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India’s accomplishments in space are getting more impressive
It’s been more than a week since India’s Chandrayaan 3 mission landed on the Moon, and it’s a good time to assess where the world’s most populous nation stands relative to other global space powers. The successful arrival of the Chandrayaan 3 mission’s Vikram lander on the Moon made India the first country besides China…
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Intuitive Machines Raises $20M
Intuitive Machines has secured a $20 million equity investment, giving the company enough capital that it doesn’t have to use a $50 million line of credit. The space exploration company is publicly traded and went public earlier this year. Intuitive Machines is preparing to launch a lunar lander mission, IM-1, in mid-November, and two more…
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Pension fund’s lawsuit questions Amazon’s decisions on Kuiper satellite launch deal
Amazon plans to have satellites sent into orbit by (from left) United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan-Centaur rockets, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rockets and Arianespace’s Ariane rockets. ULA’s Atlas V rockets are also in the mix — but not SpaceX’s rockets, at least for now. (Amazon Illustration) An Ohio-based pension fund has filed a lawsuit alleging that…
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Rocket Report: Firefly enters “hot standby phase”; SpaceX’s superfluity of fairings
Welcome to Edition 6.09 of the Rocket Report! Friday marks the first day of September and the start of the final third of the year. Is it possible that 2023 is already two-thirds of the way over? Well, if you’re a space company working toward a 2023 milestone, I’m here to tell you it is.…
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Spiral Blue Launches ‘Your Code In Space’ Initiative Enabling AI Experiments in Space
Spiral Blue has announced the launch of the ‘Your Code In Space’ (YCIS) initiative. As the first of its kind in Australia, the program empowers anyone, including developers, researchers, and innovators from around the world, to run their custom code on Spiral Blue’s cutting-edge SE-1 space-edge computer, facilitating real-time AI processing on satellite imagery to…
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Space Tango Hires Sita Sonty as CEO
Microgravity research and manufacturing company Space Tango has hired Sita Sonty as CEO, the company announced Sept. 1. Space Tango works in microgravity applications for hardware, software, materials science, biotech, and medicine, and provides access to microgravity on the International Space Station. Sonty most recently led the space industry practice for Boston Consulting Group. She…
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NRO, NGA, Space Command Release Portion of Framework to Protect Commercial Remote Sensing Satellites
The intelligence community and U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) on Thursday released the executive summary of a new framework that outlines the roles and responsibilities of the government in helping to protect commercial space remote sensing providers that are under contract with the Defense Department’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The DoD and intelligence community are increasingly relying on…
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China solicits names for lunar lander and manned spacecraft
As China carried out its crewed lunar exploration program, the engineering office of the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) is soliciting names in public for the moon surface lander and a new generation of manned spacecraft. The solicitation for name suggestions was revealed by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), which will last till September…
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Advanced Space-led Team to Detect Orbital Debris Using Machine Learning for IARPA
Advanced Space, a space tech solutions company, announced that an Advanced Space-led team has been chosen to apply Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to detect, track, and characterize space debris for the IARPA Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) program. Space debris are items due to human activity in space that present a major hazard to…
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Ship 25 awaits rollout for full-stack of Starship Flight 2
Starship is getting close to its second Integrated Flight Test (IFT). Booster 9 completed its pre-flight testing and now awaits its partner for the second launch. Since Ship 25 was already tested months ago, this only leaves full stack testing and pending regulatory approval for the second flight. Booster 9 After the initial static fire…