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NASA’s On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1, formerly known as Restore-L), a mission that will be the first to robotically refuel a satellite not designed to be serviced, and will also demonstrate assembly and manufacturing technologies and capabilities, has passed its mission critical design review (CDR).

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Sidus Space, Inc., a Space-as-a-Service satellite company focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection announced a strategic partnership with Aitech Systems to support the LizzieSat Constellation.

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Boeing has begun building the latest version of the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite system, WGS-11+, using advanced techniques to effectively integrate the latest commercial technology while enabling a high-paced five-year schedule that will deliver years faster than similar clean-sheet designs.

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Globalstar, Inc. announced that the company has entered into a satellite procurement agreement (the “Procurement Agreement”) with Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation (“MDA”) pursuant to which Globalstar will acquire 17 new satellites that will replenish and extend the life of Globalstar’s existing constellation. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. is the principal satellite bus subcontractor under the Procurement Agreement.

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Redwire Corporation said it is supplying critical navigation components for NOAA’s GOES-R series of weather-monitoring satellites. The third satellite in the series, GOES-T, is scheduled to launch on 1 March 2022 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket.

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Northrop Grumman’s recently launched 17th (NG-17) commercial resupply mission is carrying five Nanoracks customer payloads on board the Cygnus spacecraft to conduct experiments that will improve environmental research on Earth and demonstrate technology necessary for future in-space economies.

The latest Cygnus resupply vessel has successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The 17th Cygnus operational mission was launched by an Antares 230+ rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, on 19 February.