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Jeff Bezos brings Amazon work culture to Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos has moved to introduce a tough Amazon-like approach to his rocket maker Blue Origin, as the world’s third-richest person seeks to revive a company that has lagged behind Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The space company’s founder and sole shareholder has pushed to shift its internal culture with management hires from Amazon, while implementing policies…
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Myriota Unveils 5G-Compliant HyperPulse for Ultra-Low Power IoT Connectivity
Myriota, the provider of global satellite-based connectivity optimized for IoT devices, announces the availability of its groundbreaking 5G-compliant Myriota HyperPulse network running on Nordic Semiconductor low-power cellular IoT solutions. The partnership delivers end-to-end 5G NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks) standards-based connectivity solutions for battery-constrained IoT. The two companies are closely aligned in delivering ultra-low power IoT services…
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NASA just lost yet another one of its low-cost planetary missions
Since the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft launched in late February as a rideshare spacecraft along with a Falcon 9 launch, NASA has been providing a series of increasingly worrisome updates about the health of the small orbiter. Trailblazer appears to be spinning and out of contact with engineers back on Earth. In an update published on…
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Redwire Selected by ESA to Develop Concept for Next-Generation Mars Spacecraft
Redwire Corporation, a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it has been awarded a study contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conceptualize a spacecraft platform that could be delivered to Mars as a part of ESA LightShip initiative. Redwire’s wholly-owned Belgian subsidiary, Redwire Space NV, has been…
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Butch Wilmore says Elon Musk is “absolutely factual” on Dragon’s delayed return
Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are due to return home on a Crew Dragon spacecraft in a couple of weeks. For two of the crew members, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, it has been a long, strange trip. To recap: Wilmore and Williams launch on the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft…
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BlackSky Provides Very High-Resolution Imagery from its Inaugural Gen-3 Satellite Launch
BlackSky Technology has delivered the first very high-resolution images from the company’s inaugural Gen-3 satellite just five days following its successful launch on February 18. “Initial Gen-3 image quality is exceeding customer expectations with minimal calibration. Our first Gen-3 satellite is delivering remarkable initial image clarity at insertion altitude, and we expect image quality to…
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Space Compass and NTT DOCOMO Demonstrates 4G Connectivity via HAPS Over Kenya
Space Compass and NTT DOCOMO, jointly announced that they have successfully completed data connectivity tests between the LTE base station and smartphones using high-altitude platform stations (HAPS) from the stratosphere (altitudes of around 20km) in Laikipia County, Kenya. In this test, a communication demonstration using LTE was carried out between the HAPS flying at altitudes…
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Lynk Global and MEO Demonstrates Direct-to-Device Satellite Technology in Portugal
Lynk Global, a leading satellite-direct-to-device (D2D) provider, announced the successful demonstration of its patented D2D technology in Portugal, in partnership with MEO, the market-leading telecommunications operator in Portugal. This milestone continues Lynk’s successful testing of its technology on all seven continents and marks the first time a national operator in Portugal, MEO, has implemented D2D…
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Aalto Completes Test Flight of Zephyr HAPS Vehicle in Kenya
Aalto HAPS has conducted a successful connectivity test on the behalf of customer Space Compass and its partner NTT Docomo. The test saw Aalto conduct a stratospheric connectivity test in Kenya, connecting a 4G mobile device to the Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), the company announced March 3. Zephyr was equipped with a connectivity…
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Rocket Lab Signs Electron Launch Agreements with iQPS
Rocket Lab, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed one of its largest Electron launch agreements to date in a second multi-launch deal with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japan-based Earth-imaging company. This newly signed deal follows an earlier multi-launch contract signed with iQPS in…