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Lengthened Long March 5 becomes height benchmark of China’s launch vehicles in commission
China’s newly-launched Long March 5 rocket has for the first time used an 18.5-meter-long fairing, setting a new height benchmark for China’s carrier rockets in commission. The rocket, coded as Long March 5 Y6, blasted off at 9:41 pm (Beijing Time) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the southern island province of Hainan on…
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Update: China open to space exchanges with U.S.: CNSA
Photo taken on Oct. 21, 2021 shows the lunar soil brought back by China’s moon mission at an exhibition on China’s major scientific accomplishments during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020) in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang) BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) — China welcomes scientists from all over the world, including those from…
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Shenzhou-17 crew completes first spacewalk
The Shenzhou-17 crew members on board China’s orbiting space station completed their first spacewalk at 9:35 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin worked seven-and-a-half hours to complete set tasks such as a Tianhe core module solar wing repair test, with the assistance…
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Rocket arrives at launch site for Tianzhou-7 cargo mission
The Long March-7 Y8 carrier rocket, tasked with sending China’s space station cargo craft Tianzhou-7 into orbit, was transported to the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan on Thursday. The rocket will undergo assembly and testing together with Tianzhou-7, which arrived earlier, the China Manned Space Agency said on Thursday. At…
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Sidus Space’s LizzieSat Successfully Completes Vibration Testing Ahead of SpaceX Launch
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company announced that it has completed environmental testing of LizzieSat ahead of its upcoming launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission. Environmental testing was completed by NTS Orlando where the LizzieSat Flight Unit underwent random vibration testing. The LizzieSat satellite for this mission is currently being prepared for shipment to…
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Stellant Systems Selects Todd Hansen to Manage Williamsport, Pennsylvania Facility
Stellant Systems selected Todd Hansen as vice president and general manager of the company’s Williamsport, Pennsylvania facility, which manufactures microwave tubes. Hansen has been with Stellant for about three years and he has 35 years of experience in the microwave electron tube industry. He has leadership positions with Silicon Power Corporation, Vitec Group, and L3Harris.…
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Stellant Systems Selects Todd Hansen to Manage Williamsport, Pennsylvania Facility
Stellant Systems selected Todd Hansen as vice president and general manager of the company’s Williamsport, Pennsylvania facility, which manufactures microwave tubes. Hansen has been with Stellant for about three years and he has 35 years of experience in the microwave electron tube industry. He has leadership positions with Silicon Power Corporation, Vitec Group, and L3Harris.…
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Daily Telescope: A simple shot of the Milky Way high above France and Spain
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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L3Harris Clears Critical Design and Production Reviews for SDA’s Missile Tracking Satellites
L3Harris completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) and Production Readiness Review (PRR) for 16 missile tracking satellites that will be part of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer (T1TRK) program. The CDR milestone demonstrates that L3Harris’ design will meet the mission requirements, while the PRR provides L3Harris with the SDA’s approval to…
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L3Harris Completes CDR for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Satellites for the SDA
L3Harris Technologies said on Dec. 20 that it has completed Critical Design Review and Production Readiness Review (PRR) for the 16 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites the company is to build for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer. “The CDR milestone demonstrates that L3Harris’ design will meet the mission requirements, while the PRR…