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D-Orbit Offers Space Logistics and Orbital Transportation Services for Growing Space Market
D-Orbit, a leader in the fast-growing market of space logistics, offers space logistics and orbital transportation services globally. D-Orbit has carried 10 orbital transportation missions, hosted 32 payloads, and deployed 73 satellites to date. Their vision is to create the first space logistics infrastructure to enable the upcoming trillion-dollar space economy and human expansion in…
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How to watch SpaceX’s Starship integrated flight test
How to watch Starship’s launch SpaceX will provide a proper livestream just like they do for its Falcon 9 launches. The livestream will begin 45 minutes before liftoff. The company’s window for such will open at 8:28 a.m. CT and last until 9:30 a.m. CT. Leaving SpaceX with just about an hour to get Starship…
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Eutelsat and Hispasat Sign New LatAm Broadcast Deals
Eutelsat and Hispasat have both signed new broadcast deals in Latin America over the last couple of days. Hispasat has signed a deal with Travelxp, a creator of exclusive specialized travel content, that will see Hispasat distribute its HD channel in Latin America for the next three years. The deal was announced April 18. The…
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SpaceX’s Starship takes flight, bringing us closer to a new spaceflight era
SpaceX launches its first full-stack Starship rocket On its second attempt, SpaceX completed the first liftoff of its Super Heavy booster, the most powerful rocket ever. Surpassing even NASA’s Space Launch System, which lifted off last November, taking the crown from SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. Now that crown is back on SpaceX’s head, which I’m…
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Lockheed Martin CubeSats Successfully Validate Essential Maneuvers for On-orbit Servicing
Lockheed Martin announced that its In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LM LINUSS) accomplished a successful on-orbit demonstration, proving how small satellites can serve an essential role in sustaining critical space architectures. They do this by regularly upgrading existing constellations with new capabilities and extending spacecraft design lifecycles. LM LINUSS, a technology demonstration funded internally by Lockheed…
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Carrier rocket for Tianzhou-6 cargo vessel reaches launch site
The Long March-7 Y7 carrier rocket, tasked with sending China’s space station cargo vessel Tianzhou-6 into orbit in early or mid-May, has been transported to the launch site, the China Manned Space Agency said on Sunday. The rocket reached the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan on Thursday. It will undergo…
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Starship’s First Flight Test Ends in Explosion
SpaceX tested the complete Starship rocket for the first time on Thursday, in a highly anticipated test that ended in an explosion — yet was celebrated as a success. This was the first integrated flight test of both the Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster, collectively known as Starship. It is the massive rocket designed to…
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China’s space station achieves 100 pct regeneration of oxygen resources
China’s space station, with the Shenzhou-15 crew now in orbit, can produce 100 percent of its oxygen supply through its onboard regeneration system, according to a space technology conference in Harbin, capital of China’s northernmost Heilongjiang Province. The development reflects that fundamental transformation of the environmental control and life-support system for China’s manned spacecraft from…
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Space Day of China to be celebrated with academic, science-popularization activities
A series of activities, including academic conferences and science exhibitions, will be held to celebrate the upcoming Space Day of China, which falls on April 24, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Tuesday. The activities include the China Space Conference, the International Deep Space Exploration Conference, and the China Space Culture and Art Forum,…
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China launches new meteorological satellite
China on Sunday morning launched a Long March-4B rocket to place a new meteorological satellite in space. The rocket blasted off at 9:36 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and soon sent the Fengyun-3 07 satellite into its preset orbit. The satellite will provide services for weather forecasting, disaster…