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‘Cleanest first flight,’ ULA president reflects on inaugural Vulcan launch and future of program
The inaugural Vulcan rocket, powered by two Blue Origin-built BE-4 engines, lifts off from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Jan. 8, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now United Launch Alliance entered an important new era for the company with the debut of its Vulcan rocket in early January. The flight was one that…
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Redwire Technology Crucial for Advancing NASA’s Ocean and Atmosphere Observation Mission
Redwire Space, one of the leading aerospace technology companies, has contributed essential hardware for NASA’s PACE satellite mission. The PACE satellite lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on February 6. The launch of this mission will expand humanity’s understanding of ocean health, air quality, and climate and the interactions between the ocean, clouds,…
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Ax-3 Astronauts Conclude All-European Commercial Mission with Successful Splashdown
After undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, Feb. 7, the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew safely splashed down off the coast of Florida aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at 8:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 9, 2024. The Ax-3 crew’s return officially concludes the first all-European commercial astronaut mission and Axiom Space’s third…
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LeoLabs Raises $29M in Addition Financing
LeoLabs secured an additional $29 million in funding for its catalog of Low-Earth Orbit objects (LEO). The company said this latest financing will enable LeoLabs to scale up its insight delivery by further investing in advanced end-user applications and partner integrations. New investors include GP Bullhound, 1941, and Dolby Family Ventures. This extension was also…
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First Edition of the Space Debris Conference Debuts in Riyadh
The inaugural Space Debris Conference commenced in Riyadh, focusing on the pivotal theme of “Towards Securing the Future of the Global Space Economy.” Hosted by the Saudi Space Agency and partnered with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Communications and Space Technology Commission, the event gathered over 400 experts, 70…
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Ovzon Wins US DoD Deal for T7 Mobile Terminal
Ovzon has landed a new deal for its T7 mobile satellite terminal. The company recieved a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), which will represent the first delivery of this mobile satellite terminal. Ovzon announced the deal on Feb. 9. The Ovzon T7 mobile satellite terminal is a small and light terminal. At…
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Daily Telescope: A solar eclipse from the surface of Mars
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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IDEFIX Phobos rover sent to Japan ahead of mission to Mars
The Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is JAXA’s lead mission that plans to survey and explore Mars’ two moons, Phobos and Deimos. While the Japanese agency will build the main payload, the German Space Agency (DLR) and the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) will contribute to the mission. “IDEFIX,” a small secondary payload, will…
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Aalyria Demonstrates Multi-Orbit Network Orchestration to the DoD
Aalyria recently conducted a demonstration of its Spacetime network orchestration software platform, integrating assets from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and commercial satellite operators and companies. Its software orchestrated a multi-orbit, multi-band, multi-domain network bringing together assets from the DoD, European Space Agency (ESA), Comtech, Eutelsat OneWeb, Intelsat, Viasat, and others. Aalyria announced the…
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NASA’s DSN Experimental Antenna Enables New Space Exploration Capabilities
NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN)’s experimental antenna has recently received radio frequency and near-infrared laser signals from NASA’s Psyche spacecraft as it travels through deep space. This shows that the giant dish antennas of NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), which communicate with spacecraft via radio waves, can be retrofitted for optical, or laser, communications. By…