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Seattle Tech Week highlights how unorthodox routes can lead to careers on the space frontier
Joydeep Hazra, program director for electric vehicles at South Seattle College, holds up a prototype Mars rover during a Seattle Tech Week session. He’s surrounded by, from left, Alec Courtright, technical program manager at EarthDaily Federal, Anjali Roychowdhury, lead software engineer at SpaceX; Kayla VanderPutten, technical recruiter at Anduril Industries; and moderator Amy Miller, head…
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Space Force Advances Evolved Strategic SATCOM Program with Phase 3 Mission Planning Award
The U.S. Space Force is advancing the nation’s strategic communications architecture with the procurement of a vital mission planning application for the Evolved Strategic SATCOM, or ESS, system to deliver secure, highly resilient connectivity for national leadership and strategic forces. The Acting Space Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Satellite Communications and Positioning, Navigation and Timing…
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Ship 40’s flawless flight promotes next mission catch potential
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 demonstrated that the Ship can complete its mission and return intact, surviving water impact without destruction. The Booster, however, remains a work in progress as SpaceX continues refining the clean-sheet Block 3 design. Building on a series of targeted splashdowns, the Ship’s strong performance has prompted SpaceX to evaluate whether the…
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Psyche Nails Mars Gravity Assist, Puts Instruments to the Test Ahead of 2029 Asteroid Arrival
The encounter served two purposes. The gravitational boost adjusted Psyche’s path and increased its speed, and the well-mapped planet acted as a practice target for the tools that will eventually investigate the asteroid. Data returned after the flyby showed the instruments performed as expected and matched established knowledge about Mars, while adding several observations from…
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Space Force Taps Sphinx Defense for $287 Million Nuclear Command Software
The Ground Resilient Integration and Framework for Operational Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications framework serves as the primary software ground segment for the ESS weapon system, replacing legacy ground infrastructure used by the Advanced Extremely High Frequency constellation. Built using the Department of Defense’s Software Acquisition Pathway, the application layer emphasizes containerized microservices and rapid…
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Roman Space Telescope Set for August 30 Falcon Heavy Launch, Eight Months Ahead of Schedule
The mission aims to study dark energy, dark matter, and new cosmic phenomena by imaging millions of galaxies, billions of stars, and thousands of supernovae. The August 30 date is eight months ahead of schedule. The telescope is named for Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer, credited as the “mother” of the Hubble telescope,…
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Mapex AI Expands Government and International Geospatial Projects
Mapex AI Private Limited, a geospatial technology company, had expanded its operations internationally by delivering geospatial solutions that processed spatial data for analysis. The Company had developed expertise in delivering GIS-based Master Planning, Land Information Systems, Property Tax Solutions, Utility Mapping, Digital Twins, Navigation, High-Precision Surveys, Enterprise GIS and Geospatial Data Infrastructure to support India’s…
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Launch Preview: Falcon 9 and Chang Zheng rockets set to launch this week
Five orbital launches are scheduled worldwide for this week. In China, a Chang Zheng 6A and Chang Zheng 7A are set to launch two unknown payloads into orbit. Meanwhile, SpaceX has three Falcon 9 launches on the manifest from Florida and California, with two Starlink missions and a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.…
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Symphony Advances Adagio Space-as-a-Service for Orbital Infra
Symphony Space is developing a Space-as-a-Service technology platform designed to simplify access to orbit for commercial, government, academic and defense users. Instead of requiring customers to build and operate dedicated satellites, the company provides a reusable orbital infrastructure where payloads can be hosted through a subscription-based model. By eliminating the need for costly hardware ownership…
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Virgin Media O2 Exec Explains Strategic Approach to Direct-to-Device With O2 Satellite
Virgin Media O2 has long been one of the strongest players in the U.K. mobile market. In February this year, the operator began service on O2 Satellite, its direct-to-device enabled by SpaceX’s Starlink. It is a bold move and potentially signals a new era of satellite connectivity in the U.K. Virgin Media O2. The company…