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Rocket Lab returns to flight with Japanese observation satellite
Rocket Lab returns to flight Lifting off at 11:05 P.M. last Thursday, Rocket Lab’s latest Electron flight brings success back to a rocket that has seen a lot of it. If you include the failed mission in September, this was the company’s 10th mission for 2023, its first double digit year since it was founded…
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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser Spaceplane Enters Final Test Campaign
Sierra Space, one of the leading commercial space companies building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space to benefit of life on Earth, has successfully delivered the first Dream Chaser spaceplane, Tenacity, to NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Dream Chaser, the world’s only commercial spaceplane, has entered the final testing…
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Blue Origin ramps up for second launch attempt after delaying return to spaceflight
The New Shepard rocket ship is readied for launch from Launch Site One in West Texas. (Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is heading back to the launch pad again early Tuesday to send its New Shepard rocket ship on an uncrewed space mission for the first time in 15 months. Monday’s…
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Ovzon Awarded a 135 MSEK Order from the Swedish Space Corporation for SATCOM Services
Ovzon announced that the company was in ongoing negotiations with Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) regarding a large order. Ovzon has received an order from SSC for Ovzon’s SATCOM-as-a-Service, including Ovzon mobile satellite terminals. The service will be delivered during large parts of 2024 with start in the first quarter, and the delivery of terminals will…
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So about that Falcon Heavy launch we were talking about…
The Space Force’s spaceplane could be grounded for a bit On Monday, we were expecting upwards to four launches from SpaceX and would have brought the company up to 96 total launches for the year. On Monday we expected two launches, USSF-52, a Falcon Heavy launch with the Air Force‘s X-37B spaceplane on top, and…
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard returns to flight
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is returned to flight on Dec. 19, 2023, from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas. This mission followed a failure during the last New Shepard mission, NS-23, on Sept. 12, 2023. The NS-24 mission lifted off from Launch Site One carrying 33 science and research payloads as well…
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Chinese spaceplane takes flight again; iSpace and LandSpace prepare to hop
China is aiming for a strong finish to 2023, with several high-profile launches happening in a short period. At the same time, both LandSpace, and iSpace have been directing their attention to reusable rocket stages, with vertical takeoff and landing testing of pathfinder prototypes. China’s reusable spaceplane – Chang Zheng 2F/T With the American X-37B…
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A top-secret Chinese spy satellite just launched on a supersized rocket
China’s largest rocket apparently wasn’t big enough to launch the country’s newest spy satellite, so engineers gave the rocket an upgrade. The Long March 5 launcher flew with a payload fairing some 20 feet (6.2 meters) taller than its usual nose cone when it took off on Friday with a Chinese military spy satellite. This…
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Space Explored Podcast 72: Was 2023 a good year for space?
Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Overcast PausePlay% buffered00:0042:08UnmuteMuteDisable captionsEnable captionsSettingsCaptionsDisabledQualityundefinedSpeedNormalCaptionsGo back to previous menuQualityGo back to previous menuSpeedGo back to previous menu0.5×0.75×Normal1.25×1.5×1.75×2×4×PIPExit fullscreenEnter fullscreenPlay The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week’s biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday,…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper Successfully Concludes Testing of Optical Mesh Network in LEO
Since the successful launch and deployment of two prototype satellites in October 2023, Project Kuiper has been conducting extensive testing of its end-to-end communications payload and network. In November, we confirmed we had validated all priority systems and subsystems within 30 days of launch, and we shared a first look at demos over the Kuiper…