Director of Research @QuiltySpace. Leadership team @PGSFellowship. Former journalist, one-time astronomer, forever geek. RTs still ≠ endorsements. 🛰️ 🚀 📡

Seyshel Beach
Joined November 2016
It is with great pleasure that I can officially say the OneWeb book is fully written! Read below to learn about the roadmap to publication. chenryspace.substack.com/p/o…
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European space industry contracts have basically two modes 1) 7 billion for Airbus, no questions asked 2) 3M EUR study contracts; here is a portfolio of 20 companies participating
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Super impressive landing by China's Long March 10B rocket.
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Stocks return to Earth in June. Our Core (-22%) and Frontier (-39%) indexes underperformed the market (S&P 500; -1%) for the first time since March. All market sectors declined and 5/6 fell double digits. Download our free monthly Market Monitor: c0ee60f7-8d6a-42a7-8698-047d…
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Lots of small launch startups pursued Planet Labs as a customer. Most got rejected. This is a significant customer endorsement for Isar Aerospace, especially seeing that it's a Pelican satellite and not just doves.
Sovereign space capabilities: We signed a launch agreement with @Planet Labs Germany that will put a German-built satellite on a German-built rocket – a national first. Building sovereign, resilient space capabilities for Europe – partnerships like this are how it happens. Read more: isaraerospace.com/press/plan…
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Last few launches were big for @AmazonLeo - bringing us to 390+ satellites deployed, enough to support continuous service across initial latitudes. Still lots of work ahead – including raising all these new satellites to their assigned altitude – but we’ve completed enough launches for initial service this yr, and future missions just add coverage and capacity. Thanks @ulalaunch Atlas V for getting us to this point. Ready for 40+ sat launches on Vulcan. 🚀 🚀 🚀
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Reliable connectivity can be lifesaving in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Telesat was honoured to do its part to assist Venezuelans following June 24’s powerful earthquakes by donating satellite capacity to Top Comunications – a leading local telecom – in support of rescue and recovery efforts. Read more here: telesat.com/press/press-rele…
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Congrats on an out-of-this-world discovery, TESS! NASA’s TESS mission used the microlensing detection method to find a planet out in the Milky Way’s disk. Roman will use the same method to find new worlds in the center of the Milky Way!
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USMNT, bring the World Cup home and Blue Ghost will bring the ball to the Moon! 💪🌖🏆🇺🇸
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Round two, here we go.
Woah! 160 MHz in upper C-band to be auctioned next summer!
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.@Thales_Alenia_S wins contract to build GEO-orbit telecoms sat for @eshailsat & @turksat, which will share capacity. Eshail-3/Turksat Biruni will use Thales's Space Inspire software-defined design. Launch date TBD.
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Rocket Lab 🤝 Iridium – a powerful combination. Our founder and CEO @Peter_J_Beck is joined by @IridiumComm’s CEO Matt Desch @IridiumBoss and Rocket Lab CFO Adam Spice to discuss how this acquisition will unlock and accelerate our future in space applications. Links in the comments.
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How to win in space: pick markets that are large but not large enough for SpaceX to bother
Actually they are buying Iridium for the exact opposite reason, to not rival SpaceX. Smartly staying well clear of SpaceX’s core markets.
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After 8 years travelling across the inner Solar System, BepiColombo has switched off its ion engines. The ESA/JAXA mission is now entering its final approach to Mercury, with key arrival steps starting in September. 🔗 esa.int/Enabling_Support/Ope… @JAXA_en @esascience @esaoperations
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Both these companies have must-read books about them. For Rockets Lab, read Ashlee Vance's When the Heavens Went on Sale. For Iridium, read John Bloom's Eccentric Orbits. These are my two most referenced space books. Both profile companies that transformed the industry.
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Rocket Lab is acquiring Iridium Communications Inc – one of the most transformative deals in the space industry. By combining our launch capability and satellite manufacturing with @IridiumComm’s global satellite communications network and rare spectrum, Rocket Lab becomes a fully integrated, self-launching, tier-1 space power, delivering critical communications capability to millions of users worldwide. Full details and important information: bit.ly/4eyKLL4
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Wow wow wow wow wow! I fully expected Iridium to be bought within 12-18 months of Globalstar, but figured Amazon or Blue Origin would be the buyer. This is a really strong move by Rocket Lab. Congrats @Peter_J_Beck, and welcome to the constellation club.
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Small victory for Eutelsat OneWeb: I'm seeing a number of resellers promoting their LEO services in Namibia, while Starlink remains blocked there over a familiar problem: local ownership requirements. africa.businessinsider.com/l…
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