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Phase Four, the creator of the radio-frequency thruster for satellite propulsion, announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Orbit Fab. The companies seek to ensure that future Phase Four Maxwell engines may be refuelled in-orbit to extend mission lifetimes and maximise ROI for spacecraft.

On the evening of Tuesday, 18 January, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory entered into safe mode, suspending pointed science observations. The mission team is investigating a possible failure of one of the spacecraft’s reaction wheels as the cause.

A small Chinese satellite had a near collision with one of the many chunks of debris left by the fallout of a recent Russian anti-satellite missile test, state media reported.

NanoAvionics confirmed the reception of signals and healthy telemetry data from all of the three satellites launched into low Earth orbit via the successful SpaceX Transporter-3 mission.

The Proba-3 programme, spearheaded by SENER Aeroespacial, the project’s prime contractor for the European Space Agency (ESA), has accomplished several relevant milestones in the integration of the two satellites that will, for the first time, demonstrate a high-precision formation flight in space.

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EarthDaily Analytics Corp., a vertically-integrated data processing and analytics company, announced the initial mission partners for the company’s EarthDaily constellation of nine super-spectral satellites.

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Airbus has been contracted to supply space start-up Loft Orbital with more than fifteen satellite platforms derived from the Airbus Arrow platform. Arrow is the foundational satellite platform of the OneWeb constellation.

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Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with Intelsat to deliver two Space Inspire software defined satellites, Intelsat 41 (IS-41) and Intelsat 44 (IS-44).

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