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ST Engineering iDirect Makes Appointments in Engineering, Strategy
ST Engineering iDirect appointed two new leaders to its executive team, naming Sridhar Kuppanna its new senior vice president of Engineering and Cynthia Harty as senior vice president of Corporate Strategy. Kuppanna is a new appointment to iDirect and joins the company from Ribbon Communications. There, he worked on secure cloud communications solutions. Kuppanna will…
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NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Begins its Journey to Explore Metal-Rich Asteroid
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its voyage to an asteroid of the same name, a metal-rich world that could tell us more about the formation of rocky planets. Psyche successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Integrated into the spacecraft is the agency’s…
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After six decades, ‘Gagarin’s Start’ will meet its end as a launch pad
Because it lacks the funding to modernize its most historic launch pad, Russia now instead plans to turn “Gagarin’s Start” into a museum. The pad is known as Gagarin’s Start because it hosted the world’s first human spaceflight in 1961, when the Vostok 1 mission carrying Yuri Gagarin blasted into orbit. Between 1961 and 2019,…
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OQ Technology Confirms the Successful Launch and Deployment of MACSAT Satellite
OQ Technology has announced the successful launch of its new Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, MACSAT, aboard Arianespace’s Vega (mission VV23). This pivotal development will strengthen its space and ground infrastructures while broadening its satellite coverage. The satellite was launched from French Guiana on October 8, 2023 (3:37 AM on Monday, October 9, 2023, Luxembourg…
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Redwire to Participate in Space Tech Expo Europe
Redwire will be attending Space Tech Expo, Europe’s largest B2B event for the space industry. Taking place alongside the three-day exhibition, Space Tech Expo will feature three conferences covering topics in the areas of small sats, the space industry, and mobility and connectivity. Panel Discussion: Staying on Top of the Growing Importance of Remote Sensing for…
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BlackSky Wins Air Force Research Contract
BlackSky Technology won a competitive U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract to build an automated target recognition service that can track vehicles in real time from space. The contract announced Monday is an AFWERX Direct to Phase 2 contract, funded by the Space Development Agency. AFWERX is the innovation arm of the Air Force. According…
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BlackSky Wins Air Force Research Contract
BlackSky Technology won a competitive U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract to build an automated target recognition service that can track vehicles in real time from space. The contract announced Monday is an AFWERX Direct to Phase 2 contract, funded by the Space Development Agency. AFWERX is the innovation arm of the Air Force. According…
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What Does ESG Mean for the Space Industry Here on Earth?
When the space industry talks about sustainability, the conversation usually centers around in-space topics like space traffic management and space debris. But what about the impact of the space industry here on Earth? Amber Ledgerwood, senior manager of Social and Environmental Impact at SES is trying to bring attention to sustainability issues here on Earth.…
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What Does ESG Mean for the Space Industry Here on Earth?
When the space industry talks about sustainability, the conversation usually centers around in-space topics like space traffic management and space debris. But what about the impact of the space industry here on Earth? Amber Ledgerwood, senior manager of Social and Environmental Impact at SES is trying to bring attention to sustainability issues here on Earth.…
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NASA, Aerojet, and Boeing Prepare Artemis II Rocket Core Stage for Final Assembly Phase
NASA and industry partners Aerojet Rocketdyne and Boeing have installed all four RS-25 engines onto the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the agency’s Artemis II mission, signaling the core stage is nearing completion. Once complete, the core stage will be shipped to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris…