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SpaceX successfully launches GovSat-1 on a flight proven Falcon 9

Posted in Business on 1st Feb, 2018
by Alex Muller

SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with a satellite commissioned by the Government of Luxembourg.

Ariane rocket suffers rare launch anomaly

Posted in Science on 26th Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller

Eventually, though, radio signals from the spacecraft were picked up. It seems the rocket did do its job - but beyond the sight of controllers on the ground.

Planetary Resources Arkyd-6 launched and deployed

Posted in Hardware on 13th Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller

The Planetary Resources Arkyd-6 spacecraft was launched and deployed in space. This 6U cubesat is packed with power including 17 computing elements.

DARPA and NASA Team Up to Design Refuelling Satellites

Posted in Science on 1st Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller

Robotic satellites could approach and refuel friendly satellites or meddle with unfriendly ones.

OneWeb will fully deploy multi-gigabit global satellite network by 2021

Posted in Business on 30th Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller

OneWeb is launching a global 2.5 gigabit per second satellite internet service by 2021.