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Budding space entrepreneurs wow industry experts
Oct 28, 2020 (SPX)
All the participating students are aged between 11 and 22, with each being awarded a share of Pounds 50,000 in cash prizes for their ideas in the UK Space Agenc...
SpaceX launches public beta test of Starlink Internet service
Oct 27, 2020 (UPI)
The Elon Musk-founded aerospace manufacturer sent out emails to invite people who signed up on its Starlink website to hear updates about the program. The initi...
SpaceX launches cluster of Starlink satellites
Oct 25, 2020 (UPI)
The launch, which was originally scheduled for Wednesday, took off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It went off without a hitch with the booster rocket sa...
ESA and GomSpace Luxembourg sign contract for continued constellation management development
Oct 23, 2020 (SPX)
The development of the Hands-Off Operations Platform (HOOP) to enable autonomous satellite operations for single satellites and constellations was initiated in ...
1mu Space advanced on future technology and expects to complete fundraising at more than $100 million valuation
Oct 22, 2020 (SPX)
The new funding is expected to conclude in the fourth quarter. The new $25 million series B funding will be spent on the development of a High Throughput Satell...
Kepler Communications awards service agreement to Momentus
Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)
The GEN1 platform supports both Kepler's Global Data Service, a wideband high-capacity data service, and EverywhereIoT, a narrowband solution for Internet of Th...
SpaceX, Microsoft partner in global satellite Internet project
Oct 21, 2020 (UPI)
Through Starlink, SpaceX plans to use thousands of satellites that would provide high-speed Internet anywhere on Earth. Microsoft's Azure would connect those sa...
Firefly Aerospace announces new customer agreements
Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)
Firefly has signed a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with Spire Global (Spire) for the launch of Lemur spacecraft on the Alpha launch vehicle. The LSA will prov...
Projecting favorable perceptions of space
Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)
In order to do so, Dr. Michael initiated Project Man in Space in 1955. Project Man in Space was a program - comprised of academics from anthropology, psychology...
Space company takes to the skies alongside the NHS
Oct 19, 2020 (SPX)
The pandemic has seen the country pulling together, with organisations across the space sector stepping forward to help. Apian, part of the NHS Clinical Entrepr...
SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink broadband satellites
Oct 19, 2020 (UPI)
Liftoff occurred on time at 8:25 a.m. EDT aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The launch boosted the number of satellites in orbi...
SpaceX launches 14th batch of Starlink satellites
Oct 18, 2020 (UPI)
Liftoff was on schedule at 8:25 a.m. EDT aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The launch would boost the number of satellites in o...
A new decade of European exploration
Oct 16, 2020 (ESA)
The event will be hosted by ESA Director General Jan Worner with NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine joining the panel to discuss European contributions to, and ...
Consultation on draft insurance and liabilities requirements to implement the Space Industry Act 2018
Oct 15, 2020 (SPX)
This consultation seeks views on the operability and effectiveness of the proposed liabilities, insurance and charging requirements to implement the Space Indus...
Spaceflight Inc. updates on next Electron and PSLV missions to expand smallsat constellations
Oct 15, 2020 (SPX)
"2020 presented unprecedented challenges for the space industry, but we are excited to see our launch cadence pick up as we support the launch of nine customer ...
RBC Signals to Host Swarm Antennas Supporting Global Connectivity Constellation
Oct 13, 2020 (SPX)
The antennas will support Swarm's next wave of satellites, which are part of the 150-unit constellation being deployed in groups and expected to be fully operat...
Startups eye rocket and satellite markets
Oct 13, 2020 (XNA)
Over the past two months, about 2.4 billion yuan ($357 million) of investment was raised by two major private rocket companies in Beijing. In September alone, t...
Iridium says consumers staying connected when off-the-Grid during COVID-19 pandemic
Oct 13, 2020 (SPX)
Iridium Connected devices like personal trackers, messengers and satellite phones are commonly used by consumers at national parks and other places that lack re...
Cobham SATCOM and Kepler Communications achieve excellent results for maritime terminals over LEO network
Oct 13, 2020 (SPX)
The companies demonstrated downlink rates of 150 Mbps and uplink rates of 130Mbps on a 65cm antenna with a 6W BUC over the Kepler LEO network. These data rates ...
Space agency leaders call for greater international cooperation
Oct 12, 2020 (UPI)
"I want to work closely with international partners and exchange best practices," said Lisa Campbell, president of the Canadian Space Agency. "We need to do thi...
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