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Daily Telescope: The Milky Way soars above Devil’s Kitchen
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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Space Explored Podcast 69: Astra is at an inflection point
Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Overcast PausePlay% buffered00:0050:57UnmuteMuteDisable captionsEnable captionsSettingsCaptionsDisabledQualityundefinedSpeedNormalCaptionsGo back to previous menuQualityGo back to previous menuSpeedGo back to previous menu0.5×0.75×Normal1.25×1.5×1.75×2×4×PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreenPlay The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week’s biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday,…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites
Liftoff of the Falcon 9 carrying 23 Starlink satellites. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. SpaceX lofted its third batch of Starlink satellites in a little more than four days, with a Falcon 9 lifting off from Cape Canaveral at 2:47 a.m. EST (0747 UTC) Wednesday morning. The Starlink 6-29 mission was originally targeted for 11:01 p.m.…
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MDA Set to Double its Workforce and Operations with Strategic Expansion in the UK
MDA, a provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has revealed plans to more than double its UK workforce and operational footprint over the next 12 months. Announced in conjunction with the UK Space Conference 2023 taking place this week in Belfast, MDA confirmed plans to expand its talent…
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Astrolab Secures $160 Million in New Contracts to Deploy Customer Payloads Using FLEX Rover
Venturi Astrolab announced it has reached an agreement with eight enterprise customers to use its Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover to deploy the customers’ payloads on Astrolab’s upcoming mission to the Moon which is known as Mission 1. Five customers are releasing details of their payloads: Argo Space, Astroport, Avalon Space, Interstellar Lab, and…
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Starliner’s April launch date comes down to a January drop test
Starliner finishing up modifications According to McAlister, NASA’s director of its commercial space division, Starliner is still on track to launch its first crewed mission next April. This was said during a meeting of NASA’s Advisory Council’s human exploration and operations committee. “We are on track for that launch,” he said. “We’ve still got a…
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Five Ways Satellite Imagery Is Transforming The Mining Industry
The availability of satellite imagery has revolutionized how we understand what’s happening on our planet. From helping farmers increase crop yields to assisting in disaster response, the images and data collected from space play an important role in many industries. One of the industries that has benefited most from the increased availability of satellite imagery—and…
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L3Harris Space Reflectors Successfully Deployed on Hughes JUPITER 3 Communications Satellite
L3Harris Technologies successfully deployed reflectors onboard the Hughes JUPITER 3 ultra high-density satellite to provide HughesNet internet access across the Americas and to support enterprise networks, in-flight Wi-Fi, cellular backhaul and community Wi-Fi solutions. “L3Harris designed and delivered four reflectors for the largest commercial communications satellite ever built,” said Ed Zoiss, President, of Space and…
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Viasat’s Arctic Broadband Expansion Nears as Spacecraft Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing
Viasat, one of the global leaders in satellite communications, has announced the second satellite in the upcoming Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission has completed thermal vacuum testing at Northrop Grumman’s Dulles, VA, site: a significant milestone as the project looks to connect the Arctic region with high-speed broadband in the second half of 2024. The mission,…
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With budget cuts and an aging station, can NASA learn to love a gap in orbit?
Just in case you were under any illusions about the age of the International Space Station, Monday marked the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Zarya module. This Russian-built power and propulsion module formed the cornerstone of the space station, and the first residents arrived two years later. In other words, some hardware on…