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First Vulcan rocket launches commercial moon lander with a boost from Blue Origin
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad. (NASA via YouTube) Update: Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander fell back to Earth 10 days after launch due to a propellant leak that ruled out a moon landing. United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off for the first time tonight, making use…
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Peregrine lander suffers propulsion ‘anomaly,’ Moon landing seemingly unlikely
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander in the clean room at Astrotech in Titusville, Florida. The spacecraft was the main payload onboard the first launch of ULA’s Vulcan rocket. Image: ULA In situation seemly pulled from a science fiction movie, a robotic mission to the Moon swung from the brink of failure to having renewed hope before…
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ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket Makes its Debut
Vulcan Centaur, the next-generation heavy-lift rocket from United Launch Alliance, made its debut early Monday morning. It was a successful first launch for the long-awaited rocket — but the customer spacecraft from Astrobotic experienced a propulsion failure after deployment. The Vulcan mission took off on Jan. 8 at 2:18 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41…
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MegaPhase Introduces Thermal Vacuum Cables for Altitude Testing Operating up to 50 GHz
MegaPhase, an industry leader that designs, manufactures, and markets high-performance radio frequency (RF) coaxial cables and connectors for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), has introduced Thermal VAC Test Cables up to 50 GHz. Thermal VAC microwave test cables are specifically designed for testing space and airborne systems and components and offer a maximum frequency of 50…
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NOAA Awards Spire Global $9.4M Radio Occultation Data Buy
The National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) awarded Spire Global a $9.4 million data buy for radio occultation (RO) data for an 8-month period. This award is part of NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Program for RO data. Spire has provided data to the agency since 2016, and also received a $2.8 million contract from NOAA…
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Vulcan launches ULA (and NASA) into a new future of space exploration
ULA launches first Vulcan rocket to start busy year Feel free to argue their market viability or how their rockets might be overpriced in your opinion, but there is just nothing like a ULA launch countdown. Well, maybe a NASA countdown but we’re still a year away from another one of those at best. It…
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Inside the World of Space Communications With Sarah Nickell
Space has a compelling story to tell, but it can be a challenge to craft the message. As Space is such a technical sector, it can be hard for leadership to communicate the value of what they do to investors, media, and the public. It’s Sarah Nickell’s job to craft that message. As a PR…
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ULA marks success with the inaugural mission of its Vulcan rocket launching a Moon-bound robotic lander
The inaugural Vulcan rocket leaps off the pad at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The booster was powered by the first pair of BE-4 engines to fly in space. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now With the company’s future riding on it, United Launch Alliance’s first Vulcan rocket successfully put a commercial robotic…
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Rivada Space Networks Collaborates with Wiseband for Network Expansion in the Middle East
Rivada Space Networks, a global network company launching a constellation of 600 low-earth-orbit satellites (LEO) to enable secure, global connectivity for governments and enterprises, is partnering with Wiseband, an Emirati satellite services company, to bring secure connectivity solutions to the Middle East region. Based in UAE and operating across the Middle East and Africa, Wiseband…
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Navajo objection to flying human ashes to the Moon won’t delay launch
Science instruments aren’t the only things hitching a ride to the Moon on a commercial lunar lander that is ready for launch on Monday. Two companies specializing in “space burials” are also sending cremated human remains to the Moon, and this doesn’t sit well with the Navajo Nation. The Navajo people, one of the nation’s…