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Inmarsat has tapped Airbus’ defense and space business to transport the I-6 F2 satellite from its testing facility in Toulouse, France, to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The satellite will fly aboard the Airbus A300-600ST aircraft, also known as Beluga, and upon arrival in Florida, spacecraft experts will then conduct final testing and integration with […] More
The sixth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite established communications with engineers at the company’s Denver Launch and Checkout Operations Center about 83 minutes after it launched Wednesday aboard a SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. GPS III Space Vehicle 06 comes with a modular design to facilitate the integration […] More
A National Security Space Launch mission, called U.S. Space Force-67, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket took off Sunday from a launch complex at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to field two satellites into orbit. The USSF-67 mission includes the Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM 2 satellite from Space Systems Command and the Long Duration Propulsive ESPA-3A […] More
The National Science Foundation and SpaceX have signed a new coordination agreement to mitigate the potential impact of the company’s Starlink satellite constellation on ground-based radio, infrared and optical astronomy facilities operating between the 10.6 and 10.7 GHz band. Under the agreement, SpaceX committed to examining the impact of astronomical facility lasers on satellites, coordinating […] More
NASA is considering the possibility of using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft as an alternative vehicle to transport some astronauts from the International Space Station to Earth following the discovery of a coolant leak in Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked at the ISS, Reuters reported Wednesday. NASA and Russia’s space agency Roscosmos are looking into the […] More
SES has launched the first two Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. he satellites, which represent SES’ second-generation medium earth orbit system, were lifted off to space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:48 pm, the company announced from the station on Friday. Jim Chilton “From concept to reality, the partnership […] More
In pursuing a stronger presence in federal contracting, SpaceX has launched the Starshield satellite network, which is geared towards national security support for government organizations. Utilizing the company’s existing Starlink technology, the Starshield business aims to focus on the areas of earth observation, communications and hosted payloads. Starshield’s website states that the satellite network provides secure data […] More
Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said the U.S. Space Force should do large-scale purchases of heavy launch services in preparation for a possible rocket shortage in the coming years, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Bruno cautioned that the U.S. national security launch program could be slowed down as a “perfect storm” has […] More
Space Systems Command has transported the Northrop Grumman-built long-duration propulsive-evolved expendable launch vehicle secondary payload adapter to Astrotech Space Operations’ processing facility in Florida in preparation for the U.S. Space Force-67 launch mission in 2023. The LDPE-3A satellite bus will launch aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket and will carry multiple experimental and prototype payloads designed […] More
A National Security Space Launch mission, called U.S. Space Force-44, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off Tuesday from a launch complex at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deploy multiple satellites into geosynchronous Earth orbit. The Space Force said Tuesday the Space Launch Delta 45 unit supported the USSF-44 mission, which included the Long […] More
NASA has partnered with SpaceX to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of sending a Crew Dragon spacecraft to boost the Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit and extend its life. SpaceX signed an unfunded Space Act agreement with the agency to collect technical data from both the telescope and the spacecraft to […] More
SpaceX will use its Falcon 9 rocket to launch up to five of the six ground spare satellites of Iridium Communications in mid-2023 as part of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation. The Iridium-9 mission will take off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and will serve as the company’s second rideshare with SpaceX, Iridium […] More
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