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NASA Awards Contracts to 15 Companies for Flight and Payload Integration Services
NASA has selected 15 companies to provide flight and payload integration services to advance technologies and procedures for operating in space, including testing in high-altitude, reduced gravity, or other relevant environments. Examples of payloads include NASA science instruments or technology demonstrations. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity base contract awards are firm-fixed-price with a total combined value of $45…
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Second-stage engine of China’s improved Long March-8 rocket passes test
China has successfully tested the second-stage engine of the improved Long March-8 rocket, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). This marks a milestone achievement in the development of the improved Long March-8 rocket. The improved Long March-8 rocket will be one of the main rockets operating in low- and medium- orbits…
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Shenzhou-17 crew completes in-orbit repairs during 2nd extravehicular mission
The Shenzhou-17 crew aboard China’s orbiting space station carried out their second extravehicular mission on Saturday, the China Manned Space Agency has said. Taikonauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin successfully completed all assigned tasks at 1:32 p.m. (Beijing time), after approximately eight hours of extravehicular activities. They worked together closely with the support…
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Several rockets to conduct maiden flights in 2024
Several rockets will make their first flights in 2024, according to a blue book published by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation on Monday. The country is projected to make about 100 space launch missions this year, and among the launches, the carrier rockets Long March-6C, Long March-12 and a modified version of Long…
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Lockheed Martin Makes Bid to Acquire Terran Orbital
Lockheed Martin made an offer to acquire Terran Orbital on Friday, and Terran Orbital responded by adopting a limited duration stockholder rights plan, which is also known as a “poison pill.” According to SEC filings, Lockheed Martin submitted a proposal on March 1 to acquire satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital for $1 in cash for each…
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Blue Origin gets ready for cargo lander’s inaugural moon trip, with humans to follow
An artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 lander on the moon. (Blue Origin Illustration) Update: Blue Origin’s first uncrewed Blue Moon mission is now set for 2026. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is aiming to send an uncrewed lander to the surface of the moon in the next 12 to 16…
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Propulsion demo, climate change monitoring satellite among 53 payloads launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare flight
A collection of 53 payloads are encapsulated inside a pair of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings ahead of the launch of the Transporter-10 rideshare mission set for March 4, 2024. Image: SpaceX For a tenth time in a little more than three years, SpaceX conducted a rideshare mission, carrying dozens of small payloads, called CubeSats…
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SpaceX launched Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites
A Falcon 9 rocket soars through thick fog around Florida’s Space Coast during the launch of the Starlink 6-41 mission on Monday, March 4, 2024. Image: Pete Carstens/Max Q Productions for Spaceflight Now Coming on the heels of the successful launch of the four-person Crew-8 mission heading up to the International Space Station, SpaceX pulled…
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Iridium to Acquire Satelles to Bolster Alternative PNT Capabilities
Iridium is acquiring longtime partner Satelles for its alternative positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service. Iridium plans to use Satelles Satellite Time and Location (STL) service to provide a backup for GNSS/GPS. This the company’s first-ever acquisition, full integration is expected to begin April 1. Iridium reported a growing need for delivering PNT information that…
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Rivada Receives UK Market Access from Regulator
Rivada Space Networks’s now has market access in the United Kingdom after independent communications regulator Ofcom granted the company a license that enables the company to provide satellite communications services in the country. The company is launching a constellation of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to provide government communications, maritime and aviation connectivity, enterprise networking and…