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All future Starlink satellites will have laser crosslinks
Bad weather delays SpaceX Dragon cargo launch to the space station
Blue Origin flies payloads on latest New Shepard flight
Global microelectronic shortages trickle down to military satellite programs
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All future Starlink satellites will have laser crosslinks
SpaceX is adding laser terminals on all future Starlink satellites and is the reason behind a break in launches for the broadband mega constellation, president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell said.
Shotwell told the Space Symposium Aug. 24 that its decision to add laser crosslinks, enabling the satellites to communicate with each other to reduce their reliance on ground stations, is “why we have been struggling” to launch a Starlink mission since June 30.
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Bad weather delays SpaceX Dragon cargo launch to the space station
The International Space Station will have to wait one more day to receive its next cargo shipment.
SpaceX planned to launch a Dragon cargo spacecraft to the orbiting laboratory early Saturday (Aug. 28) with 4,800 pounds of supplies for the Expedition 65 crew. But Mother Nature had other plans, and storms near the launch site led SpaceX to delay the launch by about 24 hours.
"Weather is not in our favor today," SpaceX production supervisor Andy Tran said during a live webcast of Saturday's launch attempt. "The vehicles, both Dragon and Falcon remain healthy," he added.
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Blue Origin flies payloads on latest New Shepard flight
Blue Origin launched a New Shepard suborbital vehicle Aug. 25 on a mission carrying research and educational payloads as the company prepares for its next crewed flight.
New Shepard lifted off from the company’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 10:31 a.m. Eastern. The launch was delayed by nearly an hour because of two holds during the countdown, first for an unspecified vehicle issue and then a nearly half-hour hold for what the company called a “payload readiness issue.”
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Global microelectronic shortages trickle down to military satellite programs
Defense Department satellite programs are feeling the effects of the widespread microchip shortage that has stymied carmakers and consumer electronics manufacturers.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is hoping to launch as many as 12 satellites into low Earth orbit next year for the Blackjack program, but supply shortages are creating schedule risk for the military space network demonstration.

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