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Gilmour Space Technologies, an Australian rocket company pioneering hybrid propulsion technologies for launching small satellites, and Exolaunch announced a series of agreements for small satellite launch, deployment and in-space transportation services.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B: Payload: Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing (TJSW-7); Date: 24 August 2021, 1541 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The spacecraft was likely deployed into geostationary transfer orbit.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C/Yuanzheng-1; Payload: three experimental satellites; Date: 24 August 2021, 1115 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The spacecraft were deployed into approx. 1,083 km x 1,110 km x 86.40 degrees orbit.

Orbcomm Inc., a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, announced that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the transfer of control of Orbcomm’s FCC authorisations in connection with the previously announced acquisition of Orbcomm by GI Partners, a US-based investor in data infrastructure businesses.

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Virgin Orbit and NextGen Acquisition Corp. II (“NextGen”), a special purpose acquisition company [SPAC], announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Virgin Orbit will become a publicly-traded company.

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Vector Acquisition Corporation, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company backed by technology investor Vector Capital, announced that Vector’s shareholders voted to approve its proposed merger with Rocket Lab USA, Inc.

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Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, successfully demonstrated the ability of deployable tether technology to significantly reduce the time a satellite remains on orbit after service life completion.

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Flight paths for launches of OneWeb communication satellites from the Baikonur space port will be improved to increase the number of spacecraft launched at a time, the Russian state space corporation Roskosmos said.

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