Tag: Launch
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson to Visit India and UAE to Discuss Space Cooperation
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will travel to India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a series of meetings beginning Nov. 27, with key government officials. Nelson also will meet with space officials in both countries to deepen bilateral cooperation across a broad range of innovation and research-related areas, especially in human exploration and Earth…
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Sener to Lead the Design and Manufacture of Space Capsule for Comet Interceptor Mission
The Sener engineering and technology group has been selected to lead the design and manufacture of the probe for the Comet Interceptor space science mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). More specifically, Sener has signed a contract with OHB Italia, which leads the mission and the…
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Skyrora and Spirit AeroSystems Collaborate to Enhance UK’s Future Launch Capability
Skyrora and Spirit AeroSystems have announced a collaboration on orbital launch capability. The companies celebrated the announcement on the conference’s opening day in Belfast, home to Spirit’s largest UK manufacturing facility. UK-based, launch-vehicle manufacturer, Skyrora is developing an agile, end-to-end, launch service to provide access to space for small satellites globally. Having conducted a test…
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ESA Successfully Completes Full-Scale Rehearsal of its New Ariane 6 Rocket
ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehearsal in preparation for its first flight, when teams on the ground went through a complete launch countdown followed by a seven-minute full firing of the core stage’s engine, as it would fire on a launch into space. For this rehearsal, the boosters were not ignited…
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UK Space Agency Announces Funding for 23 Ground-Breaking Space Technology Projects
The UK Space Agency has announced 23 innovative and inventive projects that could boost UK leadership in new space technologies and applications around the world. The Enabling Technologies Program (ETP) provides opportunities for the UK space sector to accelerate the development of leading-edge technologies that could be used to tackle global problems and benefit the…
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Thales Alenia Space to Provide Communication Transponder for AYAP-1 Lunar Research Mission
Thales Alenia Space (a joint venture between Thales, 67%, and Leonardo,33%) has signed a contract with TÜBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBITAK UZAY) to provide a Communication Transponder for AYAP-1, Turkey’s first lunar mission. The Lunar Research Program (AYAP) is an integral part of the National Space Program led by the Turkish Space Agency, with…
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Astrolab Secures $160 Million in New Contracts to Deploy Customer Payloads Using FLEX Rover
Venturi Astrolab announced it has reached an agreement with eight enterprise customers to use its Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover to deploy the customers’ payloads on Astrolab’s upcoming mission to the Moon which is known as Mission 1. Five customers are releasing details of their payloads: Argo Space, Astroport, Avalon Space, Interstellar Lab, and…
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L3Harris Space Reflectors Successfully Deployed on Hughes JUPITER 3 Communications Satellite
L3Harris Technologies successfully deployed reflectors onboard the Hughes JUPITER 3 ultra high-density satellite to provide HughesNet internet access across the Americas and to support enterprise networks, in-flight Wi-Fi, cellular backhaul and community Wi-Fi solutions. “L3Harris designed and delivered four reflectors for the largest commercial communications satellite ever built,” said Ed Zoiss, President, of Space and…
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Viasat’s Arctic Broadband Expansion Nears as Spacecraft Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing
Viasat, one of the global leaders in satellite communications, has announced the second satellite in the upcoming Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission has completed thermal vacuum testing at Northrop Grumman’s Dulles, VA, site: a significant milestone as the project looks to connect the Arctic region with high-speed broadband in the second half of 2024. The mission,…
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NASA Advances Toward Using Plutonium-238 for Fueling Space Missions
The recent shipment of heat source plutonium-238 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory to its Los Alamos National Laboratory is a critical step toward fueling planned NASA missions with radioisotope power systems. This shipment of 0.5 kilograms (a little over 1 pound) of new heat source plutonium oxide is the…