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Archive for October 20th, 2020

New launch contract for Momentus

October 20th, 2020 by

Momentus Inc. and Kepler Communications Inc. have signed a launch service agreement to deploy two additional satellites for Kepler’s GEN1 constellation in 2021.

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Firefly Aerospace announces new customer agreements

October 20th, 2020 by

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. announced the successful acceptance test of the first stage of its Alpha launch vehicle for its inaugural flight later this year, and the execution of new customer agreements.

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NASA spacecraft makes historic attempt to snag samples of asteroid Bennu

October 20th, 2020 by

For the first time ever, a NASA probe has performed a sample-snagging operation on an asteroid in deep space.

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Telesat teams with Lockheed Martin on SDA transport layer

October 20th, 2020 by

Telesat U.S. Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telesat, is now part of the Lockheed Martin team which was recently awarded the Space Transport Layer Tranche 0 contract by the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA).

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Iridium Communications Inc. results Q3 2020

October 20th, 2020 by

Iridium Communications Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter of 2020.

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REPLAY: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx attempts to sample asteroid Bennu

October 20th, 2020 by

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe is about to sample asteroid Bennu and you can watch it all live online starting today (Oct. 19). Here’s how.

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Watch live today: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx to sample asteroid Bennu

October 20th, 2020 by

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe is about to sample asteroid Bennu and you can watch it all live online starting today (Oct. 19). Here’s how.

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SpaceX fires up 3-engine Starship SN8 prototype ahead of epic test flight

October 20th, 2020 by

Early this morning (Oct. 20), SpaceX lit up the three Raptor engines on its SN8 Starship prototype in a brief “static fire” test at the company’s South Texas site, near the beachside village of Boca Chica.

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