SES has teamed up with Kazakhstan’s Republican Centre for Space Communications (RCSC), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry, to bring high-speed connectivity services to businesses across Kazakhstan. SES announced the collaboration Sept. 30. The services will be delivered via O3b mPOWER, SES’s second-generation non-geostationary (NGSO) satellite system, and will The post SES to Bring More Connectivity Services to Kazakhstan appeared first on Via Satellite.

NASA and SpaceX plan to study using the Dragon crew spacecraft to boost the Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit with the Dragon spacecraft, at no cost to the government. SpaceX proposed the study, and NASA issued the company an unfunded Space Act Agreement announced Sept. 29. The agency said it has no plans The post NASA and SpaceX Explore Dragon Mission to Boost the Hubble Telescope  appeared first on Via Satellite.

The FCC on Thursday adopted a new rule that requires satellite operators in Low-Earth Orbit to dispose of their satellites, calling it an important step in space safety and orbital debris policy.  Commissioners voted 4-0 to adopt the draft rule, which requires satellites in LEO to deorbit “as soon as practicable but no later than The post FCC Adopts 5-Year Rule for Deorbiting Satellites appeared first on Via Satellite.