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SpaceX launches, lands first stage booster for record-setting 25th time during Starlink flight
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 booster, B1067, on the Starlink 12-12 mission on Jan. 10, 2025. This was the first time an orbital class rocket launched for a 25th time and went on to land successfully as well. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update 2:37 p.m. (1937 UTC): SpaceX safely landed the first stage booster on…
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NASA Expands Rocket Lab’s VADR Contract to Include Neutron Rocket
NASA has added Neutron launch services to Rocket Lab’s existing Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract, Rocket Lab announced Jan. 9. Rocket Lab has been eligible for NASA VADR launch contracts since 2022 and the Electron vehicle has provided four launches between the VADR PREFIRE and VADR TROPICS missions. This addition makes Neutron…
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BlackSky Reports Wins With Space Force TacSRT Pilot Program
BlackSky has won multiple contracts for its analytics services through a new pilot program from the U.S. Space Force’s Global Data Marketplace (GDM), the company announced Friday. The Global Data Marketplace is part of Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking Program (TacSRT), a pilot program that has been in operation for a year to get commercial…
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York Space Systems Achieves First LEO Inter-Vendor Laser Link for PWSA
York Space Systems (York), the Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, has completed the first low Earth orbit (LEO) inter-vendor laser communication link for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). This groundbreaking achievement connected a Tranche 0 Transport satellite built by York with a Tranche 0 Tracking satellite…
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ISS National Lab Secures $650,000 in Funding for Technology Advancement in LEO
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is soliciting flight concepts for technology advancement that utilizes the space-based environment of the orbiting laboratory. This solicitation, “Technology Advancement and Applied Research Leveraging the ISS National Lab” is open to a broad range of technology areas, including chemical and material synthesis in space, translational medicine, in-space edge…
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China successfully sent Shijian-25 satellite
China successfully sent a test satellite, Shijian-25, into space on Tuesday morning, using a Long March-3B rocket for the launch. The rocket blasted off at 4:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province, bringing the payload into the preset orbit later. The launch marked China’s first rocket launch in…
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Beijing doctors accomplish world’s first ultra-long-distance surgery on a patient in Xizang with help of communication satellite
Chinese doctors based in Beijing recently performed the world’s first ultra-long-distance surgery on a liver cancer patient thousands of kilometers away in Lhasa, Southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, with the help of China’s communication satellite. The APSTAR-6D communication satellite used in the surgery is operated by APT Mobile Satcom Limited (APSAT) and developed by the…
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Shenzhou-18 astronauts meet press after return from space
The three astronauts from China’s Shenzhou-18 crewed mission met with the press on Wednesday, marking their first public appearance since returning from space two months ago. All three crew members — Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu — are in good physical and mental health. Their muscle strength, endurance and exercise cardiopulmonary function have…
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China deploys satellites for Xizang 6.8-magnitude quake rescue efforts
China deployed several remote-sensing satellites to capture images of the quake-hit areas in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the region’s Dingri County on Tuesday morning. Eight satellites, including the Gaofen series satellites and a land ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite, were mobilized to observe the quake-hit areas, according to the China…