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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 (F2) mission for Viasat, Inc., a global leader in satellite communications, lifted off on Nov. 13 at […]
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The New Glenn orbital launch vehicle successfully completed its second mission, deploying NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) twin-spacecraft into the designated loiter orbit, and landing the […]
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The lunar South Pole has drawn sustained attention from scientists, space agencies, and commercial innovators due to its potential reserves of water ice and its strategic value for long-term exploration. […]
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Two sub-orbital rockets from NASA Wallops have been installed on the pads at Andøya Space, ready for their launch campaign. Kolbjørn Blix, VP Sub-Orbital at Andøya Space, said, “I must […]
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ESA, through its European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) to build a large CubeSat platform for its in-orbit demonstration/in-orbit validation (IOD/IOV) program. Under the […]
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INNOSPACE (KS:462350), a South Korean satellite launch service company targets 3:00 p.m. on November 22 (Brazil time) for the launch of its first commercial launch vehicle ‘HANBIT-Nano’ as part of the […]
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“The Nation God Navigates” launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 19:51 UTC on November 5, 2025, deploying QPS-SAR-14, nicknamed YACHIHOKO-I for the Japanese god of […]
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Three Chinese astronaurs, or taikonauts, will be delayed unexpectedly on China’s Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of orbital debris on Wednesday. There […]
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The Sentinel-1 mission, which provides radar vision for the Copernicus Earth observation program, has added the on-orbit arrival in SSO of the final first generation series of satellites, the Sentinel-1D, […]
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Expected to more than double Viasat’s current network capacity, ViaSat-3 Flight-2 is designed to fuel customer growth, supporting next-generation connectivity platforms such as Viasat Amara, NexusWave, and Government Hybrid SATCOM […]
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