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NASA, Boeing set new undocking, landing date for Starliner spacecraft
This view from a window on the cupola overlooks a portion of the International Space and shows the partially obscured Starliner spacecraft from Boeing docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. Image: NASA NASA and Boeing teams pushed back the target undocking and landing date for the Starliner spacecraft from the International Space Station by…
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GITAI Selected for Phase 1 of NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research Program
GITAI, one of the world’s leading space robotics startups has announced that it has been selected for NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 program. The NASA SBIR Phase 1 project, titled “Assembly and Outfitting of Tall Truss-Based Power Towers,” aims to build tall truss-based towers on the Moon using autonomous lunar robots. These…
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Rocket Report: Starship is on the clock; Virgin Galactic at a crossroads
Welcome to Edition 6.48 of the Rocket Report! Fresh off last week’s dramatic test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, teams in Texas are wasting no time gearing up for the next launch. Ground crews are replacing the entire heat shield on the next Starship spacecraft to overcome deficiencies identified on last week’s flight. SpaceX has a…
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Rocket Report: Starship is on the clock; Virgin Galactic at a crossroads
Welcome to Edition 6.48 of the Rocket Report! Fresh off last week’s dramatic test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, teams in Texas are wasting no time gearing up for the next launch. Ground crews are replacing the entire heat shield on the next Starship spacecraft to overcome deficiencies identified on last week’s flight. SpaceX has a…
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Blue Origin Enters the Field to Compete for National Security Launches
Under an umbrella worth up to $5.6 billion over the next five years for at least 30 launches, U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command on June 13 made its first National Security Space Launch (NSSL), Phase 3, Lane 1 awards to Blue Origin, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance (ULA). This is the first time Blue Origin is…
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Aerospacelab Secures Vyoma Contract for its Second Space Surveillance Satellite
Vyoma, a Munich-based company that leverages ground-based and soon, space-based data to empower automated satellite operations, has selected Aerospacelab, an emerging figure in the aerospace sector, for a contract for a microsatellite, flying Vyoma’s second Space Situational Awareness (SSA) optical payload, scheduled for launch from the end of 2025. The mission advances Vyoma’s 12-satellite Flamingo…
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Thales, Spire, and ESSP Sign MOC to Develop Satellite-Based Surveillance for Aviation Market
Thales, Spire Global, and European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the goal of introducing a range of innovative global satellite-based surveillance services to the air traffic management (ATM) industry and broader aviation market. These services will be powered by a specialized constellation of over 100 satellites collecting Automatic Dependent…
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Mitsubishi Electric Set to Ship Samples of GaN MMIC Power Amplifier for SATCOM Earth Stations
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it will begin shipping samples of 8W and 14W gallium nitride (GaN) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers for use in Ka-band satellite-communication (SATCOM) earth stations from July 1. While the mainstream frequency for satellite communications is currently the Ku-band (13GHz to 14GHz), the higher frequency Ka-band (27.5GHz to…
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USPACE-Manufactured Test Satellite for Alya Space Successfully Leaves the Production Line
USPACE Technology Group announced that the Group’s first test satellite of Alya-1 Satellite Constellation for Brazil’s Alya Satélite e Produção de Fotografias Aéreas Limitada successfully finished factory test and left the production line, which also represents the inaugural satellite’s departure from the production line of USPACE. This marks a significant milestone for USPACE as it…
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Vast and The Exploration Company Sign Agreement for Second Haven Space Station Cargo Services
Vast, a pioneer in space habitation technologies, and The Exploration Company, builder and operator of the Nyx reusable space capsule, signed a cargo services agreement for a 2028 mission to Vast’s second Haven space station. Walther Pelzer, Director General of the German Space Agency at DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt), and Bale Dalton, NASA…