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Intelsat has signed a satellite contract with Maxar Technologies, placing the final order in a one-time surge in manufacturing deals triggered by the Federal Communications Commission's upcoming C-band spectrum auction.

Mangata aims to launch its first eight satellites into a highly elliptical orbit in 2023 or 2024. Another 24 satellites would follow in 2024 or 2025 in medium Earth orbit.

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics:

The sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) communications satellite successfully completed on-orbit testing Aug. 27. SpaceNews

Xage Security, a Silicon Valley cybersecurity startup, announced a contract Sept. 17 to develop a data protection strategy for the U.S. Space Force. SpaceNews

Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach: "Yes, I am absolutely in favor of more space-based ISR." SpaceNews

SpaceX called off the launch of 60 Starlink satellites Thursday (Feb. 17) due to a "recovery issue" related to its Falcon 9 rocket.

China has quietly initiated preparations to launch Chang'e-5, a mission seeking to collect and return the first lunar samples since the 1970s. SpaceNews

Climate changes associated with global warming can affect astronomical observations. That is the result of a study involving scientists from the University of Cologne. The international research team investigated a range...

As Nanoracks puts the finishing touches on an airlock that will be installed on the International Space Station later this year, the company is finalizing a new funding round. SpaceNews

This week we are pleased to welcome Dr. Merav Opher, Professor from the Astronomy Department of Boston University and the Director of the SHIELD (Solar wind with Hydrogen Ion charge Exchange and Large-Scale Dynamics) DRI...

The International Space Station's advanced microgravity research systems continue to be serviced today ensuring innovative results and insights to benefit humans on and off the Earth....

The "Kerbal Space Program: Enhanced Edition Complete" game celebrates its ninth anniversary with digital launches for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Astranis announced Sept. 17 that Goldin will chair the company's new technical advisory board, and recently oversaw the critical design review of the company's first satellite ahead of a mid-2021 launch.

French propulsion startup Exotrail has signed two contracts with the European Space Agency for its smallsat electric propulsion technology.

NASA will highlight the first crew rotational flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station with a trio of news conferences beginning 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 29.

Much of the gold we find on Earth was created by colliding neutron stars, but astronomers now know gold must also be formed elsewhere. The post Colliding Neutron Stars Don’t Make Enough Gold to Explain What We See in t...

NASA has awarded a contract modification to Bastion Technologies Inc. of Houston for safety and mission assurance (SMA) services.

Smoke from the devastating U.S. wildfires is spreading across the country, moving north into Canada and across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe.

This latest image of Jupiter, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on Aug. 25, 2020, was captured when the planet was 406 million miles from Earth. Hubble's sharp view is giving researchers an updated weather report on...

An international team of researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, have layering that seems consistent with volcanic activity. The finding could provide insights into the enigmati...

Each star system is a unique paintbrush in the cosmos, and astronomers are finally beginning to understand why.