The size of the insurance claim Measat is expected to file for its drifting Measat-3 satellite. The Malaysian operator said it was unable to rescue the aging GEO satellite despite maintaining continuous telemetry and command control since an anomaly first appeared in June. The amount Japanese lunar lander company ispace raised the Series C round from several Japanese investors, led by venture capital firm Incubate Fund. The company will use the funding for its second and third robotic lunar lander missions, scheduled for launch in 2023 and 2024. The company's first lander, already fully funded, is currently being assembled in Germany for launch in the second half of next year. Coincidentally, also the amount raised by a Chinese company that plans to develop hypersonic spaceplanes. Beijing Lingkong Tianxing Technology Co., Ltd., also known as Space Transportation, said the funds will be used for development of commercial suborbital and hypersonic vehicles. It aims for a first flight of a suborbital space tourism vehicle prototype in 2023 followed by a first crewed test in 2025, with a "global" hypersonic vehicle to follow by 2030. The company performed a flight of a 3.7-metric ton demonstrator named Jiageng-1 in 2019.
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