space missions. SpiderOak plans to extend its OrbitSecure software…
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Sidus Space Expands Ground Station Coverage with Strategic Agreement with Leaf Space
Sidus Space, a Space and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company focused on mission-critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support is pleased to announce the execution of a significant service agreement with Leaf Space, a leading provider of ground segment as-a-service (GSaaS) solutions. This agreement implies a significant achievement…
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Starlink v2, Iridium, and OneWeb satellites involved in Falcon 9 missions
On the two main coasts of the United States, SpaceX launched a number of low Earth orbit communications satellites for three different networks. The first launch, Starlink Group 6-3, flew on Friday, May 19 at 2:19 AM EDT (06:19 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.…
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Starlink v2, Iridium, and OneWeb satellites involved in Falcon 9 missions
On the two main coasts of the United States, SpaceX launched a number of low Earth orbit communications satellites for three different networks. The first launch, Starlink Group 6-3, flew on Friday, May 19 at 2:19 AM EDT (06:19 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.…
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Measat Makes Broadband Commitment to Malaysian Armed Forces
Measat has made a significant broadband commitment to Malaysia’s military personnel. The company announced May 17 that it will be providing its CONNECTme NOW satellite broadband services for free under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program to frontline Malaysian Armed Forces personnel serving at selected remote border checkpoint posts located across Malaysia. CONNECTme NOW is…
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NASA to Select Second Lunar Lander Partner for Artemis Moon Mission
NASA will announce the company selected to develop a sustainable human landing system for the Artemis V Moon mission, during an event at 10 a.m. EDT Friday, May 19, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The human landing system will take astronauts to and from Gateway in lunar orbit to the surface and back to the…
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We’re effectively alone in the Universe, and that’s OK
Silence. Complete, unnerving silence. Despite decades of searches for any form of life, intelligent or otherwise, out there in the cosmos, the Universe has but one message for us: No one is answering. But that solitude is not a curse. The great expanse of the empty heavens above us does not carry with it an…