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Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LINUSS) completed environmental testing and is ready for launch later this year, demonstrating how small cubesats can regularly upgrade satellite constellations to […]
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Planet has announced a multi-year, multi-launch agreement solidifying SpaceX as the firm’s go-to-launch provider through the end of 2025. The first planned launch under this agreement is Flock 4x, 44 […]
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Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR) has announced a launch window that starts on August 27, 2021, for the company’s first commercial orbital launch with the United States Space Force. […]
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Rocket Lab will launch the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand from Q4 2021 — this will be Rocket Lab’s first launch to the […]
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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Ball Aerospace have successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous (GEO) mission payload. The completion […]
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United Launch Alliance will not be proceeding with a launch of the Boeing Starliner today as had been previously indicated. The launch team has cycled the Service Module propulsion system […]
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Members of the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and the 61st Air Base Group were joined by Department of Defense senior leaders and community partners to celebrate the retirement […]
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ThinKom Solutions and Telesat are teaming together to collaborate on the integration of ThinKom’s Ka2517 aeronautical antennas with the advanced Telesat Lightspeed™ LEO satellite broadband network. The two companies will […]
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Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) has announced that Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has approved regulatory amendments necessary to allow for Japanese adoption of Iridium Certus® broadband, […]
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On Friday, July 30, between 09:00 and 10:30 p.m. UTC, the Ariane 5 VA254 flight successfully placed two satellites in orbit from the Guiana Space Center (CSG): Star One D2, […]
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