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‘Space particle’ slams into Spain’s new communications satellite high above Earth

Spain's latest military communications satellite suffered a debris impact while headed to its orbital destination. The extent ...
SpaceNews

Indian navigation satellite stuck in transfer orbit after propulsion failure

WASHINGTON — A recently launched Indian navigation satellite is stranded in a transfer orbit after the failure of its onboard propulsion system and could soon renter. The Indian Space Research ...
SpaceNews

Metop-B successfully placed in orbit

Today, at 22:28 hours local time (17:28 hours BST or 16:28 UTC), a Soyuz rocket successfully launched the Astrium-built Metop-B satellite into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A ...
ExtremeTech

SpaceX flawlessly completes first launch to geostationary transfer orbit

SpaceX has successfully completed its first launch of a commercial satellite into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). This marks the seventh ever flight of the SpaceX Falcon launch system, and the ...
Ars Technica

Two giants in the satellite telecom industry join forces to counter Starlink

Facing competition from Starlink and other emerging satellite broadband networks, the two companies that own most of the traditional commercial communications spacecraft in geostationary orbit ...