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Evolution Space Opens Production Facility at NASA Stennis Space Center
Evolution Space, a Mojave, Calif.-based solid propulsion and launch provider, announced with NASA Stennis that it has signed an agreement and begun construction on the first-ever solid propulsion center and solid rocket motor testing at the historic NASA Stennis Space Center. The company also announced the close of its bridge funding round on the heels…
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CPI Receives $30 Million Subcontract to Provide Earth Station Antennas for NASA
The Antenna Technologies division of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has received a subcontract valued at more than $30 million to provide earth station antennas for the NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program’s Lunar Exploration Ground Sites (LEGS) project. The subcontract was awarded to CPI by Peraton, a national security company, as part of its multiyear Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution…
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Skyrora, Viasat and CGI to Work on InRange Launch Telemetry System
Skyrora has won a European Space Agency (ESA) contract alongside Viasat and CGI. The contract is under the Commercial Space Transportation Services program to demonstrate InRange, a space-based launch vehicle telemetry relay system which will benefit launch vehicle providers across the industry globally. The contract was announced Oct. 11. The collaboration will focus on Skyrora’s…
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US Space Force Preparing Evolved Strategic Satcom Solicitation
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has released a draft solicitation for the future Evolved Strategic Satellite Communication system (ESS) to replace the Lockheed Martin Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) satellites. SSC did not release the draft at large, but the command said on Oct. 6 that the draft “is in the bidder’s library”…
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A year from launch, the Europa Clipper spacecraft nears finish line
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—The launch window for one of the most expensive robotic space missions in NASA’s history opens one year from Tuesday. Coming in at $5 billion, Europa Clipper will try to help scientists answer a bold question commensurate with its eye-popping cost: Are there places below the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa,…
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Weather delays launch of NASA’s billion-dollar Psyche mission to Friday
Update 6:35 p.m. EDT: NASA delays launch to Friday due to weather. The eighth Falcon Heavy to fly was raised to launch configuration overnight on Wednesday as it prepares to send the Psyche spacecraft off to the asteroid of the same name as early as Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Image: Adam Bernstein Original story: With…
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This Week In Launches: NASA Psyche makes it to the launch pad
P.S. I’m on site for this mission, yay! This week’s launches: October 11 SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 6-22, 7:20 P.M. ET SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida October 12 SpaceX Falcon Heavy NASA Psyche, 10:16 A.M. ET LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida October 14 SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 6-23, 6:05 P.M. ET…
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SpaceX Aims to Offer Starlink Direct-to-Cell Text Service in 2024, IoT By 2025
SpaceX is targeting direct-to-cell service that enables text messaging with the Starlink constellation in 2024, and voice and data and IoT service by 2025. SpaceX updated Starlink’s website with a new page focusing on direct-to-cell service. SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk previously gave the target that Starlink would enter beta service for direct-to-cell with T-Mobile…
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is about to become a workhorse for NASA
You can consider this the start of NASA’s Falcon Heavy era. The launch of the Psyche asteroid mission this week is the opening act among five launches the space agency has directly reserved on SpaceX’s heavy-lift rocket over the next few years. These Falcon Heavy flights will cut across NASA’s portfolio of robotic space missions,…
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ESA Seeks Visionary Ideas to Develop the Lunar Economy
Hundreds of missions to the Moon are due to be launched in the coming years. To create a sustainable lunar link, ESA has initiated its Moonlight program to support space companies in Europe to create a constellation of lunar satellites. The satellites will offer communication and navigation services that could empower entrepreneurs to create innovative…