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Reflex Aerospace Targets Fall 2024 Launch for Demo Satellite
German space startup Reflex Aerospace has booked a slot on a SpaceX mission to launch its demonstration satellite in fall 2024. Reflex also expanded its seed funding round with a 1.75 million euro ($1.9 million) investment from existing investors and Bayern Kapital through its EFRE Bayern innovation fund. Reflex now has nearly 9 million euros…
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This Week In Spaceflight: SpaceX’s Raptor breaks records, NASA announces second Artemis Lander
Reviewing the week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period, including NASA announcing a second lunar lander for Artemis, SpaceX’s Raptor breaking records, and Stratolaunch drop testing Talon-A. Stratolaunch Drops Talon Stratolaunch has finally conducted a drop test of their Talon-A vehicle. Stratolaunch has been working on developing its reusable hypersonic testbed,…
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This Week In Spaceflight: SpaceX’s Raptor breaks records, NASA announces second Artemis Lander
Reviewing the week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period, including NASA announcing a second lunar lander for Artemis, SpaceX’s Raptor breaking records, and Stratolaunch drop testing Talon-A. Stratolaunch Drops Talon Stratolaunch has finally conducted a drop test of their Talon-A vehicle. Stratolaunch has been working on developing its reusable hypersonic testbed,…
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BAE Systems Showcases its New Radiation-hardened FPGA for Space Applications
BAE Systems, a company that provides one of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defense, aerospace, and security solutions has introduced a new radiation-hardened field programmable gate array for space applications. The RH1020B radiation-hardened field programmable gate array is a fully guaranteed device targeted for use in military and space applications. It is fabricated using BAE…
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Accenture Invests in SpiderOak to Enhance Satellite Communications Security in Space
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in SpiderOak, a leader in zero-trust cybersecurity and resiliency solutions for next-generation space systems. Based in Reston, Virginia, SpiderOak’s OrbitSecure product suite brings zero trust security to zero gravity environments. OrbitSecure leverages a powerful combination of no-knowledge encryption and distributed-ledger technology in order to meet the…
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Momentus Successfully Deploys Qosmosys Satellite and Starts On-Orbit Support of Caltech’s Solar Project Payload
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, has deployed the Qosmosys Zeus-1 payload from its Vigoride-5 Orbital Service Vehicle and is now providing comprehensive hosted payload support services for Caltech’s Space-based Solar Power Project payload. The Qosmosys Zeus-1 payload was deployed in orbit on May 10, 2023.…
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Tomorrow.io’s Satellite Launch Forges Path for Advancement in Global Weather Forecasting
The Tomorrow Companies Inc., the world’s leading weather intelligence platform, announced successful on-orbit operation of its first satellite, Tomorrow-R1. Launched at 11:48 pm PDT on April 14, Tomorrow-R1 is the world’s first commercially built weather-radar satellite. It is orbiting at 500 km above Earth in a polar orbit, and carrying a Ka-band radar ideally suited…
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NASA awards Blue Origin $3.4 billion Artemis moon lander contract
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of Blue Origin’s 52-foot-tall (16-meter) Blue Moon lander. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos, has won a $3.4 billion NASA contract to build an Artemis lunar lander that will provide a downstream alternative to the Starship variant already being…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches satellites for OneWeb and Iridium
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 16 satellites for OneWeb’s internet network and five satellites for Iridium’s voice and data relay constellation. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”]…
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Space Systems Command Successfully Delivers Final Spaceflight Ready Payload to Japan
Space Systems Command (SSC) successfully delivered the second and final spaceflight-ready payload to Japan, bolstering the U.S. Space Force’s contribution to integrated deterrence in the region and following through with Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations’ commitment to “Line Of Effort #3: Partner to Win”. The two Space Force payloads, developed by MIT…