Tag: Satellites

Space Force Is Planning a Military Exercise in Orbit
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Space Force Is Planning a Military Exercise in Orbit

The Victus Haze mission is more complicated than Victus Nox, involving two prime contractors, two spacecraft, and two rocket launches from different spaceports, all timed to occur with short timelines "to keep the demonstration as realistic as possible," a Space Force spokesperson told Ars."This demonstration will ultimately prepare the United States Space Force to provide future forces to combatant commands to conduct rapid operations in response to adversary on-orbit aggression," Space Systems Command said in a statement.Faith in Commercial Space"This is a really significant operational demonstration that is really pushing the envelope on technology and demonstrates a lot of faith in the US industrial base," Rogers said."Fundamentally, this is about characterizing an unknown capability ...
Boeing Reveals the Frontrunner to Be Its Next CEO
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Boeing Reveals the Frontrunner to Be Its Next CEO

Dec. 10, 2023 11:17 pm ETBoeing is elevating Stephanie Pope to become its No. 2 executive, setting her up as the heir apparent to Chief Executive David Calhoun as the planemaker prepares for its next leadership transition.Pope, who heads Boeing’s services arm, is expected to be named chief operating officer as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. The three-decade Boeing veteran beat out other top executives for the role.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Amazon Hires Elon Musk’s SpaceX for Three Rocket Launches
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Amazon Hires Elon Musk’s SpaceX for Three Rocket Launches

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have both spent decades building space companies. Now, Bezos’ Amazon.com is turning to Musk’s SpaceX for a ride to orbit.Amazon, which Bezos founded and where he still serves as executive chairman, said Friday that it hired Musk’s SpaceX to conduct three rocket launches for the Seattle company’s planned satellite-internet division. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Skyroot unveils Vikram-1 rocket, set to launch satellites early next year
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Skyroot unveils Vikram-1 rocket, set to launch satellites early next year

Space start-up Skyroot Aerospace on Tuesday unveiled its indigenously built Vikram-1 rocket which is expected to deliver satellites to low earth orbit early next year. Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh also inaugurated 'The MAX-Q Campus', the new headquarters of the start-up at the GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park at Mamidipally in South Hyderabad. Singh toured the Skyroot headquarters spread across 60,000 sq ft and billed as the country's largest private rocket development facility under one roof. Vikram-1 is a multi-stage launch vehicle with a capacity to place around 300 kg payloads in Low Earth Orbit. It is an all-carbon-fibre-bodied rocket that can place multiple satellites into orbit and features 3D-printed liquid engines. Planned to ...
SpaceX Signs Deal to Launch Key European Satellites
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SpaceX Signs Deal to Launch Key European Satellites

PARIS—SpaceX has signed a deal to launch up to four of Europe’s flagship navigation and secure communications satellites into orbit, reinforcing the Elon Musk-led company’s growing foothold in the region as local rivals struggle to get rockets off the ground. SpaceX and the European Space Agency recently signed an agreement for two launches next year, each carrying two Galileo satellites, said Javier Benedicto, the agency’s director of navigation. The European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, along with EU member states, must still give final approval for the deal. That is likely to happen before the end of the year, officials said.  Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Private Jets and Pop-Up Workspaces: Boeing Eases Return to Office for Top Brass
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Private Jets and Pop-Up Workspaces: Boeing Eases Return to Office for Top Brass

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