Iridium and SpaceX sign launch contract
The Falcon 9 mission will take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in mid-2023.
The Falcon 9 mission will take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in mid-2023.
The contract modification includes ground, launch, in-orbit, and return and recovery operations, cargo transportation for each mission, and a lifeboat capability while docked to the ISS.
For the Ax-2 mission, Axiom Space will submit four proposed crew members and four backup crew to the stations Multilateral Crew Operations Panel for review.
Superbird-9 will deliver broadcast and broadband missions in Ku-band primarily over Japan and Eastern Asia.
The UAE astronaut will serve as a mission specialist on the SpaceX Crew-6 mission.
For the fixed-site services, Starlink will assign an individual 22-km diameter cell for Air Force use.
The first mission under the agreement will launch no sooner than November 2022 on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX in February 2021 for the Falcon 9 launch for SPHEREx alone, valued at $98.8m.
The Emirati astronaut will join NASAs Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg alongside Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev.
The contract is valued at $255m for the launch and other mission-related costs.
SES-22 is the first to launch six geostationary satellites that SES ordered to migrate broadcast customers into a narrower swath of C-band.
The company has ordered six satellites to provide the necessary capacity for its customers, with SES-18, SES-19, SES-20, SES-21 and SES-22 all to be launched in 2022.
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will fly the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission no earlier than late this year.
The mission is expected to complete the company's initial research and development programme and facilitate integration testing with mobile network operators around the world.
The satellite will be located at the 7 degrees West orbital slot and provide Ku-band services for the Middle East and North Africa.
Satellogic announced a similar agreement with SpaceX in January 2021 covering four rideshare launches.
Currently, a Starlink aircraft antenna is installed on a JSX airplane for testing purposes.
The awards are in the form of Space Act Agreements with the companies matching or exceeding the awards with their own funds.
Positioned at 7° West, Nilesat-301 will work with Nilesat-201 to provide Ku-band services for the Middle East and North Africa.
Boeing Satellite Systems is building the Nusantara Lima satellite, which is planned for launch in 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Satellogic has planned to have 34 commercial satellites in orbit by the end of Q1 2023 and more than 200 satellites in orbit by 2025.
The MP42 mission has marked the finale of NanoAvionics GIoT R&D project, to provide constellation-as-a-service in a business-to-business setup to existing and emerging IoT/M2M operators.
Omnispace Spark-1 is part of Omnispace's initiative to provide global hybrid NTN connectivity.
The award will include both an uncrewed demonstration landing and a crewed landing, much like SpaceXs HLS Option A contract.
The OneWeb missions with SpaceX will presumably launch on Falcon 9 rockets, but OneWeb did not specify the launch vehicle configuration.
The move comes amid growing concerns over Russian and Chinese military advances in outer space and a surge in satellite launches.
On February 25, a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California will launch another set of Starlink satellites.
According to the Starlink website, the first premium deliveries will begin in Q2, 2022.
There is a five-year ordering period and a maximum total value of $300m across all contracts.
The nanosat will provide agricultural monitoring as well as land use mapping to prevent calamities in the region.
SpaceX currently has four additional launches scheduled for January 2022, including Transporter-3, CSG-2, and up to two more Starlink missions.
His resignation comes just weeks after the government stated that Starlink Internet Services is not licensed to offer satellite-based internet services in India.
The funding comes after the aerospace giant hit a $100bn valuation following a secondary share sale in October.
In collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Light-1 will be re-launched into orbit around Earth during Q1 2022.
SpaceX will also launch Turkeys first domestically built communications satellite in Q1 2023.
NASA originally envisioned alternating missions between SpaceX and Boeing, assuming both companies vehicles will be certified around the same time.
Eight organisations are hitching a ride on Sherpa-LTC1, including return customers Capella Space, Umbra Space, Lynk Global and Kleos Space.
Yahsat claims to be well positioned for future growth with contracted future revenues of more than $2bn from significant new Commercial and Government deals secured in Q3 2021.
Al Qubaisi explores closer cooperation in spaceflight technology, investment, scientific research, exploratory missions, and knowledge sharing with global partners at the event.
The UAE will launch its MBZ SAT imaging satellite on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission in 2023 or at the beginning of 2024.
Texas-headquartered AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly through standard mobile phones, is turning its attention to the GCC and MENA region. ...
The agreements add significantly to Yahsats anticipated future cash flows and prior contracted backlog of more than $1.91bn.
Turksat 6A will be the countrys first communications satellite built domestically by the TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute.
The contracts are part of NASA's Artemis programme, which aims to send astronauts back to the moon by 2024.
It was the first dedicated launch of Starlink satellites to polar orbit.
The GOES-U satellite is scheduled to lift off in April 2024.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch Thuraya 4-NGS, being built by Airbus for Yahsat, in H2 of 2023.
Amazon's Project Kuiper filed a protest against SpaceX's plan for more Starlink satellites.
Intuitive Machines has announced that its IM-3 lander mission will launch on a Falcon 9 in 2024.
SpaceX also transported a total of six Planet SkySats to orbit in June 2020 and August 2020 alongside SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites.
BlueWalker 3 is expected to launch aboard a SpaceX mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in March 2022.
NASA in April awarded SpaceX with a sole $2.89bn contract to build the next crewed lunar lander under its Human Landing Systems programme.
The constellation will consist of more than 60 spacecraft to offer 5G IoT services in remote and rural areas.
The HALO design is based on Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft, which conducts resupply missions to the International Space Station.
The satellite Ghalib aims to study the migration patterns of birds and animals in remote areas.
Spartan is a 6U NanoSat on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying seven payloads on a single bus.
Orbiters first mission is scheduled for October 2022, when it will fly on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission.
QMR-KWT space mission is to empower students to contribute to the advancement of satellite communication technology.
The satellite will operate in the S-band spectrum and will feature a large unfurling antenna reflector.
The mission, with 52 Starlink satellites and two rideshare payloads (Capella Whitney 4 and Tyvak-0130), launched on a Falcon 9.