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Quantum Space Unveils Ranger Multi-Operations Vehicle to Transform Entry to GEO and Cislunar Space
Quantum Space (Quantum) announced the Ranger multi-operations vehicle (MOV), a highly capable and modular orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) which is designed to host and precisely deliver payloads directly in Geostationary orbit, cislunar space, and beyond. The Ranger MOV will extend customer’s spacecraft life, reduce program costs, and enable earlier operational status by directly deploying spacecraft…
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Capella Space Awarded Purchase Agreement to Develop High Resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar for NASA
NASA has awarded a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Capella Space Corporation of San Francisco to provide high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (0.5 meter to 1.2 meters) commercial Earth observation data products. Under this agreement, the government will issue fixed-price BPA calls for these products, at a not-to-exceed value of $7 million per…
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Preparations underway for SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launch
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket for the ViaSat 3 Americas mission inside the hangar at Launch Complex 39A. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy mission, set for April 18 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will launch a powerhouse bus-sized broadband satellite for Viasat into a high-altitude circular geostationary orbit, a demanding flight profile that…
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SpiderOak Forms New Strategic Partnership With Raytheon Technologies
SpiderOak has announced another strategic partnership as it looks to provide greater protection for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) networks. It announced April 11 that it is joining forces with Raytheon Technologies’ BBN division to develop and field a new generation of zero-trust security systems for satellite communications in proliferated LEO. SpiderOak’s OrbitSecure solution will be combined…
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Europe’s first mission to Jupiter poised for launch from South America
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, spacecraft is buttoned up for launch inside the payload fairing of an Ariane 5 rocket. The illustration on the Ariane 5 payload fairing was the winning submission in a children’s art competition, drawn by eight-year-old Yaryna from Ukraine. Credit:ESA-Manuel Pedoussaut The European Space Agency’s $1.7…
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Slingshot Plans to Expand Global Sensor Network for LEO Tracking
Slingshot Aerospace shared plans on Wednesday to expand its Global Sensor Network to increase its daily observations of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) by 100 times. By the end of this year, Slingshot plans to deploy more than 80 new optical sensors, which include proprietary telescopes and ultra-wide field of view sensors. This will bring its total…
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Intelsat Announces the Successful Launch of IS-40e High-Throughput Geosynchronous Satellite
Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity, announced the successful launch of Intelsat 40e (IS-40e), a geosynchronous satellite that relies on spot-beam technology to provide a large amount of capacity over North America for Intelsat’s commercial aviation, mobility, and network service…
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Japanese space science missions facing delays after H3 rocket failure
The spacecraft for the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, or XRISM, undergoes acoustic testing in Japan in December 2022. Credit: JAXA The launch of a Japanese X-ray telescope and robotic lunar lander has been delayed to no earlier than August, and the launch schedule for another Japanese mission to return samples from a moon…
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This Week Ahead in Launches: 2023 debut week for Arianespace
This Week’s Launches April 11 SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-7, 2.48 a.m. ET SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California April 13 Arianespace Ariane 5 JUICE, 8:15 a.m. ET Sometime this week SpaceX Starship Launch License SpaceX to launch next latest rideshare mission from California Tonight, SpaceX is looking to launch its second rideshare mission of 2023.…
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FCC Opens Space Bureau to Modernize Satellite Policy
The FCC officially opened its new Space Bureau on Tuesday as part of a plan from the commission to rethink and modernize its satellite policy. The FCC appointed Julie Kearney as chief of the Space Bureau, and Ethan Lucarelli as chief of the Office of International Affairs. This formalizes a move the FCC introduced in…