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Rocket Lab Announces Launch Window for Astroscale Orbital Debris Inspection Mission
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced it has set the launch window for Astroscale’s orbital debris inspection demonstration mission. The ‘On Closer Inspection’ mission is scheduled to launch during a 14-day window that opens on February 19th NZDT. The mission will lift off from Rocket Lab…
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Amazon Web Services Starts a New Space Accelerator in India
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is starting a new Space Accelerator, a mentorship opportunity designed to foster India-based startups focused on space technology. AWS announced the program on Wednesday and said the 14-week program will catalyze innovation in India’s space economy, which is poised to reach $44 billion by 2033. This program follows the agreement AWS…
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SpaceX launches billion-dollar environmental research satellite for NASA
A long exposure shows the Falcon 9 climbing to orbit and the first-stage entry and landing burns. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now. SpaceX launched an environmental research satellite for NASA early Thursday, a nearly $1 billion spacecraft that survived multiple cancellation threats and is now poised to shed new light on climate change and the complex…
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Gilat Receives Multimillion-Dollar Contract for Defense Satellite Connectivity Project
Gilat Satellite Networks, one of the worldwide leaders in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced that the company was awarded a multimillion-dollar defense satellite connectivity project. Gilat’s SkyEdge IV platform and Taurus-M modems will be augmenting the advanced satellite communications capabilities for a leading governmental defense organization. SkyEdge IV is Gilat’s next-generation multi-service platform…
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NASA’s JPL lays off more of its workforce as budget concerns linger
JPL reduces workforce due to lower MSR funding Tuesday JPL shared to its workforce that it will be laying off about 8% of its workforce plus an additional 40 contractors in order to reduce costs. This is all because NASA has begun cutting how much it’s spending on Mars Sample Return, JPL’s current big project,…
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NASA Launches PACE Satellite in New Climate Mission to Study the Ocean and Atmosphere
The NASA PACE spacecraft encapsulated before launch. Photo Credit: NASA Goddard/Denny Henry SpaceX launched NASA’s satellite mission to study ocean health, air quality, and the effects of climate change into orbit early Thursday morning. After being rescheduled twice due to weather conditions, PACE — the Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem satellite — launched aboard a…
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Daily Telescope: A bright nebula in a one-horned constellation
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…
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Dream Chaser undergoes NASA testing ahead of first flight
Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser vehicle is one step closer to launching no earlier than the first half of 2024 following testing at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility, formerly known as Plum Brook Station, in Ohio. NSF was among a select group of media members that received access to the vibration testing chamber where the vehicle…
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GEOST Selected to Supply Missile Warning Sensor for Sierra Space Satellites
GEOST, a LightRidge Solutions Company, announced that it has been awarded the opportunity to provide the mission payloads as a subcontractor under prime awardee Sierra Space for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tracking Layer Tranche 2 missile warning and tracking satellites. The Tracking Layer Tranche 2 satellites are a critical component in SDA’s proliferated warfighting space…
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ThrustMe Secures Contract from CNES for Several Off-the-Shelf Propulsion Systems
ThrustMe, a pioneering leader in advanced in-orbit propulsion systems, proudly announced a transformative off-the-shelf contract with the French Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES). This purchase agreement is a testimony to the rapidly changing aerospace sector, where the lines between the legacy and new space are blurring. Long-standing actors such as CNES can benefit from complete…