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Four-satellite Astranis launch signals shift toward scaled GEO deployments: SpaceX successfully launched four Astranis-built broadband spacecraft toward geostationary orbit Dec. 29, marking the first time a single commercial manufacturer has flown four of its own satellites on one mission to GEO. The post Four-satellite Astranis launch signals shift toward scaled GEO deployments appeared first on SpaceNews. #neuco

The four Block 2 satellites completed initial commissioning and have started to use their electric propulsion systems to move from their initial transfer orbits to GEO. The company, which is operating the spacecraft on behalf of customers that have leased their broadband capacity, expects to bring Block 2 services online by the middle of the year. https://lnkd.in/eWgkZiWf

OTVs are going to usher in the next phase of the Space Revolution... cheaper and more numerous satellites in GEO and more manufacturing in orbit. https://lnkd.in/dpc89jBP

Four Astranis Space Technologies GEO satellites pass initial commissioning milestone : Astranis said all four of its recently launched broadband satellites have passed early tests and begun using electric propulsion to reach geostationary orbit. The post Four Astranis GEO satellites pass initial commissioning milestone  appeared first on SpaceNews. #neuco

ICEYE expands its Earth Observation capabilities with launch of two SAR satellites for mid-inclination orbit on the Bandwagon-2 mission with SpaceX! https://lnkd.in/e28Eh4Sa ICEYE

India's Pixxel is set to launch three of its six hyperspectral imaging satellites aboard a SpaceX rocket from California on Tuesday, the first such network in the country's nascent private space sector, Pixxel's chief told Reuters. The satellites will be placed in a sun-synchronous orbit at roughly 550 km, with the remaining three slated for deployment in the second quarter of the year. Pixxel's founder and chief executive Awais Ahmed told Reuters that it plans to add 18 more spacecraft to the six it has already developed, eyeing a share of the satellite imaging market projected to reach $19 billion by 2029. Read more: thekarostartup.com #PixxelSatellites #HyperspectralImaging #IndianSpaceSector #PrivateSpaceIndustry #SpaceX #SatelliteLaunch #SunSynchronousOrbit #SpaceTechnology #IndiaInSpace

SpaceX launched another batch of its STARLINK internet satellites from California early on Wednesday (Oct. 30). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell (DTC) capability, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 8:07 a.m. ET (1307 GMT; 5:07 a.m. local California time). SpaceX streamed the launch via X, formerly Twitter. SpaceX has already launched more than 100 Falcon 9 missions in 2024, about two-thirds of them devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation. The company currently operates more than 6,400 Starlink spacecraft in LEO (Low Earth orbit (LEO) is the region of space that orbits Earth at an altitude of 1,200 miles (2,000 km) or less), according to astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell. About 250 of them are DTC satellites. Meanwhile, a Chinese space ship carrying a three-person crew has docked with its orbiting space station as the country seeks to expand its exploration of outer space. The team of two men and one woman will replace the astronauts who have lived on the Tiangong space station for the last six months, conducting a variety of experiments and maintaining the structure. They are expected to stay until April or May of next year. See link in comment below for more information. The team at Space Intel is dedicated to alleviating the risks associated with bird strikes and space objects re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Stay safe and informed! #WeSawItComing #AviationSafety #AviationChallenges #Satellites #SatelliteCollisions #SpaceDebris #Space #SpaceIntel #SpaceSustainability

ICEYE Expands its Earth Observation Capabilities with Launch of Two SAR Satellites for Mid-inclination Orbit on the Bandwagon-2 Mission with SpaceX

New Post: SES’s Seventh and Eighth O3b mPOWER Satellites Successfully Launched, Bolstering MEO Constellation - https://lnkd.in/d95zByqz announced today that its latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites was successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, at 5:26 pm local time. Both satellites will join the first six O3b mPOWER spacecraft already in operation at medium Earth orbit (MEO), adding incremental …