Welcome to the Launch Roundup! In this edition, a new crew arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX has now launched more than 5,000 Starlink satellites, Rocket Lab reused an engine, weather delayed the launch of Japan’s Moon mission and an American military satellite, and there was no joy in North Korea following a recent launch failure.
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Welcome to Biz Briefs! In today’s edition, Vast selected Impulse Space to provide propulsion for its planned space station, Hydrosat acquired IrriWatch to improve farm irrigation, Arianespace signed memorandums of understanding with two launch startups, Astroscale introduced a new docking plate, Sri Lanka gets Starlink, and much more.
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In this week’s Launch Roundup, SpaceX placed 125 satellites into orbit on Monday with a pair of Falcon 9 launches conducted from opposite coasts only 14 hours apart.
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Welcome to Biz Briefs! In today’s edition, Pixxel and Satellite Vu raise funds, the Pentagon will pay for SpaceX Starlink service in Ukraine, Viasat completes its acquisition of Inmarsat, Sierra Space powers up Dream Chaser, and much more.
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In this week’s Launch Roundup, new crews and cargo ships are scheduled to visit the International Space Station and China’s Tiangong orbital outpost this month.
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In this week’s Launch Roundup, Rocket Lab launched two satellites for NASA that will provide valuable data on hurricanes and tropical cyclones on Sunday, May 7 (Monday, May 8 in New Zealand).
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The question of whether SpaceX’s Starship maiden launch last Thursday was a success or a failure is a matter of perspective.
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Starlink is having problems, ISAR just raised $165 million, and Boeing’s Starliner is delayed again.
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The seven launches successfully conducted last week were overshadowed by the decision by cash-strapped Virgin Orbit to pause operations for seven days and furlough nearly its entire staff.
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WASHINGTON — With the pending launch of the first two prototype satellites, Amazon lifted the curtain on its 3,236 Project Kuiper broadband constellation during the Satellite 2023 Conference.
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