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Arianespace’s Vega C Rocket Returns to Flight in Copernicus Mission
Arianespace‘s Vega C rocket returned to flight on Thursday, its first launch after a failure during its second mission two years ago. Vega C launched on December 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, lofting the Sentinel-1C Earth observation satellite to orbit. Vega C launched at 6:20 p.m. local time in Kourou, French Guiana. The…
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Trending Magnetometers in 2024
Magnetometers are essential instruments in satellite systems, specifically designed to measure the intensity and direction of magnetic fields. These advanced devices play a critical role in attitude control and determination systems, enabling satellites to orient themselves accurately in space. By detecting variations in Earth’s magnetic field, magnetometers provide valuable data to determine the satellite’s orientation…
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Artemis II rescheduled for spring of 2026 as program decides on path forward
The Artemis II mission, humanity’s first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon since 1972, will wait longer to get off the ground. Originally planned for September 2025, Artemis II will now fly no earlier than April 2026 but will fly with the original Orion command module and heat shield. A heat shield replacement…
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A taste of space on Earth: Astronaut training startup raises $4M to market way-out experiences
Brienna Rommes, Orbite’s chief astronaut trainer, guides participants in the Astronaut Orientation program through a presentation on spaceflight. (Photo Courtesy of Magali Maricot) Seattle-based Orbite says that it’s completed a $4 million funding round and sealed a strategic deal with Accor, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, to advance its plans for offering space-oriented…
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Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator: Does he have The Right Stuff?
Jared Isaacman with his family after the Polaris Dawn mission. Image: Polaris Program Heavy bias towards SpaceX is a concern Since flying on Inspiration4, Isaacman has embedded himself in the support of SpaceX and its mission for making humanity multi-planetary. In fact, the Polaris Program is basically a means to help support SpaceX in learning…
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Europe’s Meteosat 3rd-Gen Most Advanced Weather Satellite Became Fully Operational
EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites became fully operational. MTG-Imager 1 also receives a new name, Meteosat-12, to mark the occasion. The two main instruments on board Meteosat-12, the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) and the Lightning Imager (LI), play a crucial role in enabling meteorological services to help protect lives and livelihoods by providing high-resolution,…
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Trump nominates Jared Isaacman to become the next NASA administrator
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday he has selected Jared Isaacman, a billionaire businessman and space enthusiast who twice flew to orbit with SpaceX, to become the next NASA administrator. “I am delighted to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished business leader, philanthropist, pilot, and astronaut, as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),” Trump…
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Intuitive Machines Partners with Johns Hopkins APL for Lunar Communications and Navigation
Intuitive Machines, a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, has announced it has entered into a Cooperation Agreement with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to advance safe, secure, and reliable lunar communications and navigation infrastructure in cislunar space. Cislunar space encompasses the region of space that extends from Earth’s gravitational influence…