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Archive for November, 2021

Thales Alenia Space to build ASTRA 1P and ASTRA 1Q for SES

November 20th, 2021 by

Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed a contract with SES to deliver two Ku-band geostationary satellites, ASTRA 1P and ASTRA 1Q to serve SES’s major European broadcasters’ content distribution operations as well as deliver connectivity services over Europe at 19.2° East.

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ESA, CNES collaborate towards a European Space Transportation Hub

November 20th, 2021 by

ESA and the French space agency, CNES, are exploring together the possibility to create a European Space Transportation Hub.

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OQ Technology to add another ‘cell tower in space’ to its constellation

November 20th, 2021 by

5G IoT satellite operator OQ Technology has announced the upcoming launch of its second ‘cell tower in space’.

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NanoAvionics to launch 5th rideshare mission with new MP42 bus

November 20th, 2021 by

Smallsat integrator NanoAvionics has announced its latest satellite rideshare mission “MP42” to be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 with payloads from OQ Technology and Veoware.

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Delay of the day: Proton M/Ekspress AMU3, Ekspress AMU7

November 20th, 2021 by

The launch of the Proton-M heavy lift launch vehicle with the Ekspress-AMU3 and Ekspress-AMU7 communication satellites has been postponed from 6 December to 12 December, CEO of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying.

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Rocket Lab launches 107th satellite to orbit

November 20th, 2021 by

Rocket: Electron; Payload: two BlackSky Gen-2 satellites; Date: 18 November 2021, 0138 UTC; Launch site: Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. The Earth-imaging satellites were deployed into 427 km x 439 km x 42.02 degrees orbits.

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USSF contracts Lockheed Martin for three more GPS IIIF satellites

November 17th, 2021 by

The U.S. Space Force exercised its second contract option valued at approximately $737 million for the procurement of three additional GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF) space vehicles (SVs) from Lockheed Martin. This contract option is for GPS IIIF space vehicles 15, 16 and 17 (SV15-17).

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Land Launch rocket lifts off with Telstar 11N on board (Part II)
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SSTL-led team investigates GNSS signals for remote sensing
Atlas V WGS-2 launch targeted no earlier than 3 April

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Astroscale signs MOU with Virgin Orbit

November 17th, 2021 by

Astroscale Holdings Inc. announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Virgin Orbit. The MOU establishes a new partnership in which the two companies will seek opportunities to co-operate on a series of space initiatives that will drive the future of space sustainability and on-orbit servicing ecosystem.

Related posts:
Land Launch rocket lifts off with Telstar 11N on board (Part II)
NASA books four Atlas V launches
SSTL-led team investigates GNSS signals for remote sensing
Atlas V WGS-2 launch targeted no earlier than 3 April

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