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SpaceX launches a 'rideshare' mission carrying 143 spacecraft, a record for a single launch CNBC 1/24/2021 Michael Sheetz Elon Musk's SpaceX launched another rocket into the record books on Sunday, with the first mission of its "SmallSat Rideshare" program called Transporter-1. The Falcon 9 rocket carried 143 spacecraft into orbit — a new global record for the most spacecraft launched at once. The company's SmallSat Rideshare launches give smaller satellites — as small as the size of a mailbox — an option to orbit for as little as $1 million for 200 kilograms © Provi...

Arianespace to launch 36 sats of OneWeb of Bharti-UK govt Dec 18 IANS Chennai: Europe’s satellite launch company Arianespace will be launching 36 OneWeb constellation satellites December 18, using medium lift Russian rocket Soyuz out of Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. OneWeb, a low earth orbit (LEO) broadband satellite communications company, is a consortium between the UK government and Indian telecom group Bharti Global Ltd. In November 2020 OneWeb announced that it has emerged from US Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. A consortium of UK Government and Bharti Global, has inves...

Share: For a long time, startups and outer space didn't mix. But that has changed over the past couple decades. New technologies have made it easier than ever for young companies to do business in space. And an ecosystem of investors has emerged to provide those companies capital.  Both sides of this equation—the new generation of space entrepreneurs and the venture capitalists funding their stratospheric ambitions—came together this week at a virtual conference hosted by TechCrunch. For my final newsletter of 2020, I tuned in to find out what they think is in the stars for 2021 and beyo...

OneWeb’s satellites are ready for a milestone launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome Soyuz’ Fregat upper stage and the dispenser with 36 OneWeb satellites is shown during encapsulation in the ST payload fairing for Flight ST29 at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Thirty-six OneWeb constellation satellites for the initial commercial mission of Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate at Vostochny Cosmodrome have been encapsulated in the payload fairing, taking preparations one step closer to December 18’s medium-lift Soyuz launch from this location in the Russian Far East. Designated Fli...

AlbaCore Capital Group Closes Dislocation Fund European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group ("AlbaCore") announces the final close of AlbaCore Investment Opportunities L.P. ("AIO"). AlbaCore secured over $1bn of commitments for the dislocation strategy, both in comingled and SMA format, which started investing at the depth of the crisis in mid-March. AlbaCore's dislocation investing generated a 55% IRR 1 since launch to the end of November 2020, whilst benchmark credit indices saw low single digits with year to date returns of 1.7% 2. AlbaCore has generated positive returns across all st...