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Measat to retire Measat-3

August 8th, 2021 by

Measat Global Berhad will retire its Measat-3 satellite after an anomaly on 21 20 June.21. The incident resulted in a complete outage of service and is still under investigation in partnership with satellite provider Boeing Satellite Systems (“BSS”).

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Planet signs multi-year, multi-launch rideshare agreement with SpaceX

August 8th, 2021 by

Planet Labs announced a multi-year, multi-launch agreement with SpaceX that runs through the end of 2025. The first planned launch under this agreement is Flock 4x, 44 SuperDoves on the Falcon 9 Transporter-3 SSO rideshare mission scheduled for launch December 2021.

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NASA continues RS-25 testing with 6th instalment at Stennis

August 8th, 2021 by

NASA conducted its sixth RS-25 single-engine hot fire 5 August on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, a continuation of its seven-part test series to support development and production of engines for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on future missions to the Moon.

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