From Alan Shepard to Artemis, celebrating 65 years of Americans in space
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There are more than 8,000 active satellites in orbit. By 2030, there will be more than 25,000. A single geomagnetic storm, the kind the sun produces several hundred times during a solar maximum, could cost the satellite industry $40 billion. In February 2022, a moderate storm knocked 40 freshly launched Starlink satellites out of orbit, […]
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At 2:59 a.m. Eastern Time on 3 May, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying 45 satellites, three of which belonged to Planet Labs. Pelicans 7, 8, and 9 are the latest additions to Planet’s next-generation constellation of high-resolution Earth observation satellites, bringing the Pelican fleet to nine spacecraft. Each […]
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SpaceX has spent more than $15 billion developing its Starship megarocket and is pushing for a launch cadence that would make space access resemble an airline schedule rather than a government programme, Reuters reported on Friday, drawing on the company’s confidential pre-IPO prospectus. The figure quantifies, for the first time, the cumulative cost of the […]
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True Anomaly’s Jackal autonomous orbital vehicles can manoeuvre near other satellites in orbit for inspection, space situational awareness, and, under Golden Dome, potential interception of ballistic and hypersonic missiles. Total funding now exceeds $1 billion. True Anomaly, the Colorado-based space defense startup that builds autonomous orbital vehicles and supporting software for US national security missions, […]
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Founded in 2022 and formerly called Constellation Technologies & Operations, Univity is targeting a constellation of at least 1,600 satellites in very low Earth orbit, using telecom operators’ own 5G mmWave spectrum rather than competing with them. The Series A takes total financing to €68M across equity, debt, subsidies and contract revenues. Univity, the Paris-based […]
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French satellite startup Univity raises €27M Series A Read More »