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Final test before commercial service

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The aircraft carries the VMS EVE with the VSS Unity spacecraft during a flight test. Virgo galaxy Virgo galaxy On Thursday, it prepares to launch its first spaceflight in nearly two years, as the space tourism company aims to pass a final test before flying commercial passengers. The mission, dubbed Unit 25, marks the company’s … Read more

Astranis’ first online satellite over Alaska is working perfectly

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Alternative satellite internet company Astranis has its first spacecraft in orbit and says it is working “perfectly”. “We have a new way to connect people in some of the most remote and underserved parts of the world,” Astranis CEO John Jedmark told CNBC. The company’s small satellite, built largely in-house and named “Arcturus,” launched on … Read more