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Ursa Major and Raytheon Complete Successful Flight Test of Advanced Rocket Motor
Raytheon, an RTX business, and Ursa Major announced its advanced long-range solid rocket motor completed a successful missile flight test for the U.S. Army. The companies’ combined experience and expertise in digital engineering was a critical factor in accelerating the design and development of this transformational capability. “These long-range solid rocket motors will allow the…
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Chang’e-6 lunar mission listed as global top 10 engineering achievements 2024
The Global Top 10 Engineering Achievements 2024 were announced Wednesday in Beijing by the Chinese Academy of Engineering’s journal, Engineering. The list includes CAR-T cell therapy, Chang’e-6 lunar mission, low-Earth-orbit communication satellite constellation, flexible displays, high-temperature gas-cooled-reactor nuclear power station, smart factories, autonomous vehicles, surgical robots, the Sora video-generation artificial intelligence model, and ultra-large wind…
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China launches new satellite group
China sent a new group of satellites into space on Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. Launched at 2:50 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket, the satellite group, the PIESAT-2 09-12 satellites, entered the preset orbits successfully. The launch marks the 553rd flight mission of the Long…
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Shenzhou-19 crew completes first extravehicular activities
Shenzhou-19 crew members aboard China’s orbiting space station completed the first extravehicular activities (EVAs) of their mission at 9:57 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, worked for nine hours on completing multiple tasks, including the installation of space-debris protection devices. They…
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China makes breakthrough in developing 220-metric-ton high-thrust hydrogen-oxygen engine
China has successfully completed a test of a 220-metric-tonne high-thrust hydrogen-oxygen engine for the first time in Xi’an, north China’s Shaanxi Province, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Group on Wednesday. The test achieved a significant breakthrough in China’s research on high-thrust staged combustion hydrogen-oxygen rocket engines. It also lays a solid propulsion…
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Momentus Partners with SpaceX to Deploy Commercial Payloads on Rideshare Mission in 2026
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company offering satellite buses, technologies, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, announced it has signed a contract with SpaceX to join an upcoming Transporter rideshare mission launching as soon as early 2026. Momentus plans to use this port for the launch of its flight-proven Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV) to…
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FAA gives Flight 7 the Go Ahead, SpaceX to complete final steps ahead of launch
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved SpaceX’s Flight 7 of Starship. The news came shortly after Ship 33 completed engine testing at Masseys and rolled back into Mega Bay 2. SpaceX must now put the final touches on its vehicles before teams are ready. Flight 7 Regulatory Side On Dec. 17, the FAA released…
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Airbus and CNES Complete TELEO Optical Link Demonstration
Airbus and the French Space Agency CNES have completed the TELEO mission demonstrating very high throughput laser communications between Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Earth. TELEO is an optical communications payload hosted onboard the Arabsat Badr-8 telecommunications satellite that launched in 2023. According to CNES, TELEOS demonstrated reliable links to the prototype ground station called FrOGS…
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ThinKom Antenna Supports Satcom for Recent Rapcon-X ISR Flight
A ThinKom ThinAir antenna was the primary communications technology onboard the Rapcon-X aircraft’s recent inaugural flight. Rapcon-X is an aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (A-ISR) solution by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) that uses a Bombardier Global 6500 jet for its base configuration. In November, Sierra Nevada announced the aircraft’s first successful flight from Hagerstown, Maryland. …
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Trending Satellite Deployers in 2024
Satellite Deployers are specialized systems designed for space missions to launch satellites efficiently and reliably into their designated orbits. These critical devices ensure the safe deployment of satellites during launch missions, protecting them from mechanical stresses and environmental conditions until they reach their intended destination. These systems may utilize mechanisms like springs, hinges, and pyrotechnics…