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The Office of Personnel Management proposes to overhaul the Senior Executive Service candidate development programs by standardizing content, shortening timelines to 9-12 months, increasing training hours, and adding mentorship and developmental assignments to better prepare federal employees for senior leadership roles, aiming to create a more consistent and effective leadership pipeline across government agencies.
SpaceX successfully launched two SES O3b mPOWER communication satellites into medium Earth orbit using a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, with the first stage landing on a drone ship at sea; this marked the sixth launch and landing for booster B1090 and is part of SES's expanding high-throughput satellite constellation.
SpaceX successfully launched a third pair of O3b mPower satellites for SES, bringing the total number of satellites in orbit to six. These satellites will enable SES to begin commercial services in the second quarter of 2024. The O3b mPower constellation has been facing electrical issues that have reduced its initial capacity. The launch of the fifth and sixth satellites was delayed due to these issues, and Boeing will provide additional satellites and fixes under an amended contract. Despite the challenges, SES has tested over 160 O3b mPower terminals this year and is on track to provide coverage to 96% of the world's population.
SpaceX is set to launch the SES O3b mPOWER mission today, deploying two communication satellites into medium Earth orbit. The Falcon 9 rocket will take off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with the first stage expected to make a vertical landing on the drone ship "A Shortfall of Gravitas." The two satellites will expand the O3b constellation, providing high-speed connectivity to customers in late 2023. This launch marks SpaceX's 84th mission of the year.
SpaceX will launch the second pair of O3b mPOWER broadband internet satellites into medium-Earth orbit for SES, providing internet services over most of the populated world. The launch window is scheduled to open at 4:08 PM ET and conclude at 5:36 PM ET.
SpaceX launched the third and fourth satellites for SES' O3b mPower broadband network on April 28, bringing the company one step closer to launching its next-generation broadband constellation in medium Earth orbit. The first pair of satellites launched in December 2020 have reached their target positions, and the company needs just six of the 11 Boeing-built satellites to start providing services that promise 10 times more throughput than its current MEO constellation.
SpaceX is set to launch two SES O3b mPower satellites on its Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch window opens at 5:12 p.m. EDT, and the webcast is expected to begin 15 minutes before launch. The Falcon 9's first stage will return to Earth and land on the SpaceX droneship Just Read the Instructions. The two satellites will become the third and fourth members of SES' O3b mPower constellation, which will provide low-latency communications services to customers around the world.
During the second stage of its Falcon 9 rocket mission on March 17th, SpaceX captured stunning views of Earth in a short timelapse video. The rocket was delivering two telecommunications satellites for SES, but turned its attention to capture the blue waters, clouds, and land. The video reminds us of the original "blue marble" photo by NASA in 1972 and is a short but exciting clip.
SpaceX has released a video filmed from the second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, showing Earth as a beautiful blue marble with white clouds and patches of land. The footage was taken as the rocket delivered two telecommunications satellites for Luxembourg-based company SES to geosynchronous transfer orbit. The satellites will provide C-band television and data services over the US. The video likely shows Earth from an altitude of around 22,200 miles.
SpaceX shared footage from its recent launch of two satellites for SES S.A., showcasing the Falcon 9 rocket's liftoff and separation of its first and second stages. The satellites were placed on a trajectory for a geosynchronous transfer orbit, higher than the low Earth orbit used by Starlink spacecraft. SpaceX also shared a short video clip from the second stage, which continued its journey after deploying the SES spacecraft at an altitude of approximately 1,400 kilometers. The second stage is not reusable, but SpaceX plans to make its entire Starship rocket fully reusable.
SpaceX set a new record by launching two Falcon 9 rockets in just over four hours, with the first carrying 52 Starlink internet satellites from California and the second launching two SES television broadcast payloads from Florida. The back-to-back missions set a record for the shortest span between two SpaceX Falcon 9 launches in the company’s history. The SES 18 and SES 19 communications satellites launched to kick off 15-year missions relaying C-band video and television programming for media networks and cable providers across North America.
SpaceX has launched the final two satellites for SES' C-band spectrum clearing plan, which will earn the operator nearly $4 billion in total. SES-18 and SES-19, built by Northrop Grumman, are set to start services in June after using onboard hydrazine-fueled propulsion to reach their geostationary orbital slots. All costs related to the C-band clearing are eligible for reimbursement, using proceeds the Federal Communications Commission raised in 2021 from auctioning off the frequencies to wireless operators.
SpaceX successfully launched 52 Starlink satellites and two SES communications satellites into orbit on Friday, marking the company's 18th and 19th missions of 2023. The Starlink launch saw the booster land aboard Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean, while Just Read The Instructions has been positioned in the Atlantic to support the SES mission. SpaceX is developing Starlink to offer high-speed satellite internet access around the world, with a focus on rural areas where terrestrial broadband is unavailable.