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10 Defining Moments in Cybersecurity and Satellite in 2023
It is hard to believe that this year, the CyberSat event will be seven years old. It has grown ever year, as the relationship between cybersecurity and satellite has become more important. While the hack on Viasat’s equipment in Europe was a watershed moment for the space industry, there are other events in the cyber…
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Satellite Issues Take Center-Stage at WRC-23
Satellite issues are taking a leading role on a global stage, satellite industry regulatory experts agree after the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC). As the satellite industry grows in the number of players, the applications it serves, and technological innovations, satellite issues are playing a larger role at the international spectrum gathering.…
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Archer, NASA link-up on future AAM uses starts with enhanced battery capacities
Air taxi developer Archer Aviation has announced a new partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which will initiate their mutual research into future advanced air mobility (AAM) applications with what they see as the lynchpin of the new tech’s performance – powerful but safe batteries. Archer and NASA unveiled their agreement this morning, saying the project will…
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Keeping Space Clean and Safe for Everyone: The Global Sustainability Mission
There is always an inherent risk when doing anything in space. That said, a handful of space sustainability-minded companies are working hard to minimize those risks and prevent self-inflicted catastrophes. In this episode, we’ll learn about the true scope of the threat posed by space debris, congestion and the lack of situational awareness and about…
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Keeping Space Clean and Safe for Everyone: The Global Sustainability Mission
There is always an inherent risk when doing anything in space. That said, a handful of space sustainability-minded companies are working hard to minimize those risks and prevent self-inflicted catastrophes. In this episode, we’ll learn about the true scope of the threat posed by space debris, congestion and the lack of situational awareness and about…
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LeoLabs Receives Order from NOAA to Develop the National Space Traffic Coordination System
LeoLabs, the company with the largest and most comprehensive catalogue of objects in low Earth orbit, announced it received a Consolidated Pathfinder order from NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) for the development of the civil-led, national Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). Through this contract, OSC can leverage LeoLabs’ in-house expertise, artificial intelligence techniques,…
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NASA loses, and then recovers, contact with its historic Mars helicopter
The US space agency prompted widespread dismay in the spaceflight community on Friday evening when it announced that communication had been lost with the Mars Ingenuity helicopter during its most recent flight on Thursday, January 18. “During its planned descent, communications between the helicopter and rover terminated early, prior to touchdown,” according to a statement…
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Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One, Part of NASA’s CLPS Concludes
The first flight of NASA’s commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as well as other customer payloads intended for the Moon, has come to an end. After 10 days and 13 hours in space, Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One made a controlled re-entry on Earth over open water in the South Pacific at…
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Apple TV+ shares first trailer for ‘Constellation’ series, a conspiracy-based space adventure
Here’s the full rundown on talent for the eight-part series: Noomi Rapace (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “You Won’t Be Alone”) and Emmy Award nominee Jonathan Banks (“Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul”). Created and written by Peter Harness (“Wallander”, “The War of the Worlds,” “Doctor Who” ), also starring James D’Arcy (“Agent Carter,” “Oppenheimer”), Julian Looman (“Emily in Paris,”…
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Launch Roundup: Northrop Grumman prepare the first Cygnus to fly on Falcon 9
Recent challenges with weather concerns and the movement of key flights such as USSF-52 and Axiom-3 have impacted Falcon 9 launch dates, not least Starlink Group 7-11 which scrubbed three times and finally launched on Tuesday, albeit with problems on the launch livestream. SpaceX had two drone ships and the two fairing recovery ships in…