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  • Intelsat G-37/H-4 Communications Satellite Launches Aboard SpaceX Rocket; Dave Wajsgras Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat G-37/H-4 Communications Satellite Launches Aboard SpaceX Rocket; Dave Wajsgras Quoted

    Intelsat has launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket its Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 geostationary satellite to provide space-based connectivity for government and commercial customers in North America. The Maxar Technologies-built G-37/H-4 communications satellite started sending signals minutes after it took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Intelsat said Thursday. “This launch completes our comprehensive […] More

  • Hughes Deploys Jupiter 3 Communications Satellite to GEO Aboard Falcon Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes Deploys Jupiter 3 Communications Satellite to GEO Aboard Falcon Rocket

    Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, has deployed Jupiter 3, a next-generation ultra-high-density satellite manufactured by Maxar Technologies, to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The Ka-band spacecraft, also known as EchoStar XXIV, was released from the launch vehicle three hours and twenty-eight minutes after lift-off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A in […] More

  • Space Force Eyes Additional Vendors for Future Launch Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Force Eyes Additional Vendors for Future Launch Missions

    The U.S. Space Force is planning to broaden its network of commercial launch service providers beyond SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to support multiple planned missions over five years, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The service branch will add a third provider to handle more difficult launch missions under the third phase of its […] More

  • Report: SpaceX Maintains Rocket Launch Market Dominance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: SpaceX Maintains Rocket Launch Market Dominance

    SpaceX is maintaining its dominance of the rocket launch market as satellite operators from both the government and commercial sectors continue to rely on the company’s launch services, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Data compiled by astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell revealed that SpaceX handled 88 percent of customer flights from U.S. launch […] More

  • SSC Sends 3 R&D Smallsats to Orbit via SpaceX Rideshare Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSC Sends 3 R&D Smallsats to Orbit via SpaceX Rideshare Mission

    Space Systems Command has launched three small satellites to low-Earth orbit to conduct space-based research and development experiments for the Department of Defense. The smallsats, developed by Blue Canyon Technologies for the U.S. Space Force, lifted off onboard SpaceX‘s Falcon-9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part […] More

  • SpaceX Rocket Sends Sateliot’s 5G Satellite to Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Rocket Sends Sateliot’s 5G Satellite to Orbit

    A 22-pound 5G satellite built by Barcelona, Spain-based startup Sateliot launched on April 15 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Space.com reported Tuesday. The Sateliot_0 orbital data relay, also known as the Groundbreaker, is the first of over 250 satellites that will make up a constellation in low […] More

  • Maxar Readies to Launch 1st Pair of WorldView Legion Satellites; Dan Jablonsky Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar Readies to Launch 1st Pair of WorldView Legion Satellites; Dan Jablonsky Quoted

    Maxar Technologies is preparing to launch in the summer of 2023 the first two of the six imaging satellites planned for the WorldView Legion constellation, SpaceNews reported Monday. “It’s been more about finalizing all of the preflight checks, completing the flight software and getting all of our last testing before we go downrange and put […] More

  • HawkEye 360 Launches 7th RF Satellite Cluster to LEO; John Serafini Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360 Launches 7th RF Satellite Cluster to LEO; John Serafini Quoted

    HawkEye 360 has deployed its seventh cluster of next generation radio frequency sensing spacecraft to low Earth orbit to expand its constellation of RF signal mapping satellites. The Cluster 7 trio has established communications with HawkEye 360 operations team after launching aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part […] More

  • Intelsat 40e Satellite Launched to Space Aboard SpaceX Falcon Rocket; Dave Wajsgras Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat 40e Satellite Launched to Space Aboard SpaceX Falcon Rocket; Dave Wajsgras Quoted

    Intelsat has launched its IS-40e communication satellite to the geostationary orbit aboard SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket to deliver space-based, high-speed connectivity to commercial aviation, mobility and network service clients in North America. The satellite, manufactured by Maxar Technologies, started transmitting and receiving signals after lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Intelsat […] More

  • SDA’s Initial 10 Tranche 0 Satellites Launch Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9; Derek Tournear Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SDA’s Initial 10 Tranche 0 Satellites Launch Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9; Derek Tournear Quoted

    The first 10 satellites for the Tranche 0 Transport and Tracking Layer of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture launched Sunday aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The second batch of satellites for the Tranche 0 layer, which will demonstrate low-latency military communications to enable warfighters to […] More