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China’s Tianzhou-7 cargo craft separates from space station combination
The Tianzhou-7 cargo craft, tasked with carrying supplies for China’s space station, separated from the station combination at 4:30 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time) and switched to independent flight, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The cargo craft will re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere in a controlled manner soon. Most of its components will burn…
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China launches ocean-salinity detection satellite
China sent a new satellite for ocean-salinity detection into space on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The satellite was launched at 6:42 a.m. (Beijing Time) using a Long March-4B Y53 carrier rocket, and has successfully entered its preset orbit. The…
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Chang’e-6 lunar samples displayed at 15th Airshow China
China’s Chang’e-6 mission lunar samples, collected from the far side of the moon, are showcased at the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition on Monday, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The lunar soil on display, weighing approximately 75 mg, represents the first public welfare samples from Chang’e-6. It was collected from…
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Zhuhai Airshow boosts civil uses of aerospace technologies
The 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, which opened in south China’s Zhuhai City on Tuesday, is highlighting the expansion of aerospace technology into everyday life, marked by a flurry of public welfare project agreements. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) held a signing ceremony on Tuesday for the agreements, which cover numerous…
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Rocket Lab Secures Multi-Launch Neutron Contract with Private Satellite Constellation Operator
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed a multi-launch agreement with a confidential commercial satellite constellation operator for its new medium-lift rocket Neutron. Under the contract, Rocket Lab will launch two dedicated missions on Neutron starting from mid-2026. The missions will launch from Rocket Lab Launch…
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Millennium Space Systems Delivers Two Spacecraft for NASA’s TRACERS Mission
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, completed two spacecraft for NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, or TRACERS, mission, which will measure the connection between solar wind and the magnetic field surrounding Earth. “TRACERS will ultimately inform how we understand space weather,” said Dave Machuga, CEO, Millennium Space Systems. “From a national security…
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Elon Musk’s New Government Efficiency Job: Pros and Cons for the Satellite Industry
Elon Musk will co-lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency in the Trump administration, president-elect Donald Trump announced late Tuesday. According to Trump’s press statement, the Department of Government Efficiency will “provide advice and guidance from outside of government,” indicating that Musk will not hold an official government position. This role will likely raise…
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ST Engineering iDirect Wins Belgian/Dutch Navy Deal
ST Engineering iDirect has won a key new navy based contract in Europe. Its Manufacturing Competence Center (MCC) has been selected by Exail, a high-tech industrial company specializing in robotics, maritime and navigation technologies, to deliver the electronics for the underwater drones of the joint Mine Counter Measure Program (MCM) of the Belgian and Dutch navies. ST…
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Boeing Delivers Two O3b mPOWER Satellites to SES
Boeing delivers the 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES. Photo: Boeing Boeing delivered two additional O3b mPOWER satellites to SES, the manufacturer announced Wednesday. The 7th and 8th satellites in the constellation are now en route to Cape Canaveral ahead of planned launch in December. The Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation currently has six…
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For the second time this year, NASA’s JPL center cuts its workforce
Barely nine months after the last cut, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will again reduce its workforce. On Wednesday, the lab will lay 325 employees off, representing about 5 percent of the workforce at the California-based laboratory that leads the development of robotic space probes for NASA. “This is a message I had hoped not to…