Daily Archives: April 24, 2024

Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys Satellites ~500km Apart to Separate Orbits for KAIST and NASA

April 24, 2024 – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. today deployed two satellites to two different orbits approximately 500km apart on its 47th Electron mission. The ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ (B.T.S) mission lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 10:32 NZST on April 24th, 2024 with payloads for the Korea Advanced…

SES’s O3b mPOWER System Starts Providing High-performance Connectivity Services

April 24, 2024 – SES announced today that O3b mPOWER, its second-generation software-enabled satellite system, is now operational and can provide high-performance connectivity services around the globe. With the first six O3b mPOWER satellites operating at medium Earth orbit (MEO) or 8,000km away from the Earth and with extensive ground infrastructure built around the world,…