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UK Space Industry Boosted by Thales Contract Award
The U.K. space industry has been boosted by a new contract award by Thales Alenia Space. The company 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. Thales Alenia Space announced the…
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Blue Origin’s 24th New Shepard Mission to Carry 33 Science Payloads to Space
New Shepard will fly its 24th mission on Monday, December 18. The manifest includes 33 payloads and 38,000 Club for the Future postcards from students around the world. The NS-24 launch window opens at 8:30 AM CST/14:30 UTC from Launch Site One in West Texas. This mission will bring the number of payloads flown to…
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Explaining the Six Components of a Remote Sensing System
A remote sensing system has six components to gather valuable data. In an era of technological advancements, remote sensing technologies have emerged as invaluable tools for understanding and monitoring the Earth’s surface. These innovative technologies enable us to gather data by sensing the energy emitted, or reflected, by a geographical area. Whether for scientific research,…
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Tyvak International Successfully Completes Test Readiness Review for Milani Nanosatellite
Tyvak International, one of the European leaders in small satellite solutions, announced together with its project partners the successful achievement of the Test Readiness Review of the Milani spacecraft. A critical component of the Hera planetary defense mission, Milani will be the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first deep-space nanosatellite. Milani will also be the first…
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Rocket Lab returns to flight with Japanese observation satellite
Rocket Lab returns to flight Lifting off at 11:05 P.M. last Thursday, Rocket Lab’s latest Electron flight brings success back to a rocket that has seen a lot of it. If you include the failed mission in September, this was the company’s 10th mission for 2023, its first double digit year since it was founded…
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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser Spaceplane Enters Final Test Campaign
Sierra Space, one of the leading commercial space companies building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space to benefit of life on Earth, has successfully delivered the first Dream Chaser spaceplane, Tenacity, to NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Dream Chaser, the world’s only commercial spaceplane, has entered the final testing…
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Blue Origin ramps up for second launch attempt after delaying return to spaceflight
The New Shepard rocket ship is readied for launch from Launch Site One in West Texas. (Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is heading back to the launch pad again early Tuesday to send its New Shepard rocket ship on an uncrewed space mission for the first time in 15 months. Monday’s…
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Ovzon Awarded a 135 MSEK Order from the Swedish Space Corporation for SATCOM Services
Ovzon announced that the company was in ongoing negotiations with Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) regarding a large order. Ovzon has received an order from SSC for Ovzon’s SATCOM-as-a-Service, including Ovzon mobile satellite terminals. The service will be delivered during large parts of 2024 with start in the first quarter, and the delivery of terminals will…
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So about that Falcon Heavy launch we were talking about…
The Space Force’s spaceplane could be grounded for a bit On Monday, we were expecting upwards to four launches from SpaceX and would have brought the company up to 96 total launches for the year. On Monday we expected two launches, USSF-52, a Falcon Heavy launch with the Air Force‘s X-37B spaceplane on top, and…
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard returns to flight
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is returned to flight on Dec. 19, 2023, from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas. This mission followed a failure during the last New Shepard mission, NS-23, on Sept. 12, 2023. The NS-24 mission lifted off from Launch Site One carrying 33 science and research payloads as well…