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Microsoft collaborates with NASA on Earth Copilot, an AI guide to our planet’s data
Microsoft and NASA have joined forces to develop Earth Copilot, a software tool that uses artificial intelligence and cloud computing to simplify the process of searching and analyzing Earth science data. The collaboration is part of NASA’s Transform to Open Science Initiative, which aims to make more than 100 petabytes of satellite imagery and other…
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US Naval Research Laboratory Delivers Robotic Payload to Northrop Grumman for MRV
The U.S Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) delivered the the robotics payload to Northrop Grumman for the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV). The robotics payload included two robotic arms and electronics. Northrop Grumman announced the delivery on Thursday, saying it is a step forward for what is set to be the first commercial spacecraft with robotic servicing…
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Starship Flight 6: Ship 31 moves out to the launch site, banana for scale
Image: SpaceX Final V1 Starship Ship 31 is the last of its kind in the world of Starships. Elon Musk announced about a year ago that the company would be making a few block upgrades to the Starship rocket in the future. Well, those block updates are coming here soon, with Flight 7 slated to…
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Sidus Space Selected to Develop Exclusive Spacecraft Fleet for Lonestar’s Lunar Data Storage
Sidus Space, an innovative space mission enabler, announced it has been selected to design and build the first generation of Data Storage Spacecraft for Lonestar, a provider of premium data storage and Resiliency As A Service (RAAS). This award selects Sidus as Lonestar’s exclusive satellite manufacturing partner for six data storage spacecraft that will orbit…
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Sony Space Communications and Astro Digital to Launch Laser-Linked Micro-Satellites in 2026
Sony Space Communications Corporation (SSCC) and Astro Digital US, Inc. (Astro Digital) announced that they have signed a contract for the design, manufacture, and launch of two micro-satellites. These satellites will each carry an SSCC optical terminal and showcase SSCC’s optical communications technology by establishing high-data-rate Lasercom links with each other and with terminals on…
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AST SpaceMobile chooses Blue Origin’s New Glenn rockets for satellite launches
An artist’s conception shows AST SpaceMobile’s Bluebird satellites in orbit. (AST SpaceMobile Illustration) AST SpaceMobile plans to use Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to launch some of the satellites for its space-based cellular broadband network in 2025 and 2026. New Glenn has been under development at Jeff Bezos’ privately held space venture for more than…
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China launches new satellite for ocean salinity detection
China on Thursday successfully launched a satellite for ocean salinity detection from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). A Long March-4B Y53 carrier rocket, carrying the satellite, blasted off at 6:42 a.m. Beijing Time and sent the satellite into the preset orbit. The…
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China prepares to launch Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft
The Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft and Long March-7 Y9 carrier rocket combination was vertically transferred to the launch site on Wednesday. The cargo spacecraft will be launched at an appropriate time in the near future, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The facilities and equipment at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in China’s southern island…
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China’s Tianzhou-7 cargo craft separates from space station combination
The Tianzhou-7 cargo craft, tasked with carrying supplies for China’s space station, separated from the station combination at 4:30 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time) and switched to independent flight, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The cargo craft will re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere in a controlled manner soon. Most of its components will burn…
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China launches ocean-salinity detection satellite
China sent a new satellite for ocean-salinity detection into space on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The satellite was launched at 6:42 a.m. (Beijing Time) using a Long March-4B Y53 carrier rocket, and has successfully entered its preset orbit. The…