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SpaceX announces first human mission to ever fly over the planet’s poles
SpaceX will fly the first-ever human spaceflight over the Earth’s poles, possibly before the end of this year, the company announced Monday. The private Crew Dragon mission will be led by a Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur named Chun Wang, and he will be joined by a polar explorer, a roboticist, and a filmmaker whom he has…
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New Glenn’s maiden flight approaches as hardware undergoes testing
With flight hardware being tested, recovery rehearsals underway, and production facilities growing, Blue Origin is becoming a hive of more visible activity as the company rapidly approaches the first flight of its orbital class rocket, New Glenn. New Glenn Testing Over the past few months, Blue Origin has performed many important tests of New Glenn…
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Terran Orbital Revenue Dips as Cash Supply Dwindles
Terran Orbital’s revenue decreased nearly 6% in the second quarter of 2024 as the company’s supply of cash dwindles. The satellite manufacturer filed its 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 12, but did not publish a press release or hold a call with investors. Revenue in the second quarter was $30.3…
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Event38 adding SpaceX Starlink to drones for BVLOS flights
Image: Andrew Wilber An Event38 employee shared on LinkedIn a tease of an upcoming addition to its E455 drones, SpaceX’s Starlink internet. This use would be linked to its BVLOS variant and would allow higher data rates over long distances with low latency and high reliability. SpaceX’s Starlink internet has grown up over the last…
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Sierra Space Introduces New Solar Array Drive Solutions for High-Volume Satellite Market
Sierra Space, a commercial space-tech company that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth, announced two new complementary products to support the growing satellite market. A new Solar Array Drive Assembly (SADA), with multiple options, and a new commercial variant of its heritage Universal Microstepping Control Driver (UMCD) combine recent technological-component…
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Space Systems Command Posts Solicitation for MEO Satellites
U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) last Friday released the request for proposals for its Epoch 2 (E2) Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) space vehicles for future missile warning and tracking. Up to two firm fixed-price contracts are expected for the “prototyping effort that will deliver a global track access system to contain raids of advanced hypersonic and…
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Launch Roundup: Progress MS-28, Indian SSLV, Chinese CZ-4B, and Falcon 9 flights scheduled
The second full week of August is another busy one, with five flights scheduled including the final certification flight of a new launch vehicle from India. The Falcon 9 and Soyuz rockets were also scheduled to fly this week with one mission to the International Space Station and a pair of non-Starlink flights from both…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Completes Launch for Capella Space’s Earth-Imaging Constellation
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a global company in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 52nd Electron rocket and deployed a single satellite to low Earth orbit for Capella Space. The mission was the latest in a multi-launch contract with Capella Space to deploy a series of its Acadia satellites to low Earth orbit…
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SpaceX Aborts Starlink Satellite Launch at Just 46 Seconds and Reschedules
SpaceX‘s Starlink satellite launch was aborted at the 46-second mark on August 11th, 2024. In spite of multiple launch attempts, the company had to reschedule the launch to August 12, 2024. The SpaceX’s official tweet said, “Today’s Falcon 9 launch of Starlink was paused at T-46 seconds. Vehicle and payload are in good health and…