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SpaceX launches Transporter 7 rideshare mission from California
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 51 small satellites and payloads. Credit: SpaceX After several delays to wait for improved weather, SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 rocket into space late Friday night from California’s Central Coast with 51 small satellites, payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles from customers…
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Boeing Unveils Anti-Jam Payload For Next Space Force Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite
Boeing on Thursday introduced its design for an anti-jam payload that has been integrated into a U.S. Space Force satellite communications spacecraft scheduled to be launched in 2024. The Protected Tactical Satcom Prototype (PTS-P) payload provides jammer geolocation, real-time adaptive nulling, frequency hopping and other techniques to automatically counter jamming efforts to keep warfighters connected…
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Antrix Setting New Standards to Promote Quality in Space Emanating from Indian Space Ventures
Antrix, an ISO 9001:2015 certified organization and commercial arm of ISRO, is promoting and delivering quality space products and services emanating from Indian Space Programme. Antrix is a wholly owned Government of India company under the Administrative Control of Department of Space (DOS). It is fully compliant with the provisions of the companies act and…
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Starship ready for historic maiden flight, gains FAA launch license
With SpaceX confirming Starship is now ready for flight, all eyes were on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue its launch license. That was finally granted on Friday evening. Additionally, the company gave more details about the planned time frame for flight and the timeline for the launch. Ship 24 was also destacked from…
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Rare hybrid solar eclipse to take place on April 20
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow on the planet. A hybrid eclipse, also known as an annular-total eclipse, is a unique event where the eclipse appears as a total eclipse in some areas, and as an annular eclipse in others. Image via Sky Walk The…
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Relativity Space Shift Towards Blending its Manufacturing Techniques to Speed Up Reusable Rocket Development
Relativity Space announced that they are shifting the strategy in an attempt to accelerate work on the reusable rocket it’s developing. Chief among the changes: adjusting its manufacturing approach to blend its 3D-printing-first approach with traditional metal-bending techniques. The company is going “all in” on developing its larger Terran R rocket, CEO Tim Ellis told…
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Europe launches spacecraft on eight-year journey to explore Jupiter’s moons
A European Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Center with the Juicy Icy Moons Explorer mission. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/JM Guillon An Ariane 5 rocket took off from French Guiana Friday with the heaviest interplanetary science probe ever launched, kicking off a $1.7 billion European Space Agency mission on a decade-long quest to Jupiter’s…
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L3Harris to Build Weather Satellite Sensors for Japan
L3Harris Technologies will provide Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) next-generation Geostationary (GEO) imaging and sounding instruments to monitor and predict severe weather events. L3Harris has a legacy of providing these space-based weather instruments for Japan. The contract announced April 13 is with Mitsubishi Electric Group. L3Harris will build and deliver an advanced imager and sounder for JMA’s…
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Launch Spotlight: ViaSat-3 – SpaceX set to launch the first fully expendable Falcon Heavy
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Satixfy Forms Strategic Partnership with Presto Engineering
Satixfy has formed a strategic partnership with Presto Engineering, a company that specializes in ASIC design and semiconductor engineering and production services. The two companies announced the strategic partnership, April 13. The two companies aim to test and qualify radiation hardened space-grade ASICs for next generation satellite communications. Presto Engineering is providing Satixfy with services to…