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Schedule for SpaceX’s Starship test flight hinges on FAA regulatory approval
File photo of SpaceX’s Ship 24 vehicle, slated to fly on the Starship integrated flight test. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX continues to prepare for a launch attempt as soon as next week for the first test flight of its Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket, with final work on the ship’s self-destruct…
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China launches ecological environment satellite monitoring system
China has launched its ecological environment satellite monitoring system, according to the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). The system is also a satellite constellation of gross ecosystem product (GEP), which refers to the total value contributed by the ecosystem to human welfare and sustainable economic and social development. The ecological environment satellite monitoring system…
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China releases rocket rideshare schedule in 2023, 2024
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has announced its rocket rideshare program schedule in 2023 and 2024. The program will include nine launch opportunities, with the launch windows running from August 2023 to the fourth quarter of 2024. The CASC’s subsidiaries — the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and the Shanghai Academy of…
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China’s Chang’e 6 mission to carry French equipment
The Chang’e 6 mission, China’s next robotic expedition to the moon, will enable French scientists to put some of their equipment on the silver celestial body’s little-known far side, according to China’s leading space contractor. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, a State-owned conglomerate, said on Monday that, based on a plan jointly made by…
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Test stand for high-thrust liquid rocket engines debugged
The debugging of a test stand for high-thrust liquid rocket engines has been completed in Tongchuan, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) on Sunday. A plan to test the stand has passed evaluation. The CASC will next test the stand, and then make preparations for the stand…
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Relativity Space Shifts Focus to Accelerate Terran R Rocket
Relativity Space is shifting its focus away from the recently tested Terran 1 rocket, to accelerate the Terran R rocket to commercial service, which the company says will meet “significant and growing market demand.” “Our first chapter as a company was to prove to the world 3D printed rockets were viable. We just did that…
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Boeing Delivers Second Pair of O3b mPOWER Satellites to SES
The second batch of SES O3b mPOWER satellites are on the way to Cape Canaveral, after manufacturer Boeing announced on Wednesday that it shipped the satellites. These are the third and fourth satellites for SES’s Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation — the first two satellites launched in December. Boeing is contracted to deliver 11 total O3b mPOWER…
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Cesium Space Introduces Advanced Phased Array Technology for Space Applications
CesiumAstro, a US-based space company, builds high-throughput, software-defined phased array communications payloads for airborne and space platforms, including satellites, missiles, UAVs, and more. Their full-stack, multi-mission hardware and software solutions enable a range of commercial, government, and defense objectives. CesiumAstro provides full in-house design, manufacturing, and testing capabilities based on the AS9100 standard. VISION &…
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Northrop Grumman Expands Launch and Missile Defense Capabilities in Huntsville
Northrop Grumman Corporation cut the ribbon on a new, two-building campus located just outside of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, expanding its launch and missile defense development capability. This campus will be home to over 1,000 Northrop Grumman employees in the Huntsville area. The Northrop Grumman Redstone Gateway campus will include a hardware-in-the-loop integration lab…
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JUICE’s launch campaign in imagery
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated April 13 after scrub. These photos and a time lapse video from the European Space Agency chronicle the final preparations for launch of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, spacecraft from the Guiana Space Center on the second-to-last Ariane 5 rocket. Built by Airbus, the 13,142-pound (5,961-kilogram) JUICE spacecraft was installed on…