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Launch Roundup: Electron launches for the 50th time; Falcon 9 returns to normal operations
Concluding a rare week that was void of any launches and riddled with scrubs, the spaceflight industry looks to return to the planned course of action with four launches from all over the world. This week, the 50th launch of Electron has taken flight, and SpaceX and CASC continue to dominate the launch calendar. SpaceX…
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China completes propulsion system test for manned lunar mission launch vehicle
China on Friday completed a test run of the propulsion system for the first stage of the Long March-10 carrier rocket, the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT), its developer, has announced. The Long March-10 carrier rocket is a three-and-a-half-stage rocket, developed for China’s manned lunar mission that will launch new-generation manned spacecraft and…
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Retired engineer discovers 55-year-old bug in Lunar Lander computer game code
On Friday, a retired software engineer named Martin C. Martin announced that he recently discovered a bug in the original Lunar Lander computer game’s physics code while tinkering with the software. Created by a 17-year-old high school student named Jim Storer in 1969, this primordial game rendered the action only as text status updates on…
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Retired engineer discovers 55-year-old bug in Lunar Lander computer game code
On Friday, a retired software engineer named Martin C. Martin announced that he recently discovered a bug in the original Lunar Lander computer game’s physics code while tinkering with the software. Created by a 17-year-old high school student named Jim Storer in 1969, this primordial game rendered the action only as text status updates on…
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Blue Origin joins SpaceX and ULA in new round of military launch contracts
After years of lobbying, protests, and bidding, Jeff Bezos’s space company is now a military launch contractor. The US Space Force announced Thursday that Blue Origin will compete with United Launch Alliance and SpaceX for at least 30 military launch contracts over the next five years. These launch contracts have a combined value of up…
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Blue Origin joins SpaceX and ULA in new round of military launch contracts
After years of lobbying, protests, and bidding, Jeff Bezos’s space company is now a military launch contractor. The US Space Force announced Thursday that Blue Origin will compete with United Launch Alliance and SpaceX for at least 30 military launch contracts over the next five years. These launch contracts have a combined value of up…
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Aerospacelab to Build Vyoma Satellite for Space Situational Awareness
Vyoma signed a contract with Belgian small satellite manufacturer Aerospacelab for a second space situational awareness (SSA) satellite. The satellite is set for launch late 2025 at the earliest, according to a June 13 announcement. Vyoma ordered its pilot satellite from EnduroSat in 2023. That satellite is set to launch in February 2025. The company…
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Ovzon is Ready to Begin Ovzon 3 Era
Ovzon will soon be selling services based on its Ovzon 3 satellite. Its Ovzon 3 satellite has reached Geostationary Orbit (GEO) after a five-month journey in space. The satellite is expected to enter commercial service mid-year 2024. Ovzon announced the satellite reaching its orbital position, June 14. Initial tests have been conducted by the manufacturing…
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Spire and Thales to Build Air Traffic Management Constellation
Spire Global is working with Thales and European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) to build a specialized satellite constellation for air traffic management. The companies announced a memorandum of cooperation on June 13. Spire will build more than 100 satellites that will collect Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) messages broadcast from aircraft. This data will provide real-time…