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UK Space Agency Invests $59M Across 12 Space Projects
The UK Space Agency is investing 47 million pounds ($59 million) across 12 space projects, the government announced Nov. 22. The investment will be doubled by matched funding from the private sector, representing over 98 million pounds ($122 million) of new funds in space research and development. The funding comes from the Space Clusters Infrastructure…
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NASA Advances Toward Using Plutonium-238 for Fueling Space Missions
The recent shipment of heat source plutonium-238 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory to its Los Alamos National Laboratory is a critical step toward fueling planned NASA missions with radioisotope power systems. This shipment of 0.5 kilograms (a little over 1 pound) of new heat source plutonium oxide is the…
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Intelsat Wins IFC Deal with Aerolíneas Argentinas
Intelsat has made a breakthrough in the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market in Latin America. It announced Nov. 20 that Aerolíneas Argentinas has tapped Intelsat to provide multi-orbit in-flight connectivity services on 18 Airbus A330 and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The airline will become the first in Latin America to offer service using Intelsat’s new electronically steered…
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China’s large-thrust rocket engine test shortened to two days
China will be able to make more of its large-thrust rockets and at a faster pace because now it only takes two days to test the engines used in its liquid oxygen-kerosene rockets. The Sixth Academy of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced on Tuesday that the time for the test –…
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Satellogic Secures Remote Sensing License from NOAA to Expand U.S. Government Business
Satellogic, a leading company in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation (EO) data collection, announced that it has been granted a remote sensing license by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of Satellogic’s strategy to capitalize on high-value opportunities in the U.S. The license results in Satellogic being subject to NOAA’s oversight as Satellogic…
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NOAA Grants Satellogic Remote Sensing License as Company Looks to Boost US Business
Satellogic on Tuesday said it has received a remote sensing license from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a key milestone in the company’s quest to expand its U.S. government business. The small manufacturer and operator of multispectral imaging satellites for Earth observation is also in the process of redomiciling to Delaware from the British…
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China’s Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft transported to launch site, mission logo revealed
China’s Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft has been transported to its launch site, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Sunday. The spacecraft will undergo assembly, testing and other tasks before it is launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province in early 2024. The CMSA also released logos for four launch…
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ICAO recognizes China’s BDS as global standard
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has officially recognized the China-developed BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) as one of its standards, marking the BDS a globally accepted satellite navigation system for civil aviation, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China on Thursday. According to the administration, the latest revised version of Annex 10 to…
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UK Looks to Join the Atlantic Constellation with Open Cosmos Satellite
The U.K. government has announced a new initiative in the Earth observation (EO) as it looks to join Portugal and Spain as a member of the Atlantic Constellation. The Atlantic Constellation is a flagship, global project for the development of a constellation of small satellites for Ocean, Earth and Climate monitoring. The U.K. announced the…
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Sorry, doubters: Starship actually had a remarkably successful flight
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas—Starship launches are clarifying events. Pretty quickly after liftoff you find out who understands the rocket business, and who are the casual observers bereft of a clue. Before I had even left the launch viewing area in South Padre Island on Saturday morning headlines started to fill my news feed. The Wall…