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Smiths Interconnect Secures UK Space Agency Funding for its Space Qualification Laboratory
Smiths Interconnect announced that it has received £1,907,065 in funding from the UK Space Agency through its ‘Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund’ (SCIF). The funding will be used by Smiths Interconnect to enhance its Space Qualification Laboratory, a cutting-edge facility in Dundee that simulates the extreme conditions of space – one of the harshest environments known…
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson to Visit India and UAE to Discuss Space Cooperation
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will travel to India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a series of meetings beginning Nov. 27, with key government officials. Nelson also will meet with space officials in both countries to deepen bilateral cooperation across a broad range of innovation and research-related areas, especially in human exploration and Earth…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 heads on a south-easterly trajectory from Cape Canaveral on Nov. 28, 2023, carrying a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit. Image: Pete Carstens. The next batch of Starlink satellites for SpaceX’s space-based internet service soared into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Monday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff occurred…
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AAC Clyde Space Secures SEK 13.4 Million Order for Starbuck Power Systems
AAC Clyde Space a company that specialises in small satellite technologies and services has won a EUR 1.14 million (approx. SEK 13.4 million) order on Starbuck power systems. The order, which comes from an existing customer, is scheduled for final delivery in the first quarter of 2025. The Starbuck power system is a PCDU (Power…
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Sener to Lead the Design and Manufacture of Space Capsule for Comet Interceptor Mission
The Sener engineering and technology group has been selected to lead the design and manufacture of the probe for the Comet Interceptor space science mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). More specifically, Sener has signed a contract with OHB Italia, which leads the mission and the…
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Axiom Space Migrates IT Infrastructure to AWS
Commercial space station company Axiom Space is migrating its terrestrial IT infrastructure to AWS, the company announced Monday. The company said that deepening its partnership with AWS will provide the cloud infrastructure on Earth to develop its next-generation space station, Axiom Station. Axiom Space worked with AWS in April 2022 to install an AWS Snowcone…
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Elon Musk shares that a new version of Starship is coming soon
Four V1 Starships left for testing We are only just over a week out from the second launch of a full Starship rocket and Musk is already starting to talk about a second version of Starship. While this might sound like a major change in what we’ll see in the future, it most likely won’t…
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German Launcher RFA Secures Customers for Second Test Flight
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is fully booked for the second test flight of its rocket set for 2024, through a program with the German government. RFA won the DLR Microlauncher competition in 2022 organized by the German Space Agency and German Aerospace Center (DLR). This secured the government as the anchor customer for its first…
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Skyrora and Spirit AeroSystems Collaborate to Enhance UK’s Future Launch Capability
Skyrora and Spirit AeroSystems have announced a collaboration on orbital launch capability. The companies celebrated the announcement on the conference’s opening day in Belfast, home to Spirit’s largest UK manufacturing facility. UK-based, launch-vehicle manufacturer, Skyrora is developing an agile, end-to-end, launch service to provide access to space for small satellites globally. Having conducted a test…
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ABS CEO Amit Somani Talks Operator Brand Refresh
Smaller Geostationary Orbit (GEO) operators are looking at their role in a changing satellite industry. One of the interesting operators to look at here is ABS, which has expanded beyond its original footprint in Asia to offer services in other regions across the world. Last year, ABS hired one of Yahsat’s best known execs, Amit…