SpaceX stories
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One New Zealand secures Best in Test mobile network title again
Fri, 24th May 2024
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spacetech
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5g & beyond
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wireless networks
One New Zealand has clinched the Best in Test mobile network award for 2024, marking its third consecutive win, highlighting top performance in voice, data, and reliability categories.
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Wireless Logic gets authorised reseller status for SpaceX's Starlink
Mon, 22nd Apr 2024
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spacetech
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iot
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partner programmes
Wireless Logic gains authorised reseller status for SpaceX's Starlink, enhancing global IoT deployment capabilities by incorporating Low Earth Orbit satellite connectivity.
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NanoAvionics to send four satellites into orbit on SpaceX mission
Mon, 11th Mar 2024
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spacetech
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iot
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5g & beyond
Kongsberg NanoAvionics is set to launch four satellites into orbit as part of SpaceX's next mission, enhancing global 5G and earth observation capacities for Luxembourg, Spain, and South Korea.
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3GPP Standards for Satellite IoT – the catalyst for progression, or a Mexican standoff?
Thu, 22nd Feb 2024
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spacetech
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connectivity
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gps
Amid a lowered cost to develop satellite networks, questions arise as to whether 3GPP Standards for Satellite IoT will serve as a progression catalyst or incite standstill tensions.
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HPE's Spaceborne Computer-2 heads to ISS with highest storage yet
Thu, 1st Feb 2024
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spacetech
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ai
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ml
Hewlett Packard Enterprise sends its enhanced Spaceborne Computer-2 to the International Space Station, augmenting AI and machine learning capabilities with unprecedented flash-based storage power.
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One NZ and SpaceX launch 'direct to cell' satellites for global coverage
Thu, 4th Jan 2024
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smartphones
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spacetech
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cleantech
One NZ, in cooperation with SpaceX, launched its first six 'direct to cell' satellites enabling expanded telecommunication coverage from 2024, and has joined a global alliance to offer reciprocal satellite roaming services.
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One NZ opens first 'Resilient Store' in Napier, ready for outages
Sun, 8th Oct 2023
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dr
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spacetech
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telco
One New Zealand has opened its first 'resilient store' in Napier, offering uninterrupted service during power outages.
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Noel Leeming first to offer Starlink in New Zealand
Thu, 22nd Dec 2022
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spacetech
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telco
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noel leeming
Noel Leeming becomes first retailer in New Zealand to offer Starlink broadband internet, with hardware available from late December.
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Australian space tech startup secures SpaceX support
Tue, 24th May 2022
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spacetech
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nsw government
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spacex
Space Machines Company has secured the support of SpaceX as a launch partner in carrying SMC's Optimus Orbital Transfer Vehicle to space next year.
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Microsoft’s Azure Space – Cloud above the clouds
Wed, 21st Oct 2020
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public cloud
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spacetech
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edge computing
Microsoft is entering the private space exploration market with Azure Space, hiring a team of experts to build cloud capabilities for the space industry.
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Kacific satellite payload to take off on SpaceX launch
Tue, 17th Dec 2019
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spacetech
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spacex
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kacific
Its 56 high-throughput spot beams will place capacity over selected regions in South East Asia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
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Fleet Space announces three million sensors on its satellite IoT network
Tue, 12th Feb 2019
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spacetech
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iot
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rocket lab
Fleet Space Technologies' Project Galaxy hits a milestone, registering 1 million IoT devices within 24 hours and adding 2 million more to its waiting list.
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HPE opens up ‘cloud above the clouds’ for space travel
Fri, 2nd Nov 2018
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spacetech
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
HPE has launched a supercomputer on the ISS, enabling astronauts to analyse data in space, speeding up research without Earth-based delays.
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Data centres in outer space could happen sooner than you think
Thu, 29th Mar 2018
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spacetech
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hyperscale
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dc
An expert has stated that we could soon be launching data centres into outer space to utilise solar power & zero human error, among other things.
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Vodafone and Nokia to create 4G network on the moon
Wed, 28th Feb 2018
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spacetech
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4g technology
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vodafone
Vodafone and Nokia to establish a 4G network on the Moon in a joint effort with PTScientists and Audi, aiming for a 2019 launch.
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Spaceborne computer set to teraFLOP its way across the Solar System
Thu, 22nd Feb 2018
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spacetech
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hpe
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solar power
HPE's super space computer, launched into space by SpaceX, has achieved one teraFLOP status and is running smoothly.
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SpaceX, rockets & a successful satellite launch brings new comm services
Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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spacetech
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iridium
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spacex
Iridium Communications successfully launches third batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites, bringing total in orbit to 30.
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SpaceX and Airbus team up launching the latest satellite technology into orbit
Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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spacetech
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spacex
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airbus
SpaceX's Falcon 9 to hoist innovative EchoStar 105/SES-11, built by Airbus, enhancing global satellite services.
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HPE’s Spaceborne computer successfully powers up in space
Thu, 21st Sep 2017
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spacetech
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hpe
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nasa
One month after being launched into space, SpaceX's Spaceborne Computer is successfully powered on, achieving one teraFLOP.
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The rise of AI: should we be scared or ecstatic?
Mon, 18th Sep 2017
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spacetech
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ai
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spacex
Elon Musk warns AI's rise could eclipse North Korea threat, yet a tech utopia beckons. Are we on the brink of brilliance or disaster?.