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China to begin construction of space station this year
Read more →: China to begin construction of space station this yearComponents for the Long March 5B rocket that will launch the core module of China’s space station. Credit:…
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Four concepts chosen for NASA’s Pioneers program
Read more →: Four concepts chosen for NASA’s Pioneers programNASA has selected four astrophysics mission concepts that will be in the running to join its Pioneers program.…
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Nokia Deploys Globalstar’s Band 53 Spectrum at Port of Seattle
Read more →: Nokia Deploys Globalstar’s Band 53 Spectrum at Port of SeattleGlobalstar revealed Jan. 7 that business partner Nokia entered into an agreement with Tideworks Technology to deploy Globalstar’s Band…
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New image of Mars’ Valles Marineris reveals its enormous scale
Read more →: New image of Mars’ Valles Marineris reveals its enormous scaleValles Marineris, also known as Mariner Valley, is a vast, expansive canyon covering a quarter of Mars’ equator.…
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EU Needs to Pick One Mission for European LEO Constellation
Read more →: EU Needs to Pick One Mission for European LEO ConstellationOn December 23, shortly before the holidays, I received a press release that headlined: “European space and digital…
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NASA selects potential small-scale astrophysics missions, Hubble measures exoplanet’s odd orbit
Read more →: NASA selects potential small-scale astrophysics missions, Hubble measures exoplanet’s odd orbitThe Hubble Space Telescope has successfully measured the highly eccentric and distant orbit of an exoplanet circling a…
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Virgin Orbit will launch a test rocket from the wing of a 747 plane as soon as Wednesday
Read more →: Virgin Orbit will launch a test rocket from the wing of a 747 plane as soon as WednesdayJanuary 7: VO now has a more firm date of Wednesday, January 13. Virgin Orbit has announced the…
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SpinLaunch expanding team at Spaceport America to prepare for unique test launch
Read more →: SpinLaunch expanding team at Spaceport America to prepare for unique test launchSpinLaunch is a company founded in 2014 to develop a new way to launch payloads into space. Now…
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ESA Director General Jan Woerner to Step Down Early
Read more →: ESA Director General Jan Woerner to Step Down EarlyEuropean Space Agency (ESA) Director General Jan Woerner has decided to step down from his position at the…
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SpaceX delivers for Turkey in first launch of 2021
Read more →: SpaceX delivers for Turkey in first launch of 2021Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into space from Cape Canaveral and…
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Airbus Closed 2020 With Intelsat OneSat Order, Forecasts More Deals This Year
Read more →: Airbus Closed 2020 With Intelsat OneSat Order, Forecasts More Deals This YearLast year, Airbus had the target of selling three of its new flexible OneSat satellites to customers around…
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Looking back on the failed ‘Mars One’ project
Read more →: Looking back on the failed ‘Mars One’ projectBack in 2011, a company called Mars One was founded by a small private Dutch organization with a…