Space
Lumen Orbit books a spare payload after a solar-array anomaly
A regional satellite operator will fly a backup Ku-band payload next spring rather than nurse a wounded array through another rainy season.
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Space
Pads, payloads, and the orbits aviation now depends on.
Space
Harbor Launch holds a rideshare after a ground-system fault
The coastal operator scrubbed a dawn window on the Cape Merrow pad. The satellites are fine. The countdown was not.
Space
A weather bird for dispatchers gets a ride off the east coast
Lumen’s Indian partner has booked a small imaging satellite on a rideshare from the Bay of Bengal range. Airline desks want the pictures more than the ceremony.