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Valves are a regular concern at SpaceX, just like every other space company
SpaceX is launching a mission about once every four days, and most of those flights are going to space to deploy Internet satellites for the company’s own Starlink broadband network. But this week is different. Aside from two more missions carrying Starlink satellites, SpaceX is preparing to send a four-person crew to the International Space…
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U.S. Space Force Awards IDIQ Contract to Hughes for Proliferated LEO Satellite Services
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, announced that it has been awarded a five-year, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Space Force for proliferated Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-based services. Under the IDIQ vehicle, valued at up to $900 million, the U.S. Department of Defense, other federal agencies and international coalition partners…
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SES Signs Broadband Deal in the Philippines With We Are IT
SES has announced in a new partnership in the Philippines. SES is teaming up with We Are IT (WIT) to deliver connectivity services via the SES-9 satellite to 43 Filipino Commission of Elections offices. SES announced the partnership, Aug. 23. The partnership will see SES enable WIT to deliver connectivity to the commission’s offices in…
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Space Development Agency Selects Mynaric for Optical Ground Terminal Demonstration Project
Mynaric, a provider company of industrialized, cost-effective and scalable laser communications products, announced that it has been selected by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to contribute to an optical ground terminal demonstration. The research and development program’s mission, slated for 2025, is to demonstrate the successful connection between various space-based optical communications terminals (OCTs) and…
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Mission Status Center: surprise switch to recoverable booster for 40th Electron mission
Mission Status Center
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Momentus Uses a Reverse Stock Split to Raise Share Price
In-space transportation company Momentus executed a reverse stock split on Wednesday, to raise the price of its shares so the company can continue trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Momentus was set to execute the reverse stock split at 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 23 at a 1-for-50 ratio. This means that every 50 shares of…
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Booster 9 conducts pre-flight static fire test
SpaceX’s Super Heavy Booster 9 prototype has completed its pre-launch static fire test. This follows roughly two weeks after its first static fire attempt that ended prematurely at only half the expected duration. Work continues in parallel at Starbase to prepare Ship 25 for flight, which could occur in the next week or two, pending…
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India’s Chandrayaan 3 makes successful lunar landing
Updated: 12 p.m. EDT with landing photo The first image released from Chandrayaan 3 on the surface shows part of a landing leg and its accompanying shadow. Image: ISRO. India’s space agency said Wednesday it had successfully landed its Chandrayaan 3 robotic probe on the surface of the Moon. The Chandrayaan 3 lander touched down…
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ClearSpace’s In-Orbit Cleanup Target is Hit by Other Debris
A payload adapter that is the target for ClearSpace’s future debris removal mission was likely hit by other space debris, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Tuesday. ESA reported that a small, untracked object likely collided with the VESPA payload adapter left in-orbit from a 2013 Vega launch — because ESA is now tracking new…
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NASA Selects Geology Team for Artemis III Lunar Mission
NASA has selected the geology team that will develop the surface science plan for the first crewed lunar landing mission in more than 50 years. NASA’s Artemis III mission will land astronauts, including the first woman to land on the Moon, near the lunar South Pole to advance scientific discovery and pave the way for…