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Pale Blue Secures USD 7.5 Million Funding to Set Up Production Facility
Pale Blue has secured USD 7.5M (JPY 1 billion) in the first close of the Series B round of funding coupled with recent bank loans. In addition, the company has been selected by NEDO, a national research and development agency in Japan, for its Deep Tech Startups (DTSU) support program – DMP phase (Demonstration development…
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For the third time in a year, Russian hardware on the space station is leaking
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli looked out of the large windows on the International Space Station on Monday afternoon and saw that it was snowing in space. Well, not really snowing. But there were flakes flying by that looked a lot like flurries. They emanated from one of two radiators that service the “Nauka” science module…
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Arianespace’s Vega Flight VV23 Successfully Launched from Europe’s Spaceport
Arianespace’s Vega mission successfully lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on October 8, 2023, at 22:36 p.m. local time (01:36 a.m. UTC), carrying the optical observation satellite THEOS-2, the weather satellite FORMOSAT-7R TRITON, and ten auxiliary passengers. After liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport, the Vega launcher flew powered by the first three stages…
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Astroscale’s Economic Impact Report Reveals Pioneering Contributions to UK Space Industry
Astroscale UK, a fast-growing company dedicated to securing the sustainable development of space, announces groundbreaking insights from an Economic Impact Report focusing on economic growth, job creation, and regional development. The report underscores Astroscale’s pivotal role in enabling growth in the UK’s space economy and aligns with the UK Government’s National Space Strategy (NSS) to…
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MAN Energy Solutions Signs Deal for Spire AIS Data
Energy company MAN Energy Solutions (MAN-ES) is a new Spire Global customer, and will use Spire’s AIS and weather data for a marine monitoring tool. The company has an engineering portfolio that includes large-bore engines and turbomachinery. Spire announced Tuesday that MAN-ES will integrate Spire’s data into the PrimeServ Assist product, a monitoring and advisory…
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Kymeta Debuts Hybrid GEO/LEO Military Terminal
Kymeta is launching a new version of its u8 terminal — the Osprey u8 HGL — a hybrid Geostationary/Low-Earth Orbit (GEO/LEO) terminal for military users on the move. The terminal is compatible with the Eutelsat OneWeb LEO network. The Osprey u8 HGL is designed to be mounted on military vehicles and vessels for connectivity on-the-move,…
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SLS working to overcome supply chain, weld issues to complete Artemis II Core Stage this year
NASA is now planning for the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage assigned to the Artemis II lunar flyby mission to be completed in mid-December for subsequent delivery to its Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch site. The four RS-25 core stage engines were installed in the stage in September at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF)…
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Spain’s PLD Space Launches Suborbital Rocket for the First Time
PLD Space launches the Miura-1 suborbital rocket. Photo: PLD Space Spanish company PLD Space launched its suborbital Miura-1 rocket for the first time on Saturday, Oct. 7, reaching a height of 46 km. While the rocket is designed to reach an apogee of 150 km and it only reached 46 km, PLD Space said it…
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Arianespace Vega Mission Orbits Satellites for Thailand and Taiwan
Arianespace launched a Vega mission on Sunday, launching an Earth observation satellite THEOS-2 for Thailand and weather satellite Formosat-7R/Triton for Taiwan. The mission also carried 10 additional cubesats, but Arianespace has not confirmed if two of those were successfully deployed. The mission took off at 10:36 p.m. local time Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. …
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ISRO Set to Begin Unmanned Flight Tests as Part of the Gaganyaan Mission
ISRO’s Gaganyaan project aims to showcase India’s human spaceflight capabilities by sending a crew of 3 members to an orbit of 400 km for a 3-day mission and bring them back safely to earth. The Crew Module (CM) is where the astronauts are contained in a pressurized earth-like atmospheric condition during the Gaganyaan mission. The…