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ZhuQue-2 prepares for flight three; LandSpace announces larger rocket
LandSpace, the company that launched the first methane-based rocket, ZhuQue-2, successfully to orbit, was all over the news in the last few weeks. Signs intensified about an imminent third launch of the methane rocket, while the company also detailed ZhuQue-3: its upcoming stainless steel rocket. ZhuQue-2 Launch 3 Signs of an upcoming launch of ZhuQue-2…
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ESA Successfully Completes Full-Scale Rehearsal of its New Ariane 6 Rocket
ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehearsal in preparation for its first flight, when teams on the ground went through a complete launch countdown followed by a seven-minute full firing of the core stage’s engine, as it would fire on a launch into space. For this rehearsal, the boosters were not ignited…
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ReOrbit’s Report Highlights Software-Defined Satellites for Enhanced Mission Efficiency
The global space sector is experiencing exceptionally strong growth driven by new supply and demand dynamics, disruptive innovations, and transformational business models. In a more open, competitive, and collaborative environment, digital technologies have emerged as an essential growth lever for the space industry, as per other major industries, such as automotive and aeronautics. Hardware has…
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Get SAT to Provide Electronic Steerable Antennas in Support of AFRL’s DEUCSI Program
In an exciting development for space-based communication infrastructure, Get SAT, one of the leading companies in Electronic Steerable Antennas (ESA), announced its role as a pivotal partner in the recently awarded project by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to SES Space & Defense. Under the framework of the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space…
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From Countdown to Touchdown: Flying Aboard Virgin Galactic
For only the second time, VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic’s suborbital space plane, was transformed into a science laboratory. Galactic 05 successfully completed its mission on Nov. 2, but for Kellie Gerardi, Galactic 05 crewmember and Virgin Galactic Astronaut 021, the training and preparation for the flight goes back almost a decade. She sat down with…
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Open Cosmos Awarded £5M UK Government Project to Deliver More Satellites in Its New Facilities
In a move that further cements its position as a leading pioneer in the UK’s burgeoning space sector, Open Cosmos has been awarded a £5 million project from the UK government’s Space Clusters and Infrastructure Fund (SCIF). Open Cosmos will use the funding to expand its manufacturing and R&D capability for microsatellite and constellation markets,…
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China launches tech-experiment satellite
China on Thursday sent a technology experiment satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The experiment satellite for satellite internet technologies was launched at 6:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket, and entered its planned orbit successfully. The launch is the 498th mission of…
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NASA will launch a Mars mission on Blue Origin’s first New Glenn rocket
The first flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket seems to have a payload. Instead of launching a sports car, as SpaceX did with its first Falcon Heavy rocket, Jeff Bezos’s space company will likely launch a pair of Mars probes for NASA. NASA is aware of the risk of launching a real science mission…
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Thanksgiving in space over the years
The first people to celebrate Thanksgiving in space were the crew of the final Skylab mission (Skylab 4): Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue. To celebrate the day, Pogue and Gibson completed a 6 1/2 hour space walk (yes, even when it’s a holiday on the ground doesn’t mean the astronauts…
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UK Space Agency Announces Funding for 23 Ground-Breaking Space Technology Projects
The UK Space Agency has announced 23 innovative and inventive projects that could boost UK leadership in new space technologies and applications around the world. The Enabling Technologies Program (ETP) provides opportunities for the UK space sector to accelerate the development of leading-edge technologies that could be used to tackle global problems and benefit the…