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LeoLabs Provides Tracking Support for ESA’s Historic Aeolus Reentry
LeoLabs, one of the leading commercial providers of Space Traffic Management (STM) and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, shared their support for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) successful assisted reentry of Aeolus, an Earth observation satellite, over Antarctica on 28 July 2023. This assisted reentry was considered the “first-of-its-kind” because the satellite, named Aeolus, was…
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Rocket Lab Snags Launch Deal with Japan’s iQPS
Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS has tapped Rocket Lab for a dedicated Electron launch, switching mission providers after Virgin Orbit went out of business. The mission is set for September and will launch the company’s QPS-SAR-5 satellite named “TSUKUYOMI-I.” iQPS originally contracted Virgin Orbit for the launch, announced in May of 2022, but Virgin Orbit…
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BAE Systems Signs Agreement to Acquire Ball Aerospace for $5.5 Billion
BAE Systems announced a definitive agreement for the proposed acquisition of Ball Aerospace for approximately $5.55 billion. The Ball Aerospace legacy of achieving advances in national security space architecture, mission-enabling technologies, and scientific discoveries is complementary to BAE Systems’ portfolio and culture. The proposed acquisition of Ball Aerospace represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a…
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Rocket Report: Russian rocket lands like an airplane; SpaceX steamroller rolls
Welcome to Edition 6.07 of the Rocket Report! I spent a few days last week in southern New Mexico, visiting Spaceport America and Virgin Galactic’s facilities there. I felt a renewed sense of optimism about the company’s future among the people there and pride in reaching a more operational cadence of missions. Here’s hoping they…
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With NASA’s mobile launcher on the move, here’s a road map to Artemis II
NASA’s repaired and upgraded mobile launch platform moved back to its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center this week. This marks a transition from refurbishment after the launch of the Artemis I mission last year into preparations for Artemis II—the Moon program’s first flight with astronauts. The giant structure sustained more damage than expected…
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True Anomaly Unveils State-of-the-Art Spacecraft Manufacturing Facility
True Anomaly, the technology company safeguarding global security by ensuring space access and sustainability for all, hosted the grand opening of its state-of-the-art spacecraft manufacturing facility, GravityWorks, in Centennial, Colo. The company also announced it recently received authorizations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to perform non-Earth…
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True Anomaly Opens New Manufacturing Facility Ahead of 2024 Mission
True Anomaly, which recently emerged from stealth mode, opened a new spacecraft manufacturing facility called GravityWorks in Centennial, Colorado on Aug. 17. The company gave a bold projection for the new facility, saying its novel assembly line approach will be able to produce a fully-tested satellite every five days. The 35,000-square-foot facility serves as the…
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VPT Introduces New SVLFL5000 Series of Space-Qualified DC-DC Converters
VPT, a HEICO company, has announced the availability of its SVLFL5000 Series of space-qualified DC-DC converters. Characterized by Total Ionizing Dose (TID) performance, including Enhanced Low Dose Rate Sensitivity (ELDRS), to 60 krad, the series is operable over the full military temperature range (-55 °C to +125 °C) with no power derating, and is suited…
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China launches satellite dedicated to disaster management
China launched a satellite early on Sunday morning dedicated to natural disaster prevention and mitigation, according to the China National Space Administration. The remote sensing satellite, Land Surveyor 4A, was carried into orbit on a Long March 3B rocket that blasted off at 1:26 am from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China’s Sichuan…
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National Youth Space Innovation Competition Held in South China
The finals of the 2023 National Youth Space Innovation Competition were launched on Monday in Wenchang City of south China’s Hainan Province, providing teenagers with an opportunity to share their wisdom on aerospace innovation. Speaking at the finals, Fang Xiangming, deputy Party chief of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), said that young…