Ovzon’s first fully owned satellite is ready to start commercial services following successful tests in geostationary orbit, the Swedish broadband operator announced July 5.

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A solar storm in May revealed the challenges and current state of space weather modeling and readiness.

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NASA is just months away from closing off its data relay satellite fleet to new users in preparation for switching over to commercial alternatives.

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SpaceWERX is emphasizing pragmatic military tech over exploratory research.

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Firefly Aerospace placed eight cubesats into orbit on a mission funded by NASA on the first flight of the company’s Alpha rocket since an upper stage malfunction more than half a year ago.

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Two large GEO communications spacecraft would be deployed before the end of the decade

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Chinese commercial satellite maker MinoSpace has secured more than $137 million to further its design and production aspirations.

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While on-orbit servicing (OOS) is becoming increasingly feasible, there is not a clear path to market for the technology.

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Ventures racing to replace the International Space Station are forging new partnerships that echo the cooperation of the ISS era

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Bulgarian cubesat specialist EnduroSat announced plans July 3 to build Botswana’s first satellite in partnership with a university from the landlocked country in Southern Africa.

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Cosmic Shielding Corp. is supporting the upcoming launch of a radiation-hardened edge computer from San Francisco startup Aethero.

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Realistically, there is no singular solution to replace GPS, but we can make it more resilient with complementary AltPNT technologies.

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The company’s refueling nozzle was tested at the Air Force Research Laboratory

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South Korean launch vehicle startup Innospace saw its shares fall by more than 20% in its first day of trading as a public company July 2.

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Europe must improve how it allocates capital for the space industry to avoid missing out on the fruits of rising early-stage investments, the head of Luxembourg-based private equity firm NewSpace Capital has warned.

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The startup Turion Space is developing a family of satellites for autonomous docking and deorbiting services

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Emirati satellite operator Yahsat has selected SpaceX to launch a pair of geostationary communications satellites that are part of a $1.1 billion program.

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NASA and SpaceX are examining how to alter the Dragon spacecraft’s reentry process to limit the amount of debris from the spacecraft’s trunk section that reaches the ground.

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A rocket stage test firing by Chinese commercial company Space Pioneer ended in catastrophic failure and a dramatic explosion Sunday.

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Approximately half a dozen launches supporting NRO's proliferated
architecture are planned for 2024

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NASA and Boeing plan to keep the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at the International Space Station well into July to conduct additional tests, while emphasizing its two-person crew is not “stranded” in space.

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U.S. Space Command says it is “working with SpaceX to safely track the orbit lowering and reentry of Starlink satellites”

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Space Force recognizes the potential benefits of integrating specialized capabilities present in the commercial marketplace. To adopt them, it needs help from companies like mine.

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MDA Space has received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency worth $1 billion Canadian ($730 million) for the next phase of development of a robotic arm system for the lunar Gateway.

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