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SpaceX Makes Progress With Starship’s Second Test Flight
SpaceX conducted the second Starship test flight over the weekend, making progress over the first test in April, but falling short of reaching orbit. The test took place on Saturday morning, Nov. 18, from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. Flight two achieved substantial progress over the first test in April, which exploded before stage separation…
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Intellian Expands to the Middle East
Intellian Technologies is establishing a new entity in Dubai as a hub for operations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. This is Intellian’s 10th global city. This new entity is strategically positioned to meet the needs of Intellian distribution partners and strengthen the brand in key areas across maritime and enterprise markets. The…
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Rocket Lab Sets Up Space Structures Complex to Supply Advanced Composite Products
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, announced the expansion of its space systems business with a dedicated production and development complex designed to deliver a comprehensive suite of advanced composite products for the space industry and to further vertically integrate supply for the Company’s internal needs across launch and space systems. To…
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Telenor is Selling its Satellite Subsidiary to Space Norway
Telenor Group is selling its Telenor Satellite subsidiary to Space Norway, the company announced last week. Both entities are owned by the Norwegian government. Telenor is Norway’s majority state-owned telecommunications company, and Space Norway is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries and is a key part of the country’s activities in…
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Stars aligning for Boeing crew launch in April
The long-awaited crewed launch of Starliner has gained increased positivity that its latest launch date will remain on target, following numerous slips since the maiden uncrewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS). While NASA postponed the NET launch date for the Starliner crew flight test (CFT) is now set for April 14, 2024 due…
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Starship brought the thunder as it climbed into space for the first time
BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas—SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket reached space for the first time Saturday, flying straight and true for more than eight minutes before exploding nearly 100 miles over the Gulf of Mexico downrange from the company’s South Texas launch base. With this test flight, SpaceX made important steps forward with Starship, the largest rocket ever…
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Webb detects neon in young star system, provides insight into planet formation
In 2008, observations from NASA’s now-retired Spitzer infrared space telescope hinted at the presence of neon within the protoplanetary disk of Sun-like star SZ Chamaeleontis (SZ Cha). However, Spitzer’s instruments could not confirm whether this reading was correct. Over a decade after Spitzer’s results were published, the joint NASA, European Space Agency, and Canadian Space…
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Five things to watch for when Starship takes off Saturday morning
SpaceX fans turned out at Starbase, the company’s sprawling test facility in South Texas, on the eve of the second full-scale test flight of the Starship rocket. Stephen Clark/Ars Technica SpaceX fans turned out at Starbase, the company’s sprawling test facility in South Texas, on the eve of the second full-scale test flight of…
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Astra Space Secures Extension on Loan Amid Funding Negotiations
Astra Space, the launch vehicle and spacecraft propulsion company, has received a four-day extension on a loan from investors as it continues negotiations for a longer-term funding arrangement. JMCM Holdings LLC and SherpaVentures Fund II, LLP provided a bridge loan worth $3.05 million earlier this month, part of a $13.4 million interim financing deal. The…
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Starship’s second launch hits all milestones on its journey to success
Here’s a breakdown of everything we think went wrong. Starship launches and makes it through staging At about 7:04 A.M. CT, Starship lifted off from its launch mount down at SpaceX’s Starbase facility. This time all 33 Raptor engines making it through the majority of flight, through max q (the maximum point of aerodynamic pressure),…