ISRO Identifies Root Cause of NVS-02 Failure
#ISRO #NVS02 #GSLVF15 #LVM3 #NavIC #IRNSS #SatelliteFailure #SpaceNews #IndianSpaceProgram #Gaganyaan #CMS03 #NovaSystems #CocosKeelingIslands #AtomicClockFailure #SpaceExploration
ISRO Identifies Root Cause of NVS-02 Failure
#ISRO #NVS02 #GSLVF15 #LVM3 #NavIC #IRNSS #SatelliteFailure #SpaceNews #IndianSpaceProgram #Gaganyaan #CMS03 #NovaSystems #CocosKeelingIslands #AtomicClockFailure #SpaceExploration
Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch
I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.
(I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)
12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag
Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.
12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena
As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.
12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag
Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.
#AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam
Indian rocket launches AST SpaceMobile’s next-gen BlueBird 6 satellite

An Indian LVM3 rocket launched AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation direct-to-device BlueBird satellite Dec. 23, kicking off a rollout of dozens of spacecraft built around the largest commercial communications antenna ever deployed in LEO.
Atzo 🇮🇳 #LVM3 M6 suziria jaurti zen, #BlueBird Block 2 satelite Estatubatuarrarekin.
#B19 #Superheavy-a, Megabay barruan muntatuta dago iada.
@dw This is incredibly shoddy reporting! You have mentioned twice that the #LVM3 is US-built, specifically by AST SpaceMobile.
As a project engineer who was involved in the development of LVM3, this is the first time I'm even hearing about AST SpaceMobile. Besides, what makes you think that the US would even allow the transfer of a mid-heavy lift launcher like this to India? LVM3 is entirely Indian.
BTW, AST SpaceMobile doesn't even make launchers. They built the passenger satellite.
ISRO LVM3 Launch: भारत के ‘बाहुबली’ ने फिर रचा इतिहास LVM-3 ने BlueBird-6 के साथ भरी सबसे भारी उड़ान, मोबाइल कनेक्टिविटी में आएगी क्रांति #ISRO #LVM3 #BaahubaliRocket #BlueBird6 #SpaceTech #DigitalIndia #MobileConnectivity #SatelliteLaunch #IndiaSpaceMission #NSIL #ProudIndian #ISROLaunch #TechNews #ISRO #LVM3 #IndiaInSpace
https://vrnewslive.com/isro-lvm3-launch-india-baahubali-historic-rocket/
#ASTSpaceMobile:
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AST SpaceMobile Announces Successful Orbital Launch of BlueBird 6, the Largest Commercial Communications Array Ever Deployed in Low Earth Orbit
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"The BlueBird 6 mission lifted off at 10:25 p.m. EST on December 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. .."
https://feeds.issuerdirect.com/news-release.html?newsid=4645472761706619&symbol=ASTS
24.12.2025
#BlueBird6 #India #Indien #ISRO #LVM3 #LVM3M6 #Rakete #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation
#SDSC #SpaceFlight