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NanoRacks Signs 1st Customer Contract for India’s PSLV Launch
NanoRacks signed its first customer contract for a small satellite rideshare on the India Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Polar Space Launch Vehicle (PSLV). Spire, a long-time customer of NanoRacks, has signed […]
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Government/Military
SpaceX Delays Launch of GPS III Satellite
SpaceX postponed the Tuesday launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, which would carry the GPS III satellite for the U.S. Air Force. “SpaceX team called a hold due to an […]
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Imagery and Sensing
SRI International Cubesat Launches to Investigate Ionospheric Turbulence
An SRI International cubesat space-weather mission, the Ionospheric Scintillation Explorer (ISX), was launched into space on Dec. 15 as one of the payloads on the most recent Rocket Lab launch. The […]
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Government/Military
Rocket Lab Launches NASA Cubesats to Orbit
Rocket Lab launched its third orbital mission of 2018, successfully deploying satellites to orbit for NASA. The mission, designated Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa)-19 , took place just over a […]
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SSL to Build 1st GEO Satellite for Ovzon
Ovzon signed a contract with SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, for the manufacturing of the company´s first Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite. The total investment for the satellite (Ovzon-3) including manufacturing, launch, […]
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OneWeb Constellation Scaled Back, Yet Soyuz Boosters Remain Constant
A source in the space industry told Sputnik International that although OneWeb scaled back its constellation of communication satellites, it won’t change the number of contracted Russia Soyuz carrier rockets. […]
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Kratos Receives $424 Million Contract for US Air Force Rocket Sounding Program
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions revealed that its winning team, led by Space Vector, received an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to support the U.S. Air Force’s Sounding Rocket Program-4 (SRP-4). The seven-year […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Axelspace Chooses SKY Perfect JSAT’s Ground Station Service
Axelspace selected the SKY Perfect JSAT and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) joint ground station service for its GRUS satellite, a commercial Japanese optical Earth observation satellite. The launch of the GRUS-1 satellite is […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Satellite Encapsulated for Launch This Month
The U.S. Air Force‘s first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite is now encapsulated for its planned Dec. 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on a SpaceX Falcon […]
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Connectivity
Spaceflight to Bring XYO Network Blockchain Tech Into Space
XYO Network, a company bridging blockchain technology to the physical world, is partnering with Spaceflight. XYO Network will launch its EtherX satellite with Spaceflight aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in late […]
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Rocket Lab Gears up for Historic NASA Cubesat Mission
U.S. small satellite launch company Rocket Lab is gearing up for the company’s third orbital launch of the year, the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa)-19 mission for NASA. The launch […]
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Inmarsat to be 1st Commercial Customer for Mitsubishi H3 Launch Vehicle
Inmarsat entered into an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to be the first commercial customer to place an order for the new H3 launch vehicle. The maiden flight of H3 […]
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Connectivity
Arianespace Successfully Launches GSAT-11 for ISRO
Arianespace launched India’s next generation high throughput communication satellite, GSAT-11, today from Kourou launch base, French Guiana. The satellite was carried on an Ariane 5 rocket, and this mission marks […]
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Imagery and Sensing
SpaceX Blasts Through Records with SmallSat Express Launch
SpaceX successfully launched Spaceflight‘s SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission on Monday. The payloads were carried on a Falcon 9 rocket, which blasted off at 10:34 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Air Force […]
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Arianespace to Launch Slovenian NEMO-HD Microsatellite
The Slovenian Center of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies (SPACE-SI) chose Arianespace to launch its NEMO-HD microsatellite. It will be launched on the Vega launch vehicle, as part of […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Orbital Micro Systems, NanoAvionics Partner for Weather Satellite Launch
Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) is partnering with NanoAvionics, a developer of nanosatellite bus and subsystem technologies, to conduct a rideshare mission to fly one of OMS’ miniaturized passive microwave sensors. […]
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Thales Alenia Space Practicing Prudent Optimism for GEO
According to the star-gazing horoscope aficionados, Leo is action-oriented, loves to be in the limelight and has a distinct strength, able to earn “king of the jungle” status. Applied to […]
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ISRO Launches Fleet Space’s Centauri I Nanosatellite
Fleet Space Technologies successfully launched its Centauri I nanosatellite aboard the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) PSLV-C43 mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Centauri I […]
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SpaceX Delays SmallSat Express Mission Once Again
SpaceX delayed the scheduled launch of the SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission, which was set for Wednesday Nov. 28. The satellites would have been carried on a Falcon 9 rocket, lifting […]
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SSTL Announces 2021 Lunar Communications Satellite Mission
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) is designing a low cost 35 kilogram lunar communications satellite mission called DoT-4, targeted for a 2021 launch. DoT-4 aims to provide the communications relay back […]
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Government/Military
NASA’s InSight Finally Lands on Mars
After seven months of traveling through space, the NASA InSight mission has landed on Mars. A few minutes after landing, InSight sent the official “beep” to NASA to signal that […]
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Government/Military
Ethiopia Confirms Details of First Weather Satellite Launch
The Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI) announced that the nation’s first satellite — a weather monitoring spacecraft — will be launched next year from anunnamed site in China. […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Arianespace Launches 2nd Moroccan Earth Observation Satellite
Arianespace successfully launched the Mohammed VI – B Earth observation satellite on Tuesday at 10:42 p.m. local time from the Guiana Space Center (CSG). The satellite was developed for Morocco by […]
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Imagery and Sensing
China Launches Earth Observation Satellite and 4 Nanosatellites
China launched its Shiyan-6 Earth observation satellite, along with four nanosatellites. The satellites were carried on a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at […]
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First Satellite Using Accion Systems Engine Lifts Off
The first satellite with Accion Systems engines launched from New Zealand last week. The satellite launched, Irvine 01, was built by high school students and will take pictures of Venus […]
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Connectivity
Airbus to Build 2 New Satellites for Eutelsat’s Hotbird Fleet
Airbus has been selected by Eutelsat to build two Hotbird next generation telecommunications satellites, which will replace the current spacecraft and enhance capacity at Eutelsat’s position of 13 degrees East. The […]
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SpaceX Delays SmallSat Express Launch
The SSO-A: SmallSat Express launch originally schedule for Nov. 19 has been delayed. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket would have launched 64 smallsats from more than 30 different countries. “Standing […]
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Imagery and Sensing
China Launches Another Pair of BeiDou Navigation Satellites
China launched two new BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) satellites into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. Liftoff took place […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Receives FCC Approval to Launch 7,518 Starlink Satellites
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved SpaceX‘s request to deploy over 7,000 satellites for its Starlink constellation, which aims to provide broadband internet services. The Commission granted SpaceX’s application with […]
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Connectivity
Mitsubishi-Electric Built Es’hailSat Satellite Successfully Launched by SpaceX
The Mitsubishi Electric-built Es’hail-2 communications satellite launched successfully from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:46 p.m. EST on Nov. 15. The launch was conducted by SpaceX using […]





























