AST SpaceMobile announced April 25 it made the first voice call last week with a standard smartphone using its BlueWalker 3 test satellite in low Earth orbit.
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U.S. military buying SES mPower satcom services under new NATO agreement
The U.S. Space Force in its 2024 budget allocated $59 million to buy satellite communications services from SES’ new broadband constellation in medium Earth orbit known as O3b mPower.
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U.S. Space Force will be the first customer for BlueHalo’s mobile ground station
The U.S. Space Force in 2025 plans to start replacing decades-old parabolic satellite dishes with electronic phased array antennas developed by BlueHalo.
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Our pledge to diversify the space industry workforce continues | Open Letter
The results from the first year of Space Workforce 2030 activity are in and we are trending in a positive direction. We are optimistic about our path forward, even as we remain realistic about the challenges we face and the work still to be done to make space more representative of everyone—by and beyond the year 2030.
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Rocket Lab to refly Electron engine
Rocket Lab will use a previously flown engine on an upcoming Electron launch as the company moves closer to reusing the rocket’s entire first stage.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Propulsion for Artemis III Mission
Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed the four RS-25 engines that will power the core stage of NASA’s super heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket during the historic Artemis III mission. Slated […]
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Rocket Lab Launches New Constellation-Class Star Tracker
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced a new class of star tracker, the ST-16HV, […]
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TrustPoint launches PNT cubesat
TrustPoint Inc. launched its first satellite April 14 on the SpaceX Transporter-7 rideshare flight.
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NRO awards contract extensions to Hawkeye 360 and Maxar’s Aurora Insight for radio-frequency data
HawkEye 360 and Maxar Technologies have been awarded contract extensions by the National Reconnaissance Office for commercial radio-frequency (RF) data.
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Rocket Lab to Launch NASA’s Cyclone-Tracking Satellite Constellation from New Zealand
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced it will launch NASA’s TROPICS constellation across two dedicated Electron […]
