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Sen. Blumenthal Looking Into Possible Musk Conflicts of Interest in DOGE/SpaceX Work
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., the ranking member of the investigations panel of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and a senior Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said last week that he has begun a preliminary look into whether the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) has gained access to trade secrets…
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Airbus to Manufacture Oberon Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites for MOD
Airbus Oberon satellite system. Photo: Airbus The U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) awarded Airbus a contract to design and build two synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites as part of the Oberon program, Airbus announced Feb. 10. The two satellites will utilize high resolution SAR technology, allowing them to capture detailed images of the Earth’s surface…
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Launch Roundup: Starlink and CZ-8A launches planned; Falcon booster to land in Bahamas
China conducted the debut flight of an upgraded version of the Chang Zheng 8 medium-lift rocket this week. Three Starlink launches from Florida were planned, with just the Feb. 18 flight remaining to be done, and a NROL flight from Vandenberg aboard a Falcon 9 is now set for Feb. 17. All three Starlink flights…
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Canadian Space Agency Awards $72 Million Contract to Spire Global for WildFireSat Mission
Spire Global Canada, a subsidiary of Spire Global, was assigned a Can$72 million contract, including harmonized sales tax, by the Government of Canada. Spire will design and develop a dedicated satellite constellation to monitor all active wildfires in Canada from space as part of Canada’s WildFireSat mission. The Company has agreed to partner with OroraTech,…
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Starship Flight 8: Booster 15 completes static fire
SpaceX’s Starbase production facility as Booster 15 is moved out to the launch site. Image: SpaceX Sunday afternoon, SpaceX announced a successful static fire of Booster 15, firing up its Raptor engines. The company hasn’t announced if the static fire was successful or not, but it appeared to be good from the outside looking in.…
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T-Mobile and Starlink Launch Satellite-Powered Wireless Service in Remote Regions
During the country’s largest annual sporting event, T-Mobile introduced the next big thing in wireless, T-Mobile Starlink to tens of millions of football fans. Now in public beta, this breakthrough service, developed in partnership with Starlink, uses straight-out-of-a-sci-fi-movie satellite and mobile communications technology to help keep people connected, Verizon, and AT&T customers in the more…
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CGI Selected to Provide System Engineering and Cybersecurity for ESA-MAAP
CGI one of the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world, has been selected to deliver key system engineering and cyber security expertise for the European Space Agency’s ESA-MAAP, a Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform, as part of a consortium led by Serco. This initiative will enhance access to advanced processing…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys Next Five Satellites for Kinéis IoT Constellation
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 59th Electron mission, deploying five satellites to Low Earth Orbit for French Internet-of-Things (IoT) constellation operator Kinéis. The “IOT 4 You and Me” mission lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 9:43 am NZDT on…
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Space Norway Invests in New Satellite THOR 8
Space Norway has ordered a new Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite – THOR 8, well over a decade after it signed a contract for THOR 7. Thales Alenia Space will build the satellite. Thales Alenia Space will be responsible for the design, manufacture, testing, and delivery of the satellite, which will have three dedicated payloads on…
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Webb investigates protoplanetary disk in extreme detail, observes glowing interstellar material
The joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb Space Telescope, located at the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2, recently utilized its extraordinary suite of infrared instruments to investigate and image a protoplanetary disk around a newborn star. Webb’s observations provided scientists with unprecedented views of the disk, material jets, and…