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Chinese smallsat launcher fails
Read more →: Chinese smallsat launcher failsA Kuaizhou 1A rocket takes off Saturday from the Jiuquan launch base. Credit: CASIC A Chinese small satellite…
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Astra launch falters during first stage burn
Read more →: Astra launch falters during first stage burnAstra’s Rocket 3.1 takes off from Kodiak Island, Alaska. Credit: Astra / John Kraus Astra’s privately-developed small satellite…
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Kuaizhou-1A fails during Jilin-1 launch
Read more →: Kuaizhou-1A fails during Jilin-1 launchChina launched a new high-resolution remote sensing satellite for the Jilin-1 satellite constellation on Saturday morning from the…
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Registration is open for NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge
Read more →: Registration is open for NASA’s International Space Apps ChallengeSince 2012, NASA”s International Space Apps Challenge is a yearly hackathon that engages people across the globe to…
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OmegA Launch Tower to be demolished as KSC 39B fails to become a multi-user pad
Read more →: OmegA Launch Tower to be demolished as KSC 39B fails to become a multi-user padFollowing the cancellation of Northrop Grumman’s OmegA rocket, work to demolish the vehicle’s launch tower on a repurposed…
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Lockheed Martin to Build Smallsats for Far-Off Binary Asteroid Mission
Read more →: Lockheed Martin to Build Smallsats for Far-Off Binary Asteroid MissionThe University of Colorado Boulder and Lockheed Martin are working on a smallsat mission called Janus to capture…
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Stacking of next Atlas 5 rocket begins at Cape Canaveral
Read more →: Stacking of next Atlas 5 rocket begins at Cape CanaveralThe first stage for ULA’s next Atlas 5 rocket mission was raised on a mobile launch platform Friday…
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NASA challenges companies to mine lunar soil
Read more →: NASA challenges companies to mine lunar soilCredit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA announced Thursday it plans to purchase lunar soil from a commercial company, an effort…
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GHGSat Secures $30 Million in Series B Funding
Read more →: GHGSat Secures $30 Million in Series B FundingGHGSat revealed Thursday that it has successfully completed the first portion of Series B funding, raising $30 million.…
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Amazon Web Services Hires Peter Marquez to Lead Space Policy
Read more →: Amazon Web Services Hires Peter Marquez to Lead Space PolicyPeter Marquez. Photo via Andart Global Amazon Web Services (AWS) has hired Peter Marquez as head of Space…
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Asteroid named after renowned Chinese scientist
Read more →: Asteroid named after renowned Chinese scientistBEIJING, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — An asteroid has been named after renowned Chinese scientist Wu Weiren, chief designer…
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Comsat Forms Distribution Agreement With Orbit Communications Systems
Read more →: Comsat Forms Distribution Agreement With Orbit Communications SystemsComsat revealed on Wednesday the signing of a new distribution agreement with Orbit Communications Systems, a global provider…