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Conjunction Assessment: Data is the Missing Link
Sixty-five years of space activity have resulted in countless achievements that have greatly enriched life on Earth. On the flip side, this activity has also contributed to the huge amount of debris now in-orbit around the planet, and this is presenting a significant risk to satellites. Debris is not the only danger in terms of…
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LandSpace claims win in the methane race to orbit via second ZhuQue-2 launch
LandSpace launched its methane-based ZhuQue-2 rocket on Wednesday. This was the rocket’s second launch after its failed maiden flight in December 2022. Initial claims from the company noted a mission success, marking the first methalox rocket to reach orbit. The ZhuQue-2 rocket ZhuQue-2 (Redbird 2 in English) is a rocket designed by the Chinese private company…
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DIU Contracts Muon Space to Evaluate Satellite Weather Data
Muon Space has been awarded an option to the company’s contract with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC) to collect ionospheric data on the MuSat-2 satellite mission. Under this contract option, the Department of Defense (DoD) will evaluate the commercial data from Muon Space’s MuSat-2 satellite to use in weather forecasting, ionospheric modeling, impact…
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Astranis Signs First Deal in Asia to Build Broadband Satellite for the Philippines
Astranis will build a satellite dedicated to broadband in the Philippines under a new deal announced Tuesday with satellite service provider Orbits Corp and the government of the Philippines. This will be Astranis’s first satellite program outside of the Americas. The Astranis business model is to sell MicroGEO, or smaller satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO),…
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Orbex Expands Design and Production Facilities in Preparation for its Prime Rocket Launch
UK-based spaceflight company, Orbex, has extended its footprint by over thirty percent across its Scottish and Danish design and production facilities, in preparation for the launch of its Prime rocket. The company is adding an extra 1,500 square meters of factory and office space to its existing 4,750 square-meter estate in Forres, Scotland, and Copenhagen,…
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OceanMind Extends Vessel-Tracking Data Deal With Spire
Marine enforcement company OceanMind is expanding its agreement with Spire Global for automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. Spire has been providing AIS data to OceanMind since 2019. OceanMind supports fisheries enforcement officials, seafood buyers and non-governmental organizations to monitor compliance with fishing activities. Spire’s data helps the company identify suspected illegal fishing, with OceanMind…
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OceanMind Extends Vessel-Tracking Data Deal With Spire
Marine enforcement company OceanMind is expanding its agreement with Spire Global for automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. Spire has been providing AIS data to OceanMind since 2019. OceanMind supports fisheries enforcement officials, seafood buyers and non-governmental organizations to monitor compliance with fishing activities. Spire’s data helps the company identify suspected illegal fishing, with OceanMind…
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Collins Aerospace Awarded a New Task Order by NASA to Modify Spacesuits for Lunar Missions
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business announced it has been awarded a new task order under NASA’s Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) contract to modify the company’s current spacesuit to support lunar endeavors. The follow-on task order allows Collins to add to the company’s new spacesuit design, developing elements that are compatible for use on the…
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Blue Origin’s next-gen BE-4 rocket engine fails dramatically during testing in Texas
Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine undergoes a test firing in Texas in 2019. (Blue Origin File Photo) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture confirmed that one of its BE-4 rocket engines suffered a significant anomaly during testing at its West Texas facility in late June. The incident first came to light today in a report…
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Orion Space Solutions and Microsoft Collaborate to Revolutionize DoD’s Space Architecture
Orion Space Solutions is collaborating with Microsoft to greatly enhance the space architecture of the U.S. Department of Defense with a pioneering development – the NEXUS Electromagnetic Data Mesh Network for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) [aka NEXUS Space Network]. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in advancing data interoperability and synchronized decision…