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EchoStar CEO: Getting Timing Right on D2D Constellation is Critical
EchoStar CEO Hamid Akhavan teased plans for a direct-to-device satellite constellation during EchoStar’s investor call on May 8, saying that while EchoStar hasn’t made many announcements, it is getting plans and engineering ready — and getting the timing right is critical. EchoStar has been open about these plans in the works for a Low-Earth Orbit…
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A Soviet-era spacecraft built to land on Venus is falling to Earth instead
Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere in the next few days after misfiring on a journey to Venus more than 50 years ago. On average, a piece of space junk the size of Kosmos 482, with a mass of about a half-ton, falls into the atmosphere…
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A Soviet-era spacecraft built to land on Venus is falling to Earth instead
Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere in the next few days after misfiring on a journey to Venus more than 50 years ago. On average, a piece of space junk the size of Kosmos 482, with a mass of about a half-ton, falls into the atmosphere…
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Swissto12 Hires Former Inmarsat Exec as Chief Financial and Strategy Officer
Swissto12 has hired former Inmarsat executive Fredrik Gustavsson as the company’s new chief financial and strategy officer (CFSO). Gustavsson is the former chief strategy officer of Inmarsat, where he was part of the team that negotiated the sale to Viasat. Swissto12 manufactures radio frequency (RF) products for satellites as well as payloads and small Geostationary…
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SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Bast to begin the Starlink 15-3 mission on Friday, May 9, 2025. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX launched its first Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force of the month, after previously scrubbing the flight nearly a week ago.…
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ispace RESILIENCE Lander Enters Lunar Orbit and Prepares for June Landing
ispace, a global lunar exploration company, announced that its RESILIENCE lunar lander successfully entered lunar orbit on May 7, 2025, at 5:41 a.m. JST (May 6, 2025, 20:41 UTC). This marks the completion of Success 7 milestone of Mission 2 “SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon.” ispace engineers performed the injection maneuver from the Mission Control…
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Rheinmetall and ICEYE to Form Joint Venture for SAR Satellite Production
Rheinmetall and the globally leading SAR satellite manufacturer ICEYE are further intensifying their cooperation. The two companies intend to establish a joint venture for satellite production. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed on May 8, 2025. Rheinmetall is to be the majority shareholder in the new joint venture named Rheinmetall ICEYE Space…
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Rocket Report: Rocket Lab to demo cargo delivery; America’s new ICBM in trouble
Welcome to Edition 7.43 of the Rocket Report! There’s been a lot of recent news in hypersonic testing. We cover some of that in this week’s newsletter, which is just a taste of the US military’s appetite for fielding its own hypersonic weapons, and conversely, the Pentagon’s emphasis on the detection and destruction of an…
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Rocket Report: Rocket Lab to demo cargo delivery; America’s new ICBM in trouble
Welcome to Edition 7.43 of the Rocket Report! There’s been a lot of recent news in hypersonic testing. We cover some of that in this week’s newsletter, which is just a taste of the US military’s appetite for fielding its own hypersonic weapons, and conversely, the Pentagon’s emphasis on the detection and destruction of an…