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Microsatellite Startup Astranis Raises $90M, led by Venrock
Read more →: Microsatellite Startup Astranis Raises $90M, led by VenrockAstranis has finished a $90 million financing round led by Venrock, with significant participation from existing investor Andreessen…
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Discoveries at solar system’s distant frontier shed light on how planets form
Read more →: Discoveries at solar system’s distant frontier shed light on how planets formThe uniform color and composition of Arrokoth’s surface shows the Kuiper Belt object formed from a small, uniform,…
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Japanese companies agree to buy Spaceflight rideshare launch broker
Read more →: Japanese companies agree to buy Spaceflight rideshare launch brokerArtist’s concept of a “Sherpa” multi-satellite adapter structure in orbit. Credit: Spaceflight Spaceflight Industries said this week it…
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How a space snowman called Arrokoth is shedding new light on planetary origins
Read more →: How a space snowman called Arrokoth is shedding new light on planetary originsA computer-generated reconstruction of Arrokoth’s shape makes it look like a squashed snowman, but slightly less squashed than…
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Christina Koch having no problems re-adapting to Earth after record space flight
Read more →: Christina Koch having no problems re-adapting to Earth after record space flightSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Christina Koch after landing in Kazakhstan on Feb. 6. Credit:…
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Astroscale, JAXA Partner for Debris Removal Project
Read more →: Astroscale, JAXA Partner for Debris Removal ProjectAstroscale Holdings has been selected as the commercial partner for Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s…
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Thaicom Says it Will Finish Moving Customers to New Satellite This Month
Read more →: Thaicom Says it Will Finish Moving Customers to New Satellite This MonthThaicom has nearly finished migrating customers from Thaicom 5 after the satellite suffered a technical anomaly. The company…
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SES Taps Steel Industry Exec as CFO
Read more →: SES Taps Steel Industry Exec as CFOThe SES Board of Directors has appointed Sandeep Jalan as CFO, effective on May 6. Sandeep succeeds Andrew…
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Spaceflight Industries to Sell Rideshare Launch Business to Japanese Companies
Read more →: Spaceflight Industries to Sell Rideshare Launch Business to Japanese CompaniesSpaceflight Industries is selling its satellite rideshare launch business Spaceflight to Mitsui & Co., in partnership with Yamasa…
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Whip it good! Amazon patents a launch system for snapping payloads into the air — or even into orbit
Read more →: Whip it good! Amazon patents a launch system for snapping payloads into the air — or even into orbitA diagram shows Amazon’s whip-based launch system in operation on a ship. (Amazon Illustration via USPTO) Never let…
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Judge Cites Dish Strategy in Ruling OK-ing T-Mobile, Sprint Merger
Read more →: Judge Cites Dish Strategy in Ruling OK-ing T-Mobile, Sprint MergerA judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York refused a request to…
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Former NASA spaceflight chief now consulting with SpaceX
Read more →: Former NASA spaceflight chief now consulting with SpaceXSTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Bill Gerstenmaier, head of NASA’s human exploration and operations directorate, speaks…