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Launch Roundup: Boeing Starliner delayed and China launches new rocket variant
This week was expected to see the maiden launches of two new spacecraft: Boeing’s crewed Starliner spacecraft and the first Chang Zheng 6C rocket from China. The launch of Starliner’s Crewed Flight Test (CFT) mission will be the first crewed launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station since the Apollo era, as well as the…
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Starfish tests satellite rendezvous system — and wins a $37.5M Space Force contract
An artist’s conception shows the Otter Pup satellite. (Starfish Space Illustration) Months after Starfish Space said it was giving up on its plan to test its satellite docking system in orbit, due to a thruster failure, the Tukwila, Wash.-based startup managed to coax one last rendezvous out of its first space mission. And this week…
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Muon Space and Earth Fire Alliance Reveal FireSat Constellation for Global Wildfire Response
Muon Space, an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates mission-tailored low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, in partnership with Earth Fire Alliance (EFA), has announced the launch of FireSat Constellation. This groundbreaking initiative aims to transform global wildfire response and enhance climate resilience worldwide. FireSat has been developed over the last five…
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SES Secures Broadcast Capacity Deal With QVC
SES has secured new capacity deals with QVC for the U.K. and Germany. SES has worked with QVC for many years. QVC is one of the most world’s most well-known brands in video commerce, which includes video-driven shopping across linear TV, e-commerce sites. SES announced the new capacity deal, May. 7. For QVC Germany, the…
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Starliner launch scrubbed by trouble with a valve in the Atlas 5’s Centaur upper stage
Update 1:38 a.m. EDT May 7, 2024: In a blog post early Tuesday, NASA said launch of Boeing’s Starliner astronaut ferry ship will be delayed until at least Friday “to complete data analysis on a pressure regulation valve on the liquid oxygen tank of the Atlas 54 rocket‘s Centaur upper stage and determine whether it…
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ICEYE Launches APIs to Make its SAR Satellite Constellation Accessible to Customers
ICEYE, the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations, has launched two new application programming interfaces (APIs). Through a self-driven, automated process, these interfaces provide faster access to imagery from the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation. The first API automates the satellite tasking process, enabling machine-to-machine interactions for this critical step. Customers who…
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Rocket Lab Completes Assembly of 3D Printed Archimedes Engine for Neutron Launch Vehicle
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed the first full assembly of its Archimedes engine, the new 3D-printed, reusable, rocket engine for the Company’s Neutron medium-lift launch vehicle. Rocket Lab has begun an intensive test campaign that will feature a number of engine system activations leading…
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Faulty valve scuttles Starliner’s first crew launch
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams climbed into their seats inside Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft Monday night in Florida, but trouble with the capsule’s Atlas V rocket kept the commercial ship’s long-delayed crew test flight on the ground. Around two hours before launch time, shortly after 8:30 pm EDT (00:30 UTC), United Launch Alliance’s launch team stopped…
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SpaceX Unveils Extravehicular Activity Suit for Polaris Dawn Spaceflight Program
SpaceX unveiled the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suit that the Polaris Dawn crew will wear during their mission. Approximately 700 km above Earth, the SpaceX EVA suit will support the Polaris Dawn crew in the vacuum of space during the first-ever commercial astronaut spacewalk. Evolved from the Intravehicular Activity (IVA) suit, the EVA suit provides greater…