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Four Commercial Landers Race Toward 2028 Cargo Deliveries for NASA’s Moon Base
Phase I of the Moon Base architecture plan runs from now through 2029 and includes more than twenty robotic landings, each designed to incrementally advance system capabilities and validate components for missions that follow. Before astronauts arrive, robotic missions will deploy scientific instruments to characterize the lunar environment, test new technologies, and begin assembling infrastructure…
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PUNCH Mission Pins Solar Storm Arrival to Within 30 Minutes in First Test
Solar storms are caused by coronal mass ejections, huge explosions of material off the Sun. Predicting when these ejections reach Earth is central to limiting their effects on power grids, satellites, and astronauts. Until recently, coronal mass ejections could not be tracked continuously across much of their journey. Before PUNCH, they could only be observed…
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Varda Space Industries Appoints Former Pfizer R&D Chief Mikael Dolsten to Board
Varda Space Industries has announced the appointment of pharmaceutical leader Mikael Dolsten to its board of directors. Dolsten has been one of biopharma’s senior R&D leaders, having served for 16 years as Chief Scientific Officer and President of Pfizer R&D, where he oversaw the approval of more than 36 medicines and vaccines and advanced more…
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Launch Preview: Starlink, AST SpaceMobile, and Chinese missions fill launch manifest
The first full week of August is shaping up to be another busy period for the global launch industry, with six missions scheduled from Asia and the United States. SpaceX has three Falcon 9 missions lined up this week: two Starlink missions and one mission for the AST BlueBird constellation. Internationally, China is expected to…
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Kreios Space Targets 2028 VLEO Demonstration With NanoAvionics Satellite Bus
Spanish aerospace startup Kreios Space has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics to provide the satellite platform for its first very low Earth orbit (VLEO) demonstration mission, which is targeted for launch in 2028. The mission will serve as the company’s first in-orbit test of its air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) technology, designed to enable satellites to operate for…
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FCC Authorizes Xona Space System’s Pulsar Constellation
The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Xona to broadcast Pulsar navigation signals from its full constellation of more than 250 satellites in Low Earth Orbit. This authorization marked the last regulatory milestone needed to advance Pulsar from demonstration to scaled deployment. This October, Xona would have launched its first six production Pulsar satellites. The spacecraft…
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Xona Clears Final Regulatory Hurdle for PNT Constellation
Xona Space Systems has won FCC approval to broadcast its Pulsar navigation signals from a full satellite constellation, clearing the last regulatory hurdle before the company can scale deployment, Xona announced Monday. The authorization makes Xona the only FCC-approved private navigation constellation cleared to broadcast in the L-band, putting Pulsar alongside GPS and other nation-state…
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SteamJet Space Systems Advances Green Satellite Propulsion with Water-Based SteamJet Thrusters
SteamJet Space Systems is advancing spacecraft propulsion through a portfolio of water-based electrothermal thrusters designed for CubeSats and small satellites. Headquartered in Canterbury, United Kingdom, the company develops propulsion systems that utilize water as a non-toxic propellant, providing satellite operators with an alternative to conventional chemical and electric propulsion technologies. The product portfolio including the…
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ETL Acquires Software Developer Amphinicy Technologies
ETL Systems has acquired Amphinicy Technologies, which develops software for satcom and Earth Observation markets, in a move the company said will help solve more complex ground segment challenges for its customers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Amphinicy’s software portfolio includes modern monitoring and control system Monica and a wideband software modem…
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Apex Media Expands In Touch+ Access Through HOTBIRD Satellites
In Touch+, the trusted source of biblical teachings from In Touch Ministries, is expanding its international reach through a new partnership with Eutelsat‘s HOTBIRD Satellites. The agreement brings the faith-based programming of renowned minister Dr. Charles Stanley to viewers in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The partnership makes In Touch+ available to more…