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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is approaching its debut launch in a mission for NASA, which could take place in October. New Glenn will launch NASA’s ESCAPADE — Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers — mission in its inaugural launch. Last week, Blue Origin announced it is targeting an ESCAPADE launch date no earlier...

Firefly Aerospace has appointed Millennium Space Systems CEO Jason Kim as the launcher’s new CEO. The appointment is effective Oct. 1, 2024, and Kim will join Firefly at the company’s headquarters in Austin. This news comes after Firefly’s previous CEO Bill Weber left the company in July amid reports of an inappropriate relationship with female...

Stoke Space received a $4.5 million contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to prototype a commercial point-to-point cargo delivery solution to, through, and from space for defense applications, the company announced Aug. 28. DIU made the award under its Novel Responsive Space Delivery (NRSD) project. In April, DIU awarded The Spaceport Company$2.5 million under NRSD...

Slam Corp., the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) planning to merge with Lynk Global, was delisted from the Nasdaq on Aug. 27 as the company pushed back its deadline to complete the merger.   Slam Corp. said in a press release the delisting was “anticipated” and in line with Nasdaq rules. Slam Corp. shares are now...

Gotonomi has completed a series of successful trials for its UAV satcom terminals and is now ready to take orders for these terminals. The UAV satellite connectivity solutions provider is now able to transition from pre-production flight development kits to type-approved, commercial terminals, enabling scalable beyond visual line of sight operations (BVLOS) for drone operators...

Hughes Network Systems and Boost Mobile have demonstrated optimized, multi-transport network management for the U.S. Navy in a recent demonstration. The demonstration, which took place earlier this year, tested remote network orchestration, wide area network (WAN) resiliency, and secure radio access network (RAN) sharing between standalone private 5G networks operating at the U.S. Navy Air Station,...

Verizon is the latest big name telco to accelerate its reach into the satellite arena. It has teamed up with Skylo to launch a commercial direct-to-device messaging service for Verizon customers so they can stay connected wherever they are. The two companies announced the partnership, Aug. 28. Starting this fall, customers on certain smartphones have...

Global satellite operator Viasat announced Wednesday that it has hired Delta Air Lines‘ Senior Vice President of Operational Finance Gary Chase as its new CFO. Chase will start with Viasat on September 16. Viasat’s current CFO Shawn Duffy will remain with the company as its chief accounting officer. Chase spent more than 12 years at...

Berlin-based UP42 is joining forces with Planet Labs to improve the data offerings it can offer customers on its an Earth Observation (EO) platform. This collaboration aims to significantly expand UP42’s optical data portfolio with the integration of Planet SkySat, a large constellation of high resolution EO satellites. With the deal, Planet joins Umbra, ICEYE,...

Thaicom and Hughes announced Wednesday that they signed a capacity agreement for India, one of Asia’s biggest markets. IPSTAR India will provide satellite capacity services to Hughes in India via Thaicom’s satellite network. This will enable Hughes Communications India (HCI) to enhance its satellite broadband, mobile backhaul, maritime and satellite IoT services to meet the...