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Chang’e-6 ascender transfers lunar samples to orbiter and returner combination
The Chang’e-6 ascender successfully docked with its orbiter and returner combination in lunar orbit at 2:48 p.m. Beijing Time on June 6. It’s only the latest stage in the mission back to earth. This is the second time a Chinese spacecraft has successfully rendezvoused and docked in lunar orbit after the Chang’e-5 became the first…
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Diversification Through Collaboration: The Key to Resiliency in Space
There is a critical need for resiliency in space, and diversification is the key to achieving it. Resiliency is achieved through disaggregation, distribution, diversification, protection, proliferation, and deception. All of these present a challenge and yet an opportunity. Of these, diversification presents the most opportunities for our industry. Diversification is imperative at all levels. It…
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SES, Planet Complete Successful Data Relay Demonstration for NASA
SES Space & Defense has demonstrated what it claims is the first multi-orbit, multi-band commercial space relay service in support of the NASA Communications Services Project (CSP). To demonstrate data relay services, SES Space & Defense partnered with Planet Labs (Planet), a provider of global daily Earth data using SES’s O3b mPOWER satellite constellation in…
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SES Space & Defense Successfully Demonstrates Commercial LEO Space Data Relay Services
SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, has announced the successful demonstration of the first multi-orbit, multi-band commercial space relay service in support of the NASA Communications Services Project (CSP). To demonstrate data relay services, SES Space & Defense partnered with Planet Labs, one of the leading providers of global daily Earth data…
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Slingshot Ushers ‘Agatha’ AI Detection System into Satellite AI World
Slingshot Aerospace is bringing the benefits of AI into the satellite arena. The company confirmed Wednesday that it, alongside the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), rolled out a new AI system, called Agatha, that identifies anomalous spacecraft within large satellite constellations. Slingshot’s Agatha was trained on over 60 years of simulated constellation data that…
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Redwire Begins Construction on Advanced Payload Development Facility in Floyd County, Indiana
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it has officially broken ground on the company’s 30,000 square foot state-of-the-art microgravity payload development and space operations facility at the Novaparke Innovation & Technology Campus in Floyd County, Indiana. Redwire executives were joined by Representative Erin Houchin,…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Second Satellite for NASA’s Climate Science Mission
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, successfully completed the second of two Electron launches for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) climate change-focused mission, completing a turnaround of two launches within eleven days. ‘PREFIRE and Ice’ lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in…
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SpaceX accomplishes first soft splashdown of Starship, Super Heavy Booster on Flight 4 mission
For a fourth time in program history, SpaceX launches its Starship rocket from its Starbase facility in southern Texas. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 2:32 p.m. EDT: Added mission details. For a fourth time in a little more than a year, SpaceX launched a test mission of its massive Starship rocket from its development facility…
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Slingshot Aerospace and DARPA Develop AI System for Anomalous Satellite Detection
Slingshot Aerospace, one of the leaders in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, announced it has worked with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to successfully create a new artificial intelligence (AI) system, called Agatha, to produce space domain awareness insights and find anomalous spacecraft in large…
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