The constellation, Astra said, would provide services at V-band frequencies, with the 1. 4 to deploy a constellation of more than 13,600 satellites that would provide broadband services.
MoreĪSTRA FILES FCC APPLICATION FOR 13,600-SATELLITE CONSTELLATION - Small launch vehicle developer Astra Space filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission Nov. MoreĬHINA LAUNCHES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SATELLITE SDGSAT-1 TO STUDY EARTH FROM SPACE - China continued its rapid pace of space launches late Thursday by sending a satellite into orbit as part of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.Ī Long March 6 rocket, one of China's new-generation launch vehicles, lifted off from among the hills surrounding Taiyuan Satellite Launch Ce. MoreĬHINA LAUNCHES THREE NEW REMOTE-SENSING SATELLITES - China successfully launched three new remote-sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the country's southwestern Sichuan Province at 11:00 a.m. EST (1805 GMT), NASA and SpaceX officials announc. The four-person Crew-2 flight is scheduled to leave the orbiting lab on Sunday (Nov. SPACEX'S CREW-2 ASTRONAUTS WILL LEAVE SPACE STATION SUNDAY AS CREW-3 LAUNCH IS DELAYED - SpaceX's current mission to the International Space Station will head home to Earth before its successor lifts off, if all goes according to plan.