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Arianespace and BULL Further Collaborates for Space Debris Mitigation on Ariane 6
Arianespace and BULL, in 2024, signed a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) to collaborate on space debris mitigation, based on a common understanding of the importance of sustainability in space. Under the MOU, Arianespace and BULL performed a first step of a feasibility study to implement the HORN PMD (Post Mission Disposal) device, which is being…
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China successfully launches new satellite group
China sent a new satellite group into space on Friday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province. The satellite group, which will constitute the Spacesail Constellation — a commercial Chinese low-orbit satellite network, was launched at 3:08 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and entered its preset…
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Quantic Wenzel Oscillators Selected for NASA JPL’s VenSAR Instrument on ESA’s EnVision Mission
Quantic Wenzel, an industry leader in mission-critical frequency control and timing solutions, announced its selection to deliver space-qualified 10 MHz oven-controlled crystal oscillators (OCXOs) in support of NASA’s Venus Synthetic Aperture Radar (VenSAR), an instrument designed to fly on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Envision mission. Envision will study Venus’s atmosphere, surface and subsurface with…
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SpaceX’s SLC-6 redevelopment green light
In a pivotal step forward for an increase in commercial spaceflight from the West Coast, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) has issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) authorizing sweeping changes to SpaceX’s launch and landing aspirations at the Vandenberg Space Force Base. The decision clears the path…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 11-19 mission on Oct. 19, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 19, 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC): SpaceX deployed the 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched its 50th Falcon 9 rocket of the year from…
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NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad
The Orion spacecraft, which will fly four people around the Moon, arrived inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida late Thursday night, ready to be stacked on top of its rocket for launch early next year. The late-night transfer covered about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from one facility to…
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The search for aliens is right under our noses… it’s us
A NASA concept for a base on the Moon. Image: NASA These habitats are humanity in disguise: domes of regolith, inflatables, and modules that let us breathe, eat, and dream in places that would otherwise kill us in seconds. Daily life as heavenly wanderers From the outside, our technology looks like armor. From the inside,…
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SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 31st flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 10-17 mission. This was the record-breaking 31st flight of Falcon 9 booster, 1067. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now SpaceX broke another reuse record on Sunday when it launched a Falcon 9 booster…
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Rocket Report: China launches with no advance warning; Europe’s drone ship
Welcome to Edition 8.15 of the Rocket Report! This year has been, at best, one of mixed results for SpaceX’s Starship program. There have been important steps forward, including the successful reuse of the rocket’s massive Super Heavy booster. Clearly, SpaceX is getting really good at launching and recovering the 33-engine booster stage. But Starship…
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Rocket Report: China launches with no advance warning; Europe’s drone ship
Welcome to Edition 8.15 of the Rocket Report! This year has been, at best, one of mixed results for SpaceX’s Starship program. There have been important steps forward, including the successful reuse of the rocket’s massive Super Heavy booster. Clearly, SpaceX is getting really good at launching and recovering the 33-engine booster stage. But Starship…