China’s Long March 11 Launches for the First Time from Xichang Satellite Launch Center with Two Smallsats
The two new technology experiment satellites, launched via a Long March-11 carrier rocket...
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Rocket Lab Resumes Launch Ops for ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ New Zealand Launch
A new launch window for this mission has been scheduled to commence June 11...
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Rocket Lab Resumes Launch Ops for ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ New Zealand Launch
Rocket Lab has resumed launch operations for the firm’s next Electron launch, following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Rocket Lab’s 12th Electron launch was postponed from its original date of […]
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USAF’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Sustainment Contract Awarded to Northrop Grumman
Artistic rendition of a DMSP satellite orbiting Earth. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has been awarded a $7,304,322 firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement modification (P00013) to contract FA8823-17-C-0001 for Defense Meteorological Satellite Program […]
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SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Explodes in Massive Fireball One Day Before Dragon’s Launch with Astronauts
Friday, the fourth prototype of SpaceX’s next generation Starship rocket exploded at the company’s south Texas test site. A huge fireball left little to the imagination as it left very little hardware still […]
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Comtech’s Mission-Critical Tech Group Wins $12.5 Million Order for Strategic Comms
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced that, during its third quarter of fiscal year 2020, the firm’s Mission-Critical Technologies group, which is part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, was awarded […]
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Viasat’s LEO Interests…
Artistic rendition of the ViaSat-3 satellite. The cause de rigueur for industry actors these days encompasses smallsats due to their efficacy and viability in accomplishing numerous tasks which were once […]
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Forrester Reports: Russia’s Satellite Communications Company Wants Four Satellites for Far North Regions
Chris Forrester A news story posted by journalist Chris Forrester at the Advanced Television infosite reveals that Russia’s Satellite Communications Co (RSCC) has stated they wish to launch four new […]
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Senior Executives Join the WTA’s Board of Directors
The World Teleport Association (WTA) has announced the election of two new members to the organization’s Board of Directors for three-year terms starting April 1, 2020: Jay LaPrise, Senior Vice […]
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Kleos Space and Global Spatial Technology Solutions’ MOU Enhances Maritime Domain Awareness
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) has partnered with GSTS to provide enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness capability to GSTS’s OCIANA product suite. GSTS (Global Spatial Technology Solutions) is a […]
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