Senior Space News writer, focusing on satellite telecom, finance & commercial markets.
Florida, USA
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Deployment of @HughesConnects JUPITER 3 confirmed
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@FCC confirmed that Telesat has completed all requirements for the Phase II accelerated C-band clearing six months in advance of the 2023 deadline.
Telesat is now eligible to receive 2nd accelerated relocation payment of nearly US$260 million by Oct 2023. bit.ly/43cZwdz
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Rivada gets more breathing room to deploy constellation
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Breaking news: Another world-first achievement for #ASTSpaceMobile! Using @ATT cellular spectrum, we connected everyday smartphones to our BlueWalker 3 test satellite and recorded 4G LTE download speeds of >10 Mbps. Read more about this historic feat here: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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In a statement, satellite operator SES "confirms that the company has engaged in discussions regarding a possible combination with Intelsat. At this stage, there can be no certainty that a transaction would materialise." ses.com/press-release/statem…
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Up from 250,000 subscribers the company said it had in March.
Starlink now has more than 1,000,000 active subscribers – thank you to all customers and members of the Starlink team who contributed to this milestone ❤️💫🌎 starlink.com
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We're pleased to announce signing a Space Act Agreement with @NASA. The document formalizes a commitment between #ASTSpaceMobile and #NASA to share information to help safeguard low Earth orbit. Read more: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Elon’s Twitter dilemma spacenews.com/elons-twitter-…
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Another milestone toward global connectivity, as we confirm that OneWeb has ordered 10,000 low Earth orbit user terminals from @HughesConnects.
This purchase will enable OneWeb connectivity services for government and enterprise customers.
Find out more:
hughes.com/resources/press-r…
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On December 21, as part of our Space Innovation agenda, we will consider new reforms to streamline the FCC’s satellite application processing rules and policies to facilitate continued growth of the satellite industry. #FCCGov #OpenMtgFCC fcc.gov/document/facilitatin…
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OneWeb Launch 15 is scheduled to take place with @SpaceX next week from Merritt Island, Florida.
Lift-off is scheduled for no earlier than 17:37 local time on 6 December. That's 22:37 UTC.
#OneWebLaunch15 🚀
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ESA director general Josef Aschbacher says at an Ariane 6 briefing that the inaugural launch of the rocket has been pushed back to the 4th quarter of 2023.
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Efforts to ban testing of ASATs face their strongest challenge yet.
ALT "Researchers from Skoltech have studied the economic feasibility of a space advertising mission that would launch a formation of satellites into orbit to reflect sunlight and display commercials in the sky above cities."
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We’re thinking about everyone in Florida, including our NASA teams as Hurricane #Ian heads their way. Grateful for the ride-out team that will stay at @NASAKennedy to keep the essential infrastructure operational, protecting our #Artemis I vehicle as the storm passes.
ALT NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it returns to the Vehicle Assembly Building from Launch Pad 39B, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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This afternoon's European ensemble forecast offers more concern for potential tropical impacts to Artemis I. This map shows "low" locations for 8 am Tuesday, the 27th. Still mucho uncertainty, but confidence in track will increase now that a center of circulation is forming.
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Space SPACs aren’t dead: Intuitive Machines announced it will merge with a SPAC, Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. with $330M of cash. Value of the merged company would be $815M. 7c27f7d6-4a0b-4269-aee9-80e8…
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"We see tactics going on in space where the competitor is trying to deceive us, so that we don't understand what they are doing." Col. Guillaume Bourdelous, commander of the French Space Command's French Space Operations Brigade. #WorldSatelliteBusinessWeek 1/2
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Blue Origin is now a very large space company, with 6,000 employees and counting. The annual burn rate, just for people, is probably on the order of $1.2 billion. @JeffBezos is investing serious money.
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Satellite operators weigh strategies for an industry in transformation spacenews.com/satellite-oper…