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Sierra Space Introduces Axelerator with Groundbreaking Defense Tech Innovations
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and emerging defense tech prime building a platform in space to benefit and protect life on Earth, announced the launch of Sierra Space Axelerator, an innovation-at-speed incubator designed to fast-track the development of revolutionary defense technologies and mission solutions. Axelerator is set to redefine industry standards by delivering cutting-edge…
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Interlune comes out of stealth with its plan to harvest helium-3 and more on the moon
An artist’s conception shows Interlune’s robotic harvester on the moon. (Interlune Illustration) Seattle-based Interlune officially lifted the curtain today on its plans to build a robotic harvester that could extract helium-3 from moon dirt and send it back to Earth for applications ranging from quantum computing to fusion power. Rob Meyerson, a co-founder of the…
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Lynk Deploys Two Additional Orbital Cell Phone Towers in Space
Lynk Global, one of the world’s leading satellite-direct-to-mobile-phone (“Sat2Phone”) telecoms providers, announced the successful deployment of two more “cell-towers-in-space.” The satellites will further Lynk’s efforts to provide universal mobile connectivity. The two satellite cell towers were launched on the Transporter-10 rideshare mission launched by SpaceX on March 4 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.…
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SpaceX launches Starlink mission on third attempt from Kennedy Space Center
On its third launch attempt, SpaceX was able to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-44 mission on March 15, 2024. Image: Pete Carstens/Spaceflight Now The third time proved to be the charm for SpaceX as it was able to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-44 mission Friday night from…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 4th Mission for Longtime Partner Synspective
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, launched its 45th Electron rocket, successfully deploying a fourth synthetic aperture radar satellite to Synspective’s Earth-observation constellation. “Owl Night Long,” a dedicated mission for Synspective, launched from Pad B at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 04:03 NZDT…
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Mining helium-3 on the Moon has been talked about forever—now a company will try
Two of Blue Origin’s earliest employees, former President Rob Meyerson and Chief Architect Gary Lai, have started a company that seeks to extract helium-3 from the lunar surface, return it to Earth, and sell it for applications here. The company has been operating in stealth since its founding in 2022, but it emerged on Wednesday…
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Black Sky Wins $24M AFRL Contract for Global Moving Target Engagement
BlackSky won a $24 million Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract to develop moving target engagement services, the company announced Wednesday. BlackSky received an initial award of $3.5 million. Blacksky said it will use its Spectra tasking and analytics platform to demonstrate how AI and machine learning techniques affect multi-INT collection, automatic tipping-and-cueing, direct downlink…
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China accelerating development of two large reusable rocket models
China’s development of both 4-meter-diameter and 5-meter-diameter reusable rockets is being accelerated, with their inaugural flights scheduled for 2025 and 2026, respectively. The manufacturing of these two new large reusable launching vehicle models is a response to growing demand in the commercial space market, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Reusable rockets are…
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Rocket Lab launches fourth satellite for Japanese Earth-imaging company, Synspective
Rocket Lab’s 45th Electron rocket to date launches on the “Owl Night Long” mission for Synspective. Image: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab launches its third Electron mission of the year and its fourth for Japanese Earth-imaging company, Synspective. The mission, dubbed “Owl Night Long,” lifted off on March 13 from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex-1 in Mahia,…
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Daily Telescope: Gigantic new stars stir up a nebula
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a…