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News Quiz: Week of June 16
Think you’re up to speed on the space and satellite industry? Prove it—take this week’s news quiz.
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The Rubin Observatory is throwing a big party to reveal its first pictures — and you’re invited
After more than 20 years of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready for its grand opening, and the world is invited. The observatory in the foothills of the Chilean Andes features a monster of a telescope, with an 8.4-meter-wide (28-foot-wide) mirror, coupled with what’s said to be the world’s largest digital camera. It will survey…
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Relativity Space accelerates production and testing of first Terran R
In a series of recent updates from Relativity Space, the company highlighted progress on its upcoming Terran R launch vehicle and supporting infrastructure for the rocket’s first flight, scheduled for 2026. The company is currently concentrating on three key areas: Terran R launch infrastructure, Aeon R engine testing, and the production of Terran R. Block…
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SatVu to Work With 5 Partners on NGA’s Luno A & B Programs
SatVu will support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) Luno A & B programs by partnering with five other companies to provide its thermal imagery. SatVu, based in the United Kingdom, collects high-resolution thermal imaging from space. The company said June 19 it will provide and integrate its state-of-the-art thermal imagery with the other imaging capabilities…
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SpaceX Launches Transporter-14 Rideshare Mission With 70 Payloads
SpaceX launched the Transporter-14 rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, carrying 70 payloads for a number of smallsat customers. This comes a few days after the company’s Starship rocket, which is in development, exploded on a test stand at Starbase in Texas late Wednesday. SpaceX said the Starship vehicle was in the process…
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Orion Space Prepares for Historic VLEO DARPA Ouija Mission Launch
Orion Space Solutions announced the successful completion of a test readiness review (TRR) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Ouija program very low Earth orbit (VLEO) mission, slated for launch in late summer 2025. The Ouija program, initiated in 2022, will mark a significant milestone in space exploration and data collection. The Ouija…
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Exotrail to Launch GEO Mission in 2028 with CNES Support Under France 2030
Exotrail is strengthening its spacevan manifest with a new mission to geostationary orbit scheduled for early 2028, commissioned by CNES as part of the France 2030 plan. This program, supported by the French space agency, CNES, aims to develop a perennial European capacity for the orbital deployment of small satellites from geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)…
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Vi and AST SpaceMobile Partner to Deliver Satellite-Powered Connectivity Solutions
Vi (Vodafone Idea), India’s leading telecom service provider, and AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, announced a strategic partnership to expand mobile connectivity across India’s unconnected regions. AST SpaceMobile made history by placing the first ever…
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NASA and German Aerospace Center to Expand Artemis Collaboration
NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro signed an agreement with DLR (German Aerospace Center, or Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) to continue a partnership in space medicine research while attending the Paris Air Show on June 16. This renewed collaboration builds on previous radiation mitigation efforts for human spaceflight. As NASA advances the Trump-Vance Administration’s goals for exploration on the…