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NASA’s Psyche Mission Undergoes Final Preparations Before Launch
With less than 100 days to go before its Oct. 5 launch, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is undergoing final preparations at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Teams of engineers and technicians are working almost around the clock to ensure the orbiter is ready to journey 2.5 billion miles (4 billion kilometers) to a metal-rich asteroid that may tell…
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Rocket Lab deploys seven CubeSats into orbit and successfully recovers booster
One launch with three customers Out of the seven satellites accompanying the Electron rocket, four were from NASA. One of these, called Starling, not to be confused with SpaceX’s Starlink, is a swarm technology demonstrator for NASA. Comprising four CubeSats, Starling will operate as a coordinated constellation, making autonomous decisions. This capability could be valuable…
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Goonhilly Earth Station Supports Landmark 2023 Lunar and Solar Missions
Goonhilly Earth Station has announced its crucial support for three upcoming lunar and deep space missions, showcasing its unparalleled capabilities as the only commercial deep space ground station in the world. Following on from their success in supporting the Artemis-I mission, these missions, in collaboration with esteemed organizations such as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys Satellites for NASA and Commercial Constellation Operators
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, successfully launched seven satellites for NASA, Space Flight Laboratory, and Spire Global from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand and recovered the Electron’s booster as part of the Company’s reusable rocket program. The Baby Come Back mission was Rocket Lab’s seventh launch for the year and…
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NASA starts building ice-hunting Moon rover
The search for ice at the Moon’s poles has loomed large in the field of lunar science since an instrument on an Indian satellite discovered water molecules inside shadowed crater floors more than a decade ago. NASA is now assembling a golf cart-size rover to drive into the dark polar craters to search for ice…
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OQ Technology Signs New MoU with Aramco
OQ Technology signed a new technology MoU with Saudi oil and gas company Aramco, further strengthening their existing collaboration and concentrating on automation and satellite IoT connectivity for Aramco’s remote site infrastructures. The deal was announced July 18. The significance of this collaboration lies in the synergy between Aramco’s automation edge technology and OQ’s Low-Earth…
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XRISM Mission Led by JAXA to Study ‘Rainbow’ of X-rays
A new satellite called XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, pronounced “crism”) aims to pry apart high-energy light into the equivalent of an X-ray rainbow. The mission, led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), will do this using an instrument called Resolve. XRISM is scheduled to launch from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center on Aug. 25,…
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Intuitive Machines Successfully Conducts Spacecraft Test Run of Nova-C Lunar Lander
Intuitive Machines, a space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, has successfully conducted a complete spacecraft test run of its Nova-C lunar lander – a significant technical achievement in the Company’s efforts to complete its lunar lander. The complete spacecraft test run verified Nova-C’s flight software, flight avionics, liquid oxygen and liquid Methane loading, high-pressure helium…
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Increased Space Sales Contribute to Strong Quarter for Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin’s Space segment saw a 12% increase in sales in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the same time last year, with higher sales on both national security and civil space programs. Lockheed Martin released its second quarter financial results on July 18, with an overall 8% increase in sales driven by Space…
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ESA Progresses with In-Orbit Servicing Missions
ESA has conducted extensive work on IOS, including as part of its Clean Space initiative for the removal and prevention of space debris. As part of this research, ESA Preparation invited industry partners to outline their vision of Europe’s first IOS mission, to be launched as early as 2028. Astroscale, ClearSpace, D-Orbit, and Telespazio (collaborating…