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NASA says Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule can safely fly ‘as is’ with propulsion system helium leak
Boeing’s Starliner capsule atop the Atlas 5 rocket inside United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral. Image: United Launch Alliance. After nearly three weeks of exhaustive tests and data analysis, NASA managers said Friday they are confident Boeing’s oft-delayed Starliner crew capsule can safely launch “as is”…
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Rocket Lab launches first of NASA’s climate-monitoring PREFIRE spacecraft
The PREFIRE mission will launch the first of two CubeSats – depicted in this artist’s concept orbiting Earth – into space on Saturday, May 25, 2024, to study how much heat the planet absorbs and emits from its polar regions. These measurements will inform climate and ice models. Graphic: NASA/JPL-Caltech Update 4:36 a.m. EDT: Rocket…
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Daily Telescope: The initial results from Europe’s Euclid telescope are dazzling
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a…
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BlueHalo Uses Kratos’ OpenSpace SATCOM Ground System for USSF’s SCAR Program Demonstration
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in the defense, national security, and global markets, announced that its fully virtualized satellite communications (SATCOM) ground system, OpenSpace, was employed as part of BlueHalo’s milestone demonstration for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) program. BlueHalo, the prime…
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Airbus Selected by ESA to Build Space Weather Forecasting Satellite Vigil
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to design and build the space weather forecasting satellite Vigil, the first operational mission in ESA’s Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Space Safety Programme (S2P). The spacecraft will give vital extra warning to Earth about incoming solar storms and coronal mass ejections which can potentially disrupt satellites…
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Amazon to Deorbit Prototype Kuiper Satellites
Amazon is beginning the process to actively deorbit its two Project Kuiper prototype satellites, nearly eight months after the satellites were launched. In an update on May 23, Amazon said it is beginning the final stage of the prototype mission, demonstrating active deorbit. “The last milestone in our Protoflight mission is deorbiting Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2.…
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Intelsat to Extend Life of Satellites with Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicles
Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), will deliver years of additional reliable broadband, video distribution and mobile satellite service to customers across three continents thanks to the success of Northrop Grumman’s innovative Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) that will ultimately provide an…
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ispace and the University of Leicester Partner on Lunar Night Survival Technology
ispace, a global lunar exploration company, and the University of Leicester, have agreed to collaborate on approaches to lunar night survivability for future ispace lunar lander and rover missions. The University and ispace have entered into a strategic consulting agreement to explore lunar night survivability utilizing Radioisotope Heater Units on the Series 3 lunar lander…
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Viasat Partners With Azercosmos to Bring L-Band to Azerbaijan
Viasat is partnering with Azercosmos to bring its L-band satellite services to Azerbaijan. This will be the first time that Viasat-enabled satellite services are offered in Azerbaijan. Under the proposed arrangement announced May 23, the Azerbaijan state-owned satellite operator, and Viasat will provide connectivity for a range of industrial applications such as tracking and telemetry…
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CACI Sets New Distance Record for Optical Communications in NASA’s DSOC Experiment
Using CACI International optical communications technology, NASA successfully sent data from its Psyche spacecraft to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, a distance of more than 200 million kilometers, as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment. Additionally, NASA will continue to leverage CACI’s optical technology for DSOC as the range is…