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$315M Satellite Charge Negatively Impacts Q3 Margins for Boeing’s BDS Segment
Logo atop Boeing headquarters. Photo: Boeing. Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security (BDS) segment posted a 3% revenue increase in the third quarter of 2023 compared to the same time last year. However, losses on a satellite contract poorly impacted the segment’s operating margin, which CFO Brian West called “disappointing.” BDS reported $5.5 billion in revenue…
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For the first launch of ULA’s Vulcan rocket, it’s Christmas or next year
Three days at Christmastime will be the final chance for United Launch Alliance to get its new Vulcan rocket off the ground this year, the company’s chief executive announced Tuesday. Still waiting for delivery of an upper stage and a final round of qualification testing following a test mishap earlier this year, Tory Bruno, ULA’s…
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NASA Awards NOAA’s QuickSounder Spacecraft Contract to Southwest Research Institute
NASA, on behalf of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), has awarded a delivery order under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (Rapid-IV) contract to Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio for the QuickSounder spacecraft. The firm-fixed-price delivery order covers all phases of QuickSounder’s operations including spacecraft development, integration of NOAA’s Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder Engineering…
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Daily Telescope: A closer look at the most-distant object visible to the naked eye
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’ll take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is…
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Spacewalking cosmonauts find radiator coolant leak
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub work outside the International Space Station on Oct. 25, 2023. Image: NASA TV Two Russian spacewalkers floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday and isolated a leaking radiator as planned, apparently causing residual coolant still trapped inside to make its way to the leak site and spew out…
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Spacewalking cosmonauts find radiator coolant leak
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub work outside the International Space Station on Oct. 25, 2023. Image: NASA TV Two Russian spacewalkers floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday and isolated a leaking radiator as planned, apparently causing residual coolant still trapped inside to make its way to the leak site and spew out…
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Riverside Research Awards Subcontract to Spire for the USSF Space Domain Awareness Program
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, announced it was awarded a subcontract by Riverside Research, an advanced research nonprofit, to provide star tracker imagery as part of the Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing for Space Domain Awareness (DEEP-SDA) project on behalf of the United States Space Force (USSF). The…
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NASA’s Dragonfly space-drone gets more wind tunnel testing treatment
Dragonfly tests flight on Titan The idea is to take everything that can be done on one of NASA’s car-sized Martian rovers but giving it the ability to traverse much longer distances, faster. So how do you do that? Well you stick some rotors on it and let it fly! Dragonfly intends to explore Saturn’s…
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FCC to Hold Satellite Transparency Open House Next Week
The FCC is kicking off its new transparency initiative for satellite applicants and plans to have an open house to take questions next week on Nov. 1. This is part of a transparency initiative to give satellite applicants information to help them file and support industry engagement with the FCC. Interested parties can participate in…
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FCC to Hold Satellite Transparency Open House Next Week
The FCC is kicking off its new transparency initiative for satellite applicants and plans to have an open house to take questions next week on Nov. 1. This is part of a transparency initiative to give satellite applicants information to help them file and support industry engagement with the FCC. Interested parties can participate in…