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Yahsat Takes Significant LEO Step Investing in Astrocast
Thuraya has taken the significant step of investing in a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation for the first time. The company, which is owned by Yahsat, concluded a new investment agreement with Astrocast, a LEO and IoT network operator. The two companies announced the deal April 3. The transaction will be in the form of a…
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Deloitte Launches Space Practice
Consulting firm Deloitte has launched a space practice called Deloitte Space to advise organizations on the potential of the industry. Deloitte has 15 years of experience advising in the space arena, but announced the new formal space practice on April 4. Deloitte said this move comes as the space economy has grown by more than…
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Satixfy Demonstrates Antenna With OneWeb Technologies and AFRL
Satixfy reports that it demonstrated the company’s new antenna with OneWeb Technologies and the Air Force Research Lab. The demonstration was part of the U.S. military program Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI), in partnership with the U.S. Army. Satixfy’s April 4 announcement was light on details, but the company said it demonstrated its…
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EGS launch team looking forward to working with Artemis II crew
NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) have been preparing and planning for the Artemis II launch since before the flight crew was announced on April 3. Teams at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida are looking forward to working closely with the four astronauts who will be the first to fly to the Moon in…
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Space Foundation to Hold 38th Space Symposium from April 17-20, 2023
Space Foundation is all set to hold its 38th Space Symposium, a premier event for global space professionals, from April 17-20, 2023 at The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO USA. Year after year, the Space Symposium maintains its reputation as the “must attend” space industry event. The organizers have released all the details regarding the event.…
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics Showcases New Magnetorquer for CubeSats
Kongsberg NanoAvionics, a small satellite mission integrator focused on delivering new generation satellite buses and their mission services for the satellite applications market has introduced a new Magnetorquer for CubeSats and nanosats. Magnetorquers “SatBus MTQ”, designed by NanoAvionics, is a set of two (X and Y-axis) magnetorquer rods and one air core Z-axis magnetorquer coil…
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NASA’s moon-rocket moving crawler-transporter carries new world record
All the technicians that work on the crawler stand in front of CT-2 for a photo with the certificate. Image: Theresa Cross John Giles, Crawler Element Operations Manager for Exploration Ground Systems, was also on-site and spoke about what was next for CT-2. Giles said the crawler is down for the next few months during…
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Artemis 2 commander chats with Spaceflight Now
Reid Wiseman, a veteran U.S. Navy test pilot and former chief of NASA’s astronaut corps, will lead the four-person crew assigned to the Artemis 2 mission to carry people to the vicinity of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. In a joint interview with Spaceflight Now and Space.com, Wiseman…
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China Deploys 4 InSAR Satellites and a New Yaogan Reconnaissance Satellite
China conducted a pair of launches sending interferometric synthetic aperture radar and reconnaissance satellites in orbit. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 6:50 a.m. Eastern, March 30, carrying four PIESAT-1 constellation satellites.The satellites are named PIESAT-1 (A-01) and PIESAT-1-B (01 through 03). The four X-band interferometric synthetic aperture…
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AST SpaceMobile Updates on BlueWalker 3 Sat-to-Cell Tests
AST SpaceMobile gave an update on BlueWalker 3 satellite-to-cell tests in its full year financial results, reporting initial tests show the downlink signal strength needed to reach 5G cellular broadband speeds can be met with the technology. “We are happy to announce that the initial test results indicate that the downlink signal strength necessary to…