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Daily Telescope: A brilliant shot of a comet as it nears the Sun
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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Satellites Built by NanoAvionics Successfully Launched on SpaceX Transporter-10 Mission
Kongsberg NanoAvionics, one of the leading smallsat bus manufacturers and mission integrators, has announced that four of its manufactured satellites are in orbit following the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission launch. NanoAvionics’s three customers on this rideshare mission are Luxembourg’s OQ Technology, the world’s first global satellite 5G IoT (Internet of Things) operator, Spanish Earth observation (EO)…
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ThinKom Introduces New Line of ThinAir GT Aero Antennas
ThinKom is introducing a new line of ThinAir GT aero antennas for special missions. This new line of airborne solutions is engineered to operate in electromagnetic interference. ThinKom announced March 5 that the ThinAir GT aims to extend capabilities of antenna performance and frequency bands for efficient communications on a range of aircraft types The…
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Apex Achieves Historic Success with the Launch of First Production Unit of Flagship Aries Bus
Apex Space, the Los Angeles-based spacecraft manufacturing company, announced the confirmed success of Aries SN1, their first production build of Apex’s productized ESPA-class satellite bus. After launching on SpaceX’s Falcon-9 on March 4, Apex’s vehicle is communicating bidirectionally with its ground stations and is healthy. Apex specializes in building productized satellite buses, starting with their…
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Momentus Secures Contract from NASA to Provide Flight and Payload Integration Services
Momentus, a provider company of in-space transportation services, announced that it has been awarded a NASA indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) base contract award with a performance period of five years to provide flight and payload integration services to advance technologies and procedures for operating in space. Under the ID/IQ contract awarded by NASA, Momentus is among 15…
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The next Starship mission has a tentative launch date: March 14
After SpaceX completed a fueling test of its third full Starship stack on Sunday night, successfully loading more than 10 million pounds of methane and liquid oxygen propellant onto the rocket, it was only a matter of time before the world’s largest rocket took flight. Now, we have a tentative date. In a post on…
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Sidus Space’s LizzieSat Successfully Launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Rideshare Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company announced its LizzieSat satellite has successfully launched and deployed to low Earth orbit as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Rideshare mission. Liftoff occurred at 2:05 p.m. PDT on 3 March 2024, from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The successful deployment…
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Planet Wins Contract from Naval Information Warfare Center for Vessel Detection
Planet Labs Federal, a subsidiary of Planet Labs, was awarded a contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific for vessel detection and monitoring over key areas in the Pacific. The project will integrate both Planet’s SkySat data and PlanetScope data into the Department of Transportation’s SeaVision platform, a maritime situational awareness tool. The…
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Olsen Actuators and Drives to Showcase SuperNova Servo Drive at Space-Comm Expo 2024
Olsen Actuators and Drives, one of the leading manufacturers and providers of COTS, customized and bespoke space-certified motion control products will introduce its SuperNova servo drive at Space-Comm Expo 2024, to be held in Farnborough from 6-7 March. The event, which gathers space, aerospace, defense, downstream and upstream industries highlights the end-to-end supply chain for…
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New Glenn completes initial cryogenic testing at Launch Complex 36
Blue Origin continues to take big steps forward with its New Glenn orbital rocket as hardware rolls out to the launch pad, cryogenic testing begins, and the BE-4 engine gains a new test stand. The company still aims to launch New Glenn at least once in 2024. Over the past month, Launch Complex 36 (LC-36)…