July 20 Set as the Launch Date by SpaceX for the Seventh Iridium® NEXT Launch
The Falcon 9 rocket will launch 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to LEO from VAFB in California at approximately 5:12 am PDT (12:12 UTC). An exact...
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The Chinese Relay Satellite for the Nation’s Chang’e-4 Lunar Probe Now in Planned Orbit
The satellite, named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge) and launched on May 21, entered the Halo orbit around the second Lagrangian (L2) point of the...
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A Launch Trilogy for Rocket Lab and a Noteworthy New Customer — Canon Electronics
All three missions will lift off from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the MÄhia Peninsula in New Zealand and dispense the customer spacecraft...
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Aerospace Corporation Proposes Launch Unit Standards for Smallsats
CSPS’s new<em> Setting the Standard: Launch Units for the SmallSat Era </em>paper discusses the implementation of a launch standard for medium-class...
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ISRO’s Challenges Just this Year Include Failure, Recall and an Incommunicado Satellite
“<em>Isro works on a shoestring budget, it cannot afford failures</em>,” .... “<em>The first thing to consider is the direct monetary losses</em>.
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Arabsat’s Goal Before the End of the Year … SpaceX Launch of Their Lockheed Martin-Built Arabsat-6A Satellite
... said that these two satellites are the most advanced commercial communications satellites the company has ever built.
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Alba Orbital Limited’s First … Five PocketQubes Are Ready for Cluster 2 Rideshare Mission
getting a satellite to orbit has traditionally cost six figures, taken years and prone to many delays. Alba’s Launch Cluster 2 alleviate these problems...
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NOAA-20 Satellite Pronounced Fully Operational by NOAA
Launched last November as JPSS-1, and renamed NOAA-20 once it reached orbit, the satellite features the latest and best technology NOAA...
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Yahsat’s Al Yah-3 Satellite Completes On Orbit Testing
The satellite will expand Yahsat’s Ka-band coverage to 19 additional markets across Africa covering 60 percent of the population and marks Yahsat’s...
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Bangladesh Plans to Launch Bangabandhu-2 Even Before Bangabandhu-1 Begins Tasks in Space
Project director of Bangabandhu-1 Mezbahuzzaman said after reaching its orbital slot both of its ground stations are receiving signals from the satellite.
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