SpaceX uses booster seventh time on Starlink launch
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 24, 2020 -
SpaceX launched one of its Falcon 9 first-stage boosters for a record seventh time Tuesday night as the company launched more of its Starlink satellites from Florida.
The 16th batch of 60 satellites headed toward orbit at 9:13 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The launch marks the 100th such mission for a Falcon 9 rocket, and boosts the number o ...
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UK government secures satellite network OneWeb
London, UK (SPX) Nov 22, 2020 -
Acquisition of global satellite communications company, OneWeb, was completed Friday, following a successful government bid in July 2020.
This is a significant strategic investment, demonstrating the government's commitment to the UK's space sector and ambition to put Britain at the forefront of a new commercial space-age. OneWeb is now staffing up to complete the development of its first ...
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SpaceX's Starlink satellites are about to ruin stargazing for everyone
Regina, Canada (SPX) Nov 19, 2020 -
I walk outside my rural Saskatchewan house before dawn and look up, expecting to have my breath taken away by the sheer number of stars overhead. I'm a professional astronomer, but I still appreciate naked-eye stargazing as much as an eager child. This is the first place I've lived that's dark enough to easily see the Milky Way, and I'm stunned and awed every time I look up.
This time thou ...
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China launches new mobile telecommunication satellite
Beijing (XNA) Nov 16, 2020 -
China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket on Thursday night to deploy a communications satellite into space, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor.
The rocket blasted off at 11:59 pm at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province and then transported the Tiantong 1-02 to a geosynchronous orbit.
Tiantong 1-02 is ...
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Apollo Fusion to propel Spaceflight's orbital Sherpa-LTE
Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2020 -
Apollo Fusion, Inc. has been selected as the electric propulsion system for Spaceflight Inc.'s Sherpa-LTE. The Sherpa-LTE is a high specific impulse (Isp), xenon propellant, electric propulsion orbital transfer vehicle (OTV). It builds on Spaceflight's Sherpa-NG program by incorporating Apollo Constellation Engine (ACE) - a low thrust, high efficiency, radiation hardened Hall thruster propulsion ...
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Kleos Space raises 13.8 million USD to progress next satellite clusters
Luxembourg (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 -
Kleos Space, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data provider, is pleased to announce that it has received commitments to raise A$19 million (equivalent to 11.7 million EUR or 13.8 million USD) via a placement of approximately 26,388,889 new ordinary fully paid CDIs1 .
Following the successful launch of the Kleos Scouting Mission satellites (KSM1) on 7 November, Kleos is now we ...
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EMXYS news release Series A funding round closed
Alicante, Spain (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 -
Emxys, a space technology company, has raised 2 million euro in funding. The round was led by Mundi Ventures with participation from CDTI.
Financing from the round will be used to develop the ODALISS project, an innovative platform for small satellites with laser communications. Emxys (Embedded Instruments and Systems), a Spanish company based in Alicante, has closed a 2 million euro fundi ...
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Telesat finalizes deal with Canadian Government to bridge Canada's digital divide
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 -
Telesat and the Government of Canada have announced the completion of their agreement to ensure affordable, high-speed broadband connectivity across all of Canada with Telesat's advanced, state-of-the-art Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation.
Following a Memorandum of Understanding signed in July 2019, this $600M (CAD) agreement enables Internet and mobility service providers to a ...
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Lacuna Space continues to grow IoT constellation with an equatorial satellite
Harwell UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2020 -
Global connectivity provider Lacuna Space announced successful launch and communications with its fourth IoT (Internet of Things) gateway in space. The satellite, carrying a new generation of space gateways, was transported to equatorial low Earth orbit onboard the PSLV-C49 mission from India last Saturday. The mission will cover a geographic band around the entire globe between the 40th paralle ...
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Successful launch of Kleos Space Scouting Mission satellites into 37 degree Inclined Orbit
Luxembourg (SPX) Nov 10, 2020 -
Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, is proud to announce the successful deployment of its Scouting Mission satellites (KSM1) following the launch on India's Space Research Organization's (ISROs) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C49 from Chennai, India on the 7th November 2020.
Kleos' cluster of four satellites have been la ...
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Moscow (AFP) Dec 18, 2020 -
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's Far East on Friday, putting into orbit 36 UK telecommunications and internet satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said.
The launch was the first and only one to take place from the cosmodrome this year, Roscosmos told AFP.
The rocket took off at 1226 GMT, the space agency said, carrying satellites made by the British ...
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Paris, France (SPX) Dec 11, 2020 -
In its latest analysis of satellite manufacturing and launch services, "Satellites to be Built and Launched by 2029", Euroconsult anticipates almost a quintupling in satellite demand in the next decade with an average of 1,250 satellites to be launched on a yearly basis.
In comparison to the 260 yearly satellites launched in the previous decade, this skyrocketing number cements the structu ...
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Washington DC (UPI) Dec 07, 2020 -
The Federal Communications Commission on Monday awarded SpaceX's Starlink Internet venture $885 million in a broadband services auction for rural America. It was the fourth-largest award in recent competitive bidding.
The win provides new funding to Starlink, which recently provided free public testing in limited areas of the northwestern United States and Canada. The money also will he ...
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Washington DC (UPI) Dec 01, 2020 -
Florida-based OneWeb Satellites has returned to full-scale production of spacecraft after its big client and part owner, OneWeb, emerged from bankruptcy.
The high-tech factory near Kennedy Space Center churns out eight satellites a week, which is the average pace it was on before the bankruptcy, CEO Tony Gingiss said in an interview Friday.
"We are stronger and leaner as an organ ...
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Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Nov 26, 2020 -
Telesat Canada has entered into an agreement with Loral Space and Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LORL) (Loral) and Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) pursuant to which Telesat Canada and Loral will become subsidiaries of Telesat Corporation (Telesat), a new publicly traded Canadian incorporated and controlled company.
The shares of Telesat will be listed on the Nasdaq G ...
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