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Third time’s the charm for the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner launches atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on the Crew Flight Test at 10:52 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, June 5, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Image: Boeing/ Joey Jetton Update June 5, 12:06 p.m.: The Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully separated from the Centaur upper stage of…
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True Anomaly Secures $1.6 Million Space Force Contract to Further Security in Space Domain
True Anomaly, the technology company developing advanced hardware and software systems to ensure the sustainable security of space, announced it has been awarded a $1.6M Direct-to-Phase II contract by SpaceWERX focused on Tactically Responsive Space (“TacRS”). Under this contract, the company will be tasked to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the…
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Countdown begins for third try launching Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule
Fresh off repairs at the launch pad in Florida, United Launch Alliance engineers restarted the countdown overnight for the third attempt to send an Atlas V rocket and Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on a test flight to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were expected to awake early Wednesday, put on…
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Despite gyro failure, NASA says Hubble Space Telescope still up to world-class science
The Hubble Space Telescope is seen after its release from the space shuttle Columbia during a 2002 servicing mission. Credit: NASA Trouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and locking onto targets, has prompted mission managers to switch to a backup control mode that will limit some observations…
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U.S. Space Force Taps Iridium for Mobile Services
Iridium has won a long-term U.S. government contract that could be worth just over $100 million. It has been tapped by the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command‘s Commercial Space Office (COMSO) for Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) capabilities and security sustainment services (ECS3) for a new five year deal. Iridium announced the new deal,…
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Orbex Wins New European Framework Deal
Orbex will have even closer ties in Europe, thanks to signing a new framework contract for the Flight Ticket Initiative, a program organized by the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA). Interestingly, Orbex is the only UK supplier, and only launch services provider with its own spaceport, to be selected for the Flight Ticket…
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Boeing’s Starliner Finally Reaches Orbit, Boosting NASA’s Hopes for a 2nd Option to ISS
Boeing and NASA have successfully launched the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on a ULA Atlas V rocket. Liftoff took place at approximately 10:55 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA confirmed minutes later that the spacecraft successfully reached orbit. Starliner will now spend more than 24 hours traveling…
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Starship finds success on fourth flight test
Just over a year after the first integrated flight test, SpaceX successfully launched the fourth flight of Starship on Thursday. For the first time, Super Heavy completed a successful landing burn while Starship made it through reentry – despite extensive burn damage to a forward flap – and softly landed in the Indian Ocean. This…
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Eutelsat Group’s LEO Satellites Achieve Platinum Score in Space Sustainability Rating
Eutelsat Group, has announced that its first generation of more than 600 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has achieved a platinum rating in the Space Sustainability Rating (SSR), marking a significant recognition of the company’s commitment to responsible space utilization. First imagined at the World Economic Forum (WEF), the rating’s aim is to reduce…
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