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The Defense Department’s Space Development Agency envisions deploying a constellation of hundreds of small satellites called the “Transport Layer” for global communications, data relay, and targeting. Credit: Space Development Agency The first five payloads from the Space Development Agency, an organization charged with rapidly infusing emerging technologies into the U.S.…

A Falcon 9 rocket descends to a touchdown at Landing Zone 1 after a launch in August 2020. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on a southerly coast-hugging trajectory from Cape Canaveral Tuesday to place 88 small satellites into a polar orbit. The Falcon 9’s…

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Home News Spaceflight A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter-1 rideshare mission with a record 143 small satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Jan. 24, 2021. The company has delayed the June 25 launch of Transporter-2. (Image credit: SpaceX)…

by Jason Rainbow — June 24, 2021 Leaf Space is adding more ground stations to cater for the rapidly expanding small satellite industry. Credit: Leaf Space TAMPA, Fla. — Leaf Space has added three more ground stations to its managed network service, helping the Italian company support its largest number…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rocket fires its engines for an on-pad test-firing Tuesday at Cape Canaveral. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX said Thursday it has postponed the next launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, previously scheduled for Friday at Cape Canaveral, due to unspecified technical concerns. The…

The Starlink satellite internet service may have the capability to provide users in far-flung regions around the world with high-speed connections before the year ends. SpaceX has deployed 1,800 or so satellites for the Starlink constellation so far. While that number's just a fraction of the 12,000 satellites regulators already…

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No free launch — "The Space Safari team intends to push the envelope." Eric Berger - Jun 18, 2021 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket goes supersonic on Thursday, launching a GPS III satellite for the Space Force. Welcome to Edition 4.03 of the Rocket Report! This…