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Virgin Galactic Announces Flight Window for Galactic 06 Commercial Spaceflight
Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the ‘Galactic 06’ flight window will open January 26, 2024. This will be the Company’s 11th spaceflight to date and will follow a year of unprecedented human spaceflight achievements that included six suborbital spaceflights in six months. Four private astronauts from three different countries will journey to space on Virgin Galactic’s…
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Blue Origin’s suborbital rocket flies for first time in 15 months
With redesigned engine components, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket took off from West Texas and flew to the edge of space on Tuesday with a package of scientific research and technology demonstration experiments. This was the first flight of Blue Origin’s 60-foot-tall (18-meter) New Shepard rocket since September 12, 2022, when an engine failure destroyed…
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Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lunar Lander Mission Fueled and Ready for Launch
Astrobotic announced their Peregrine lunar lander successfully completed all integration milestones and was mated with United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket payload adapter on November 16, 2023. After a 3-week campaign to fuel and complete final checkouts, the Peregrine spacecraft is ready to launch a historic mission to the Moon on January 8, 2024. Peregrine is…
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SpaceX launches first rocket in over a week
SpaceX breaks week long drought At about 11:00 P.M. ET Monday night, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying 23 Starlink satellites from SLC-40 in Florida. While there was nothing special about the payloads, we’ve seen plenty of these missions this year, this launch broke an 11 day launch drought from the company. Before this, the…
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Firefly Aerospace launches its 4th Alpha rocket
Firefly’s Alpha rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on a mission for Lockheed Martin. Image: Firefly Aerospace/Trevor Mahlmann.
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National Space Council meeting to discuss legislative proposal for new space activities framework
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers opening remarks at the first meeting of the National Space Council, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington. Chaired by Vice President Harris, the council’s role is to advise the President regarding national space policy and strategy, and ensuring the United States capitalizes on…
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Intuitive Machines Announces Multi-Day Launch Window for IM-1 Lunar Mission
Intuitive Machines, one of the leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services companies, announced in coordination with SpaceX, that the launch of the Company’s IM-1 lunar mission is now targeted for a multi-day launch window that opens no earlier than mid-February 2024. The updated window comes after unfavorable weather conditions resulted in shifts in the SpaceX…
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Viasat Introduces Business Internet Service Plans
Viasat is introducing new internet service plans for businesses called Business Choice, which the company says offer faster speeds than any of the company’s previous business plans. The plans include download speeds up to 100 Mbps, and up to 150 Mbps in select areas. These plans come with built in Wi-Fi, professional installation, and business-class…
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Viasat Introduces Business Internet Service Plans
Viasat is introducing new internet service plans for businesses called Business Choice, which the company says offer faster speeds than any of the company’s previous business plans. The plans include download speeds up to 100 Mbps, and up to 150 Mbps in select areas. These plans come with built in Wi-Fi, professional installation, and business-class…
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Thales Alenia Space Selects UK’s National Satellite Test Facility for FLEX Satellite Testing
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has selected the UK’s National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF), at RAL Space in Oxfordshire, for the first comprehensive assembly, integration, and test campaign of the European Space Agency’s FLEX (Fluorescence Explorer) satellite. FLEX satellite will be used to map the fluorescence of the…