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Astranis and Infinite Orbits Confirm Success on ViaSat-3 Launch
Astranis and Infinite Orbits — the two companies with secondary payloads on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy mission that launched ViaSat-3 — confirmed their satellites were successfully deployed. After Sunday night’s launch, Astranis CEO John Gedmark confirmed that the company made contact with the Arcturus satellite. Its solar array and antennas were successfully deployed, and the system…
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SatixFy Revenue Drops 50% in 2022 With Order Cancellations and Delays
Revenue at satellite technology company SatixFy fell by 50% in 2022, as supply chain challenges caused order delays and cancellations, the company said. SatixFy reported its first full-year financial results on Monday after the company went public at the end of October through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. Revenue was $10.6 million in…
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Space Forge to Explore Satellite Return Capabilities With Southern Launch in Australia
Welsh space company Space Forge has a new MoU with Australia’s Southern Launch to explore potential satellite return technologies at Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range, the companies announced Monday. Space Forge is working to develop technologies to manufacture super materials in space, and return the materials to Earth with the ForgeStar re-entry satellite. Space Forge…
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SES Successfully Launched it’s Third and Fourth O3b mPOWER Satellites
SES announced the successful launch of two additional O3b mPOWER satellites at 6:12 pm local time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. The satellites were launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, marking a significant milestone for the O3b mPOWER constellation. The second pair of O3b mPOWER satellites will join the…
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SpaceX Launches Second Batch of O3b mPOWER Satellites for SES
SpaceX launched the second batch of O3b mPOWER satellites for SES on Friday evening. The Falcon 9 mission took off from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:12 p.m. This is the third and fourth satellites for the constellation, and the second out of three launches. The first batch launched in December. The Boeing-built…
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Norsat International Provides Innovative Communication Terminals For Satellite Applications
Norsat International, a provider of innovative communication solutions that enable the transmission of data, audio and video for remote and challenging applications, has an extensive range of products and services such as customizable satellite components, portable satellite terminals, maritime solutions and satellite networks. Sinctech, a division of Norsat, provides antenna and RF conditioning products, systems and…
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Viasat seeks replacement for Ariane 6 for launch of third ViaSat 3 satellite
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated May 1 with schedule for launch of ViaSat 3 APAC. A full-scale test model of an Ariane 6 rocket stands on its launch pad in French Guiana last year. Credit:ESA-Manuel Pedoussaut On the eve of launching its first ViaSat 3 internet satellite on a SpaceX rocket, Viasat says it has moved the launch…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center
Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the ViaSat 3 Americas broadband satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”Falcon Heavy Launch Replay”] [tabbyending]
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ViaSat-3 Americas launches on expendable Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy’s second launch 2023 set sail on Sunday, with liftoff with the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite as the main payload, plus the much smaller Arcturus and G-Space 1 rideshare satellites. Liftoff was scheduled for Wednesday, April 26, at 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC on Monday) at the start of a 57-minute window. However, SpaceX has…
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Dragonfly Aerospace Missioning Towards Space Exploration With Their Experience in Space Engineering
Dragonfly Aerospace, a South African space engineering and space missions, with a team of strong experience and heritage dating back to the first earth observation satellite missions starting in the 1980’s through to their most recent satellite launch in 2018 and imager launch in 2020. FACILITY Dragonfly Aerospace is investing in a 3000m² design and…