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UK Loses 340 Million Pounds on Eutelsat OneWeb Starlink Bet
Read more →: UK Loses 340 Million Pounds on Eutelsat OneWeb Starlink BetThe UK government backed OneWeb as a strategic national asset and a hedge against dependence on Starlink. That…
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NASA Sets August 30 Launch for Roman Space Telescope on Falcon Heavy
Read more →: NASA Sets August 30 Launch for Roman Space Telescope on Falcon HeavyThe Roman telescope is named after NASA’s first chief astronomer. It was built and tested at the agency’s…
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Pentagon Awards $7.1M to Scale Satellite Cover Glass in Ohio
Read more →: Pentagon Awards $7.1M to Scale Satellite Cover Glass in OhioIs U.S. Satellite Solar Cell Glass a National Security Vulnerability? $7.1 million. That is what the Pentagon judged…
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Arianespace Chief Urges EU or Germany to Order Ariane 6 in Blocks of 10 to 20
Read more →: Arianespace Chief Urges EU or Germany to Order Ariane 6 in Blocks of 10 to 20Cavaillolès made the comments to German defence publication Hartpunkt during a broader discussion of rising demand for military…
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JAXA RV-X Completes 10m Hop Test at Noshiro
Read more →: JAXA RV-X Completes 10m Hop Test at NoshiroDid JAXA Just Fly Japan’s First Reusable Rocket Prototype? JAXA’s RV-X experimental vehicle lifted 10 meters off a…
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Will Russia’s answer to the Falcon 9 rocket ever take flight?
Read more →: Will Russia’s answer to the Falcon 9 rocket ever take flight?Everyone seems to be launching and landing rockets these days. Last week, China joined the club of countries…
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Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada
Read more →: Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, CanadaAs smoke from hundreds of burning wildfires spread across Canada and the United States, the first three operational…
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Helium Escape Reveals Atmosphere on Rocky Habitable-Zone Planet 48 Light-Years Away
Read more →: Helium Escape Reveals Atmosphere on Rocky Habitable-Zone Planet 48 Light-Years AwayThe finding, reported on 16 July in Science by Collin Cherubim of Harvard University and an international team,…
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Space Force Chief Nominee Warns of China’s “Breathtakingly Fast” Space Advances
Read more →: Space Force Chief Nominee Warns of China’s “Breathtakingly Fast” Space AdvancesSchiess described the pace of China’s development in space as “breathtakingly fast,” using that assessment to frame the…
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The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency hasn’t moved as fast as anyone would like
Read more →: The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency hasn’t moved as fast as anyone would likeThe Space Development Agency was established in 2019 to help speed up the deployment of US military space…
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Starlink Laser Communications Will Support NASA Artemis III
Read more →: Starlink Laser Communications Will Support NASA Artemis IIINASA’s upcoming Artemis III mission will use Starlink mini laser terminals from SpaceX to downlink imagery and video…
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SES, Airbus and Noordwijk to Develop Satellite Optical Ground Station for EAGLE-1
Read more →: SES, Airbus and Noordwijk to Develop Satellite Optical Ground Station for EAGLE-1SES, a space solutions company, jointly with Airbus Netherlands B.V. signed a ground lease agreement with the Dutch…