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Isar Aerospace announced that it has won the European Commission’s EIC Horizon prize “Low-Cost Space Launch,” receiving €10 million in prize money. The European Commission’s award was given to Isar Aerospace for its launch service solution using ‘Spectrum’, a two-stage launch vehicle that offers access to space for small and medium-sized satellites and constellations.

The Sultanate of Oman has selected Poland’s SatRevolution S.A. (SatRev) to deliver and operate its proprietary nanosatellite technologies alongside partners Virgin Orbit, Polish capital group and AI data analytics specialists TUATARA, and Omani-based emerging technology innovator ETCO, under a framework agreement for collaboration on Oman’s first mission to deep space and for delivering small satellites to Low Earth Orbit.

Celestis, Inc. announced that it has entered into a launch services agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA). ULA will host a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight payload aboard the initial flight of ULA’s Vulcan Centaur, planned for later this year.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: L-SAR 01A (Gongjian Ludi Tance-1 01A); Date: 25 January 2022, 2344 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was deployed into a 594 km × 602 km × 97.81 degrees Sun-synchronous orbit.

SpaceX’s 24th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission (funded by NASA) successfully splashed down off the coast of Florida. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft spent more than 30 days docked to the International Space Station (ISS), and with this completed mission, it successfully transported a variety of research investigations back to Earth for further analysis.

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Xplore Inc., a commercial space company providing Space as a Service announced it has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. (OrbAstro), a satellite and in-orbit service provider.

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation, arrived at its solar orbit, Lagrange Point 2 (L2), marking the completion of its 1.5 million km journey and the first month of its half-year long commissioning period.

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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced that the company is expanding its strategic partnership in commercial aviation with Intelsat.