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Update: The story has been updated to include comments from Capella Space CEO Payam Banazadeh and Phase Four. Paragraph five and six have been updated with additional context on solar flair…

Capella’s Earth-imaging satellites are deorbiting faster than expected
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Max Q: Insertion burn

3:00 pm PDT • May 23, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Max Q. In this issue: Boeing’s make it or break it launch; Fresh funding for SpaceX; News from Virgin Orbit, Rocket Lab and more

Max Q: Insertion burn

Space startup Phase Four will be rolling out the next generation of its Maxwell radio-frequency plasma propulsion system next year, which the company says offers key performance improvements to allow…

Phase Four aims to roll out its next-gen plasma thruster in the first half of 2022