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SpaceX launched a new wave of Starlink broadband satellites Saturday while further demonstrating the reusability of its Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceNews reported Saturday. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base with 52 satellites, which then deployed to a mid-inclination orbit. The Starlink internet service now supports 20 countries, with the company continuing efforts […] More
Bill Gattle, president of space systems at L3Harris Technologies, said the Space Development Agency's procurement of communications and missile warning satellites in mass quantities reflects a “fundamental transformation“ in how the Department of Defense buys space platforms, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.
Northrop Grumman has shipped the first communications satellite in Intelsat's Galaxy fleet replacement program and a second mission extension vehicle to French Guiana in preparation for a launch mission scheduled to take place later this month.
Inmarsat is seeking to meet increased U.S. military and commercial demand for more bandwidth in the Middle East and Europe with its Global Xpress 5 communications satellite, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. “GX5, adding to that mix, looks at an area where we've got increased and significant demand. It is a very, very dense environment for commercial as well as military," said Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government.
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket will carry a cube satellite for the U.S. Air Force along with the service's fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite as a rideshare payload, Space News reported Monday.
SpaceX conducted a static fire test of the Falcon Heavy rocket's center core booster at the company's McGregor, Texas-based facility to prepare for a launch mission that will bring 23 satellites to orbit in June, Space.com reported Monday.
United Launch Alliance delivered rocket hardware that will launch the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in June, Spaceflight Now reported Friday.
Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the company “synergistic“ relationship with SpaceX and the latter’s launch vehicle helped bring the seven batches of communications satellites into space, The Hill reported Friday. “I don“™t think we would have been able to get these 75 new satellites into space over the last two years if it hadn“™t been for […] More
Lockheed Martin received in-orbit signals from the U.S. Air Force's fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency spacecraft just hours after the communications satellite launched Wednesday atop United Launch Alliance's Atlas V 551 rocket. AEHF-4 that took off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida completes a geostationary satellite constellation that will deliver tactical military communications coverage to […] More
Lockheed Martin has enclosed the U.S. Air Force's fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite in a payload fairing in preparation for its Oct. 17 launch atop United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket. Mike Cacheiro, vice president of protected communications at Lockheed, said in a statement published Monday AEHF-4 will complete a constellation of satellites that will provide “global […] More
A communications satellite SSL built for telecommunications firm PT Telkom Indonesia has started conducting post-launch maneuvers a day after its liftoff aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Merah Putih released the satellite’s solar arrays and would fire its primary thruster to reach final orbit, SSL parent company Maxar Technologies said Tuesday. The system is designed to provide internet and telephone […] More
A communications satellite that Maxar Technologies‘ SSL business produced for Telesat has started to conduct post-launch operations. The Telstar 19 VANTAGE satellite deployed its solar arrays on time after launching aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida early Sunday morning, Maxar said Tuesday. On early Tuesday, the satellite fired its main thruster […] More
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