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Ball Aerospace delivers IXPE for launch

Submit on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 21:03

NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), built by Ball Aerospace, safely arrived last week at Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA. A collaboration between Ball, NASA, and the Italian Space Agency (ASI), IXPE is an astrophysics observatory set to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in December.

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GOES-T, built by Lockheed Martin, moves closer to launch

Submit on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 21:03

The next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-T successfully arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin launch preparations.

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China’s Mars orbiter enters remote-sensing orbit

Submit on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 21:03

China’s Mars orbiter entered its remote-sensing orbit around Mars on Monday, starting the global remote-sensing exploration of the planet, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said.

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European software-defined satellite starts service

Submit on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 21:03

Eutelsat QUANTUM, a telecommunications satellite that can be reprogrammed in-orbit has successfully passed its in-orbit acceptance review.

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Virgin Orbit sign MOU with ANA Holdings for 20 LauncherOne flights

Submit on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 21:03

Virgin Orbit has entered into a memorandum of understanding with ANA Holdings, the owners of Japan’s largest airline, to procure twenty flights of the LauncherOne rocket and to lead the effort to provide funds and support for those orbital missions to launch from Japan’s Oita Prefecture.

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Blue Danube enables first broadband access with phased arrays on HAPS

Submit on Monday, November 8th, 2021 22:31

Blue Danube Systems, a provider of wireless access solutions, announced that its 3D beamforming radio systems have been used to provide the first broadband communications from the stratosphere to cellular users on the ground.

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Viasat to acquire Inmarsat

Submit on Monday, November 8th, 2021 22:31

Viasat Inc. and Inmarsat announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Viasat will acquire Inmarsat in a transaction valued at US$7.3 billion, comprised of US$850.0 million in cash, approximately 46.36 million shares of Viasat common stock valued at US$3.1 billion based on the closing price on Friday November 5, 2021, and the assumption of US$3.4 billion of net debt.

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Mystery object appears next to Shijian-21 in geostationary orbit

Submit on Saturday, November 6th, 2021 22:44

The U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron (SPCS) has catalogued a new, somewhat mysterious object alongside China’s recently launched Shijian-21 satellite.

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