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SpaceX’s 30th resupply mission uses new access tower at SLC-40 for the first time
SpaceX has debuted a new capability on their 30th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. For the first time, a Dragon 2 capsule lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was possible thanks to the newly constructed crew…
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Airbus Awarded Contract by NASA’s JPL to Build GRACE-C Climate Monitoring Twin Spacecraft
Airbus has been awarded a contract to design and build the GRACE-C twin spacecraft by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL (Pasadena, California). This new mission of NASA and the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will strengthen the more than 20-year long partnership between the USA and Germany to ensure uninterrupted measurement…
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Benchmark Space Systems Deploys its Xantus Electric Propulsion System on Orion’s Satellite
Benchmark Space Systems, one of the leading developers and providers of in-space mobility solutions, announced its next-gen Xantus electric propulsion system has successfully deployed and will undergo subsystem health check and operational verification, including a range of firing modes aboard mission prime Orion Space Solutions’ 12U cubesat in low Earth orbit. Benchmark’s first electric propulsion…
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Blue Origin to Demonstrate Blue Ring’s Mission Operation Capabilities on DarkSky-1 Mission
Blue Origin will demonstrate Blue Ring’s mission operation capabilities and core flight systems on an upcoming Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)-sponsored launch, furthering its mission to build a road to space. Blue Ring’s end-to-end services will seamlessly connect ground and space communications to support a variety of missions on-orbit. The DarkSky-1 (DS-1) mission will demonstrate Blue…
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everything RF Publishes the “Satellite & Space Digest” ebook of 2024
everything RF, the premier website for the RF & Microwave industry, published an eBook titled “Satellite & Space Digest 2024.” This eBook covers various topics related to space-grade RF components with interesting articles and white papers. The “Satellite & Space Digest” e-Book covers a range of topics related to the space sector from an RF…
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NanoAvionics Selects Neuraspace’s AI-Based Space Traffic Management Solution
Neuraspace, a European-born global company in space traffic management (STM), announced that Kongsberg NanoAvionics has selected Neuraspace’s space traffic management (STM) solution, based on artificial intelligence for its own end-to-end small satellite mission services. Satellite manufacturer and mission integrator NanoAvionics will make Neuraspace’s STM system for collision analysis, manoeuvre planning, and improving space sustainability part…
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A Soyuz crew launch suffers a rare abort seconds before liftoff
On Thursday a crew of three people was due to launch on a Soyuz rocket, bound for the International Space Station. However, the launch scrubbed at about 20 seconds before the planned liftoff time, just before the sequence to ignite the rocket’s engines was initiated, due to unspecified issues. Shortly after the abort, there were…
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Roscosmos scrubs Soyuz crew launch 20 seconds before liftoff
The Soyuz 2.1a rocket at the pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The mission scrubbed on Thursday, March 21, 20 seconds prior to liftoff. Image: Roscosmos via NASA Update 8:21 a.m. ET: Roscosmos aborted the MS-25 launch attempt. A new launch date has not been set, but could be as soon as Saturday, March 23. A…
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Government and Industry Leaders Address How Public-Private Partnerships Can Bridge the Digital Divide
Thanks to advances in wireless, fiber, and satellite technologies, many assume broadband access is ubiquitous. But that’s far from the case, as recent global events like the pandemic demonstrated. Five industry leaders who took the stage at SATELLITE 2024’s Tuesday afternoon session on public-private partnerships addressed lack of access and other challenges, while stressing the…