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Arianespace to Launch MEASAT-3d Satellite
Arianespace and Measat, a Malaysian satellite operator, signed a launch services contract for MEASAT-3d, a new multi-mission telecommunications satellite. The satellite launched into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5...
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Astrobiotic, Bosch Reveal SoundSee Launch to ISS
Astrobotic and Bosch revealed the launch of SoundSee to the International Space Station (ISS). As part of a research collaboration with NASA, the lunchbox-sized SoundSee module will assist astronauts by...
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Airbus, ESA, Eutelsat Reveal ELSA+ Antenna Payload
Airbus, The European Space Agency (ESA), and Eutelsat presented the new multibeam active antenna payload today at Airbus in Madrid. Airbus’ ELSA+ (ELectronically Steerable Antenna+) is a first for commercial satellite...
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SpaceX's Starship Mk1 Undergoes Pressure Test
It looks like SpaceX‘s shiny new Starship prototype has entered the test phase. The full-size Starship Mk1 vehicle “breathed” during an apparent pressure test yesterday evening (Nov. 18) at SpaceX’s...
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Firefly Aerospace Reveals DREAM Payload Participants
Firefly Aerospace revealed this past summer the Dedicated Research and Education Accelerator Mission (DREAM), a global competition to host academic and educational payloads as rideshare participants on the inaugural flight...
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Digital rendition of the Firefly Alpha rocket.
Eutelsat Konnect Satellite Readies to Ship
Eutelsat Communication‘s Konnect satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, is now undergoing final preparation prior to being shipped to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, for a launch...
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Rendition of the Konnect satellites, another Thales Alenia Space VHTS satellite. Photo: Thales Alenia Space
Inmarsat GX5 Satellite Finalizes Launch Date
Inmarsat received formal confirmation from its launch partner, Arianespace, that the company’s GX5 satellite will be launched from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana on Nov 22. The...
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Airbus Tests Sentinel-6A’s Operational Fitness
Airbus space engineers are currently testing the Copernicus Sentinel-6A satellite at the Space Test Center of Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG) in Ottobrunn — near Munich, Germany — to prove its readiness...
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