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NASA’s Artemis 3 Lunar Landing Faces Potential Delay, GAO Report Indicates
NASA’s ambitious Artemis 3 mission, aimed at achieving a crewed lunar landing in September 2026, faces a substantial risk of delay, according to an analysis from the agency’s own assessment reviewed by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The assessment, conducted during a Key Decision Point C confirmation review for the Human Landing System (HLS) Initial…
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Cosmic Shielding to Launch Cutting-Edge Radiation-Hardened Computer with Aethero
Cosmic Shielding Corp. (CSC) is set to support the launch of a groundbreaking radiation-hardened edge computer developed by San Francisco startup Aethero, scheduled to fly aboard SpaceX’s Falcon-9 Transporter-11 from Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 10. The computer, featuring Nvidia’s Jetson Orin NX graphics processing unit, is hailed as “the fastest AI-capable chip in…
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EnduroSat to Build Botswana’s First Satellite
EnduroSat has signed a landmark deal in Africa which will see it help to build Botswana’s first-ever satellite. EnduroSat will work with The Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) to build BOTSAT-1, the country’s first satellite. EnduroSat announced the deal, July 3. BOTSAT-1 will directly benefit local agriculture and mining industries by using…
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NASA Selects SpaceX to Launch COSI Science Mission
NASA selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch the COSI Compton Spectrometer and Imager mission. NASA announced the $69 million firm-fixed-price contract on July 2. The COSI mission is currently targeted to launch in August 2027 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. COSI is a wide-field gamma-ray telescope designed to study energetic phenomena in the…
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Keysight RCAT Solution Enables SGS to Become Facilitator for Skylo NTN Device Certification Program
Keysight Technologies has announced that its RF/RRM Carrier Acceptance Toolset (RCAT) has enabled SGS to become a facilitator for the Skylo Technologies non-terrestrial network (NTN) device certification program. With the goal of extending secure and reliable connectivity across their entire geographical footprint, mobile operators are exploring the adoption of the hybrid satellite-terrestrial network architecture of NTN. Chipset and device makers need tools that…
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China Roundup: Tianlong-3 static fire anomaly, Chang’e 6 sample return, and next-generation rockets
Throughout the last few weeks, several events in Chinese spaceflight have created international headlines. After launching a Chang Zheng 2C rocket that would later fall onto an inhabited village, a Tianlong-3 rocket was unexpectedly released during a static fire test and would crash in an area close to the launch site. However, not all of…
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HawkEye 360’s Cluster 8 Satellites Enters Initial Operating Status
HawkEye 360, one of the global leaders in defense technology for space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced that its Cluster 8 satellites have entered initial operating status. Launched into a mid-inclination orbit in April 2024 alongside Cluster 9, these satellites have begun providing enhanced revisit rates and expanded data coverage over the world’s…
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OrbitFab Successfully Completes Testing of its In-Space Refueling Nozzle
Orbit Fab, the premier provider of on-orbit refueling services, announced the completion of testing of its refueling payload and testing of the GRIP capture and active in-space refueling nozzle with automated docking, which eliminates the need for complex robotic arms for refueling. After completing rigorous GRIP testing and in-space refueling simulations, Orbit Fab has successfully…
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NASA Selects SpaceX for 2027 Launch of Gamma-Ray Astronomy Mission
NASA has chosen SpaceX to launch the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) spacecraft, a small gamma-ray astronomy mission, in August 2027, the agency announced on July 2. The contract, valued at approximately $69 million, includes launch services and related activities. “The agency could not release details on the number of companies that bid on the…
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Sidus Space and NASA Stennis Space Center Achieve Primary Objectives of ASTRA Payload Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company, announced that in partnership with NASA Stennis Space Center, the primary objectives of the NASA Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications (“ASTRA”) payload mission were successfully met on July 1, 2024. Collaborating closely with the NASA Stennis Autonomous Systems Laboratory (ASL) team, Sidus Space conducted extensive…