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NASA Ships Shoebox-Sized Navigation Payload to Intuitive Machines for First Lunar Relay Satellite
Altus-1 is the first of a planned network of lunar relay satellites being developed under Intuitive Machines’ Near Space Network Services contract with NASA. The relays are designed to provide communications and navigation support for missions at the Moon, including the challenging lunar South Pole region where Artemis astronauts will land in 2028 and where…
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True Anomaly Completes First In-Space Pursuit of an Evading Satellite Under VICTUS HAZE
The sortie marked an escalation from True Anomaly’s first VICTUS HAZE objective in July, in which the spacecraft found and characterized a non-evasive Puma in an unknown orbit. This time, the target did not cooperate. “We understood that Jackal was capable for this next phase in the mission,” True Anomaly COO Sarah Walter said. “The…
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Longest Total Solar Eclipse Until 2114 Set to Cross Spain and North Africa Next August
The path of totality begins in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Strait of Gibraltar before making landfall in southern Spain and northern Morocco. The Moon’s shadow then crosses Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt, traverses the Red Sea into Saudi Arabia and Yemen, hops across the Gulf of Aden and over Somalia, and departs Earth…
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Stoke Space Advances Nova Launch Vehicle for Rapid Space Access
Stoke Space is developing Nova, a launch vehicle designed around 100% and rapid reusability to provide frequent and cost-effective access to orbit. Unlike conventional launch systems that discard major vehicle components after flight, Nova is being engineered to enable both stages to be recovered and reused. Stoke’s approach is intended to amortise production costs across…
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Rocket Lab Secures Three Dedicated Launch Contract from iQPS
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced that a multi-launch deal has been signed with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, for three new dedicated launches on Electron. This contract is the third multi-launch booking on Electron by iQPS announced in less than a year – bringing the total…
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SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana
SpaceX and the state of Louisiana are close to finalizing a deal for the launch company to acquire about 130,000 acres along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. There have been persistent rumors about such an agreement for months, but now The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate reports that Louisiana Gov. Jeff…
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Interlune and Vermeer Expand Partnership for Lunar Infrastructure Development
Interlune, a space infrastructure and resources company, and Vermeer Corporation, an industrial equipment manufacturer, have announced that they will expand their strategic partnership to develop and deliver the critical infrastructure and services necessary for a permanent human presence on the Moon. The expanded collaboration between the companies had built on a joint development agreement that…
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Astro Digital Selects Everspin Technologies 64Mb STT-MRAM for Raven Bus GEO Satellite Mission
Everspin Technologies, the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) solutions, announced that Astro Digital has selected Everspin’s PERSYST 64Mb STT-MRAM for use on an upcoming Raven bus geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) satellite mission. Everspin’s PERSYST MRAM is designed for embedded systems that require persistent, high-speed memory with strong endurance and…
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Ravee Optics Advances Optical Communications Technology for Space Connectivity
Ravee Optics is developing compact optical communication systems designed to support the growing demand for high-speed and scalable data transfer across satellite constellations and airborne platforms. Headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, the company focuses on advancing laser-based communications technologies that enable spacecraft to exchange large volumes of information with greater efficiency than conventional radio frequency (RF)…
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AFRL Adds $11.7M to Blue Origin’s Point-to-Point Cargo Contract
Blue Origin landed a $11.7M modification to its existing contract with AFRL to study how its launch technologies can be used to complete point-to-point cargo delivery missions for the DoD—bringing the total contract value to ~$13M. The contract is part of the DoD’s expanding efforts to use space for military logistics, which includes both rocket-based…