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SpaceX launches EUMETSAT’s MTG-S1 weather and Sentinel-4 air quality satellite, lands Falcon 9 at sea

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched July 1 at 5:04 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, placing EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) into geostationary transfer orbit with the Copernicus Sentinel-4 air quality payload. The first-stage booster successfully landed on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas.

2025-07-01T09:45:45.498646-07:00

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Boeing Delivers Ninth and Tenth O3b mPOWER Satellites to SES, Expanding Constellation

2025-07-02T05:31:26.813742-07:00

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Planet Labs Secures €240M German Government Deal for Dedicated Defense Imagery Services

2025-07-01T07:47:50.309922-07:00

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Skynopy Raises €15M to Build Global High-Throughput Ground-Station Network

2025-06-30T05:23:18.493462-07:00

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SNCF to Tender LEO Satellite Internet on Trains, Joining Europe’s Connectivity Push France’s state-owned rail operator SNCF will soon issue a major tender to equip its trains with satellite internet, blending terrestrial networks with low Earth orbit solutions. The initiative aims to eradicate coverage dead zones across its network, ensuring consistent high-speed connectivity for passengers on all routes.

2025-07-04T10:35:23.598747-07:00

SNCF to Tender LEO Satellite Internet on Trains, Joining Europe’s Connectivity Push

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LATAM Taps Viasat for Multi-Orbit Ka-Band Wi-Fi on 60+ Widebodies in $60M Deal LATAM Group has signed a $60 million contract with Viasat to equip over 60 of its wide-body aircraft with multi-orbit Ka-band inflight connectivity. Rollout will begin on long-haul routes such as Santiago–Sydney from 2026, complementing existing short-haul Wi-Fi services.

2025-07-04T03:07:02.281165-07:00

LATAM Taps Viasat for Multi-Orbit Ka-Band Wi-Fi on 60+ Widebodies in $60M Deal

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Boeing Lands $2.8 B ESS Satellite Contract to Fortify US NC3 Communications Boeing has secured a $2.8 billion U.S. contract to develop and produce two Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) satellites for the nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) architecture, with options for two additional spacecraft to bolster persistent geostationary coverage for strategic warfighters.

2025-07-03T14:30:59.396437-07:00

Boeing Lands $2.8 B ESS Satellite Contract to Fortify US NC3 Communications

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Loughborough and Swansea Unveil Ultra-Light Solar Cells to Slash Space Launch Costs Engineers from Loughborough and Swansea universities have developed ultra-light, high-efficiency solar cells designed for space applications. The breakthrough tech aims to reduce payload mass and launch expenses while powering future satellite constellations and in-orbit manufacturing facilities.

2025-07-03T10:03:30.836078-07:00

Loughborough and Swansea Unveil Ultra-Light Solar Cells to Slash Space Launch Costs

European Spaceflight

Space Cargo Unlimited Lands €12.5M EIC Grant for BentoBox In-Orbit Manufacturing Platform Space Cargo Unlimited has secured €12.5 million from the European Innovation Council to advance its BentoBox in-orbit testing and manufacturing platform, enabling on-orbit assembly, materials processing and rapid prototyping for satellite and space components.

2025-07-03T08:05:00.302369-07:00

Space Cargo Unlimited Lands €12.5M EIC Grant for BentoBox In-Orbit Manufacturing Platform

Flying Magazine

Purdue University to Probe Satellite ‘Visual Anomaly’ for Amelia Earhart’s Lost Plane Purdue University, where Amelia Earhart once served as a faculty member, announced an expedition to investigate a “visual anomaly” detected in recent satellite imagery that may be linked to her 1937 disappearance. The university team aims to confirm whether the underwater site contains wreckage of Earhart’s Lockheed Electra.

2025-07-03T06:35:24.732917-07:00

Purdue University to Probe Satellite ‘Visual Anomaly’ for Amelia Earhart’s Lost Plane

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Rocket Lab Clears Critical Design Review for SDA’s T2TL-Beta LEO Comms Constellation Rocket Lab National Security LLC has passed the Space Development Agency’s Critical Design Review for its Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta program, confirming the Lightning-based spacecraft meet all mission parameters and greenlighting full-scale production of an 18-satellite low-latency defense communications network.

2025-07-03T02:19:13.222670-07:00

Rocket Lab Clears Critical Design Review for SDA’s T2TL-Beta LEO Comms Constellation

muscatdaily.com

Oman's Etlaq Spaceport to open in Duqm with end-to-end launch services by 2027 Oman plans to bring its Etlaq Spaceport in Duqm online by 2027, aiming to provide end-to-end logistical and technical support for both satellite and suborbital vehicle launches. The facility will encompass integration, payload processing, range operations and ground support, positioning Oman as a strategic launch hub in the Middle East.

2025-07-03T00:21:09.145785-07:00

Oman's Etlaq Spaceport to open in Duqm with end-to-end launch services by 2027

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