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Although it’s not final, SpaceX just got good news from the FAA on Starbase
After SpaceX decided to launch orbital missions of its Starship rocket from Texas about five years ago, the company had to undergo a federal environmental review of the site to ensure it was safe to do so. As a part of this multi-year process, the Federal Aviation Administration completed a Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment in…
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SpaceX moving Dragon splashdowns to Pacific to solve falling debris problem
Sometime next year, SpaceX will begin returning its Dragon crew and cargo capsules to splashdowns in the Pacific Ocean and end recoveries of the spacecraft off the coast of Florida. This will allow SpaceX to make changes to the way it brings Dragons back to Earth and eliminate the risk, however tiny, that a piece…
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Rocket Lab Finishes Integration and Testing of Twin Spacecraft for NASA’s Mars Mission
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, has completed the integration and testing of two spacecraft destined for Mars orbit. Rocket Lab built the twin spacecraft for the University of California Berkeley’s Space Science Laboratory and NASA to enable the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE)…
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Planetary Systems AI to Participate in SDA TAP Lab Accelerator
Planetary Systems AI (PSAI) has been selected to participate in the U.S. Space Systems Command’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Tools Applications and Processing (TAP) lab. The SDA TAP Lab is a voluntary three-month tech accelerator that works on space domain awareness challenges. PSAI is focused on cyber-first and AI/ML solutions for space and satellite operators.…
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ispace-EUROPE Completes First Flight Model of Lunar Micro Rover
ispace EUROPE S.A., the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of ispace, announced today that the flight model of its European designed, manufactured, and assembled lunar micro rover has been completed and is being prepared for delivery to Japan for integration into the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander. The announcement was made by Julien Lamamy, CEO of ispace-Europe…
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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V Set to Launch USSF-51 Mission for US Space Force
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the USSF-51 mission for the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is scheduled for July 30, 2024 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It is a classified National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at…
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Launch Roundup: Atlas V, Electron, CZ-3B/E, and Falcon 9 missions flying this week
As July turns into August, launch activity will pick up after Falcon 9’s return to flight. Besides the Falcon 9, ULA’s Atlas V and Rocket Lab’s Electron were also being prepared to fly missions to orbit. The USSF-51 flight from Florida was followed by a Chang Zheng-3B/E from China and the Starlink 10-6 flight. CRS…
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ULA Launches Final National Security Mission on an Atlas V Rocket
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the USSF-51 national security mission for the U.S. Space Force on Tuesday — marking the final national security mission on an Atlas V rocket as ULA transitions to the Vulcan rocket. The Atlas V rocket first launched in March of 2007 and has launched 53 National Security Space (NSS) missions.…
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Astroscale ADRAS-J Mission Completes Controlled Debris Fly-Around
Astroscale Japan’s ADRAS-J mission recently completed a controlled fly-around of a rocket upper stage in orbit, taking pictures of the object. Astroscale reports this is the world’s first attempt to safely approach and survey an existing piece of large debris through rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO). This is a critical milestone in the commercial debris…
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