Tag: Launch
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Amazon Files for 5,105-Satellite Direct-to-Phone Constellation, Targeting 2028 Launch
The filing builds on Amazon’s move earlier this year to acquire Globalstar’s satellite network, along with Globalstar’s existing arrangement to provide direct-to-device satellite services for Apple devices. Amazon says the new constellation will use Globalstar’s spectrum and plans to collaborate with Apple on future satellite services using the expanded network. Amazon says it plans to…
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Spire Global Advances Space Services with LEMUR Constellation and Space-Based Intelligence
Spire Global is expanding access to space through the integrated Space Services portfolio, combining satellite manufacturing, mission design, launch support, constellation operations and global ground infrastructure to help commercial organizations and government agencies rapidly deploy and operate space missions. The company provides end-to-end capabilities that enable customers to collect, process and utilize space-based data for…
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IHI Aerospace Advances Launch Vehicle Portfolio for Space Missions
IHI Aerospace is developing and manufacturing a range of launch vehicles that support commercial, government and scientific space missions, contributing to Japan’s space transportation capabilities through advanced rocket technologies and launch services. The portfolio includes the Epsilon Launch Vehicle, participation in the H-IIA & H-IIB Launch Systems, the H3 Launch Vehicle and a family of…
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Katalyst’s LINK Advances Through On-Orbit Commissioning
Katalyst Space announced that its robotic spacecraft, LINK, has established communications and completed major commissioning milestones. Following its launch and orbit insertion aboard Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket on July 3, 2026, LINK completed its initial post-launch sequence, including detumble and Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP), before beginning on-orbit system checkouts. Less than a…
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China launches Tianlian II-06 data relay satellite
China successfully sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on July 23, 2026. The Tianlian II-06 satellite was launched at 8 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit. Tianlian II-06 is primarily used to provide data…
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SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight
SpaceX was more than lucky Friday, sending its 13th full-scale Starship test flight halfway around the world from South Texas to an on-target, intact splashdown in a remote section of the Indian Ocean. Starship has made precise splashdowns before. This time, however, the ship gently tipped over and came to rest floating in a remote…
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This is the world’s most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about
A spacecraft fitted with two flexible robotic arms is on the way to geosynchronous orbit after launching earlier this week on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, kicking off a planned decade-long mission to open new frontiers in satellite servicing. The Mission Robotic Vehicle, owned and built by Northrop Grumman, rocketed into orbit from Cape Canaveral…
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Arianespace to Launch MTG-I2 Weather Satellite on Ariane 62
On August 27 2026, Arianespace will launch the MTG-I2 meteorological satellite with the Ariane 62 configuration from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The mission is expected to last approximately 36 minutes from lift-off to satellite separation. The mission MTG-I2 will mark the fourth Ariane 6 launch of the year and the first to a geostationary…
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Lunar Outpost and NVIDIA Partner on Edge AI for Moon Missions
Lunar Outpost, the leader in off-planet mobility and in-space infrastructure, announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to expand the use of space computing, powered by NVIDIA, across its upcoming lunar missions. Leveraging the NVIDIA Jetson platform and NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries, Lunar Outpost will power onboard data processing, lunar mapping, advanced autonomy, and communications capabilities across its…
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Dhruva Space and MAHE Launch ASCENT Powering India’s Space Technology
Dhruva Space and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, have entered into a strategic partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-develop ASCENT (Advanced Space Capability, Engineering & New-space Technologies) Centre at the MAHE Manipal campus. ASCENT will advance Space systems engineering, applied research, mission development, and…