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Everything is coming together for launch of NASA’s mission to a metal asteroid
TITUSVILLE, Florida—NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is running a year behind schedule before the beginning of its journey to explore a metal asteroid, but mission managers said Friday the probe is essentially ready for launch in less than two months. The spacecraft is heading for asteroid Psyche, the mission’s namesake, about three times farther from the Sun…
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Everything is coming together for launch of NASA’s mission to a metal asteroid
TITUSVILLE, Florida—NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is running a year behind schedule before the beginning of its journey to explore a metal asteroid, but mission managers said Friday the probe is essentially ready for launch in less than two months. The spacecraft is heading for asteroid Psyche, the mission’s namesake, about three times farther from the Sun…
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Boeing confident in achieving six flights to the ISS despite Starliner delay
Boeing’s Starliner Crewed Flight Test (CFT) which will carry astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams to the International Space Station (ISS) is now delayed to next year, with the earliest chance for launch in March. However, Boeing is still confident it will complete the six crewed flights ordered by NASA despite the planned…
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Satellite Applications Catapult Ready to Tackle Energy Supply Issues with Space Solar Partnership
Satellite Applications Catapult is forming a unique partnership with Space Solar as it looks to meet energy needs of the future. It announced the partnership Aug. 10. The two companies believe the sun and space can power us all into a sustainable future. Space Solar, a spinout from the Catapult, has been operating since April…
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Rocket Report: Astra layoffs; next SLS core stage needs repairs
Welcome to Edition 6.06 of the Rocket Report! This week’s news in space lift includes ups and downs for small launch companies, yet another record for SpaceX’s blistering launch cadence, and some non-news on Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket that still bears mentioning. We also provide updates on the world’s two super-heavy lift rockets—NASA’s Space Launch…
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Telesat’s Lightspeed is Now Fully Funded, MDA to Build Constellation
It is all systems go for Canadian operator Telesat and its Lightspeed LEO satellite constellation. In a surprise announcement on Friday, the company confirmed that the long-awaited constellation is now fully funded and that it has contracted to MDA to build the 198 satellites needed for the system. Lightspeed satellite launches are now scheduled to…
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Virgin Galactic just flew again, but is the company going anywhere?
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico—I’m standing on a spaceport runway at the ass end of nowhere. The sun has started to creep over the craggy San Andreas Mountains, illuminating the massive, alien spaceship-like building here in New Mexico that Virgin Galactic calls home. I have traveled all this way in early August to find a little…
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SCOUT in Collaboration with Stanford University Wins $1.5M Phase II STTR from US Space Force
SCOUT Space, a space technology company dedicated to enabling a new era of space safety and transparency and one of the leading in-space observation data providers, announced it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a Phase II STTR in the amount of $1.5M USD, focused on “Robust Cross-Domain Optical Navigation with Space-Based Sensors” to address…
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Firefly Aerospace and Xtenti Collaborate to Conduct Responsive Space Demonstration Mission
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced a new agreement with Xtenti, an innovative space logistics company, to conduct a responsive space mission with Firefly’s orbital vehicle, Elytra, and Xtenti’s small satellite dispenser, FANTM-RiDE. Scheduled to launch in 2024, the mission supports Xtenti’s follow-on study contract with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to demonstrate…
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DCUBED Announces World-First In-Space Manufacturing Demonstration Mission
DCUBED, the German NewSpace hardware manufacturer, has announced that it is to demonstrate in-space manufacturing as part of a demonstration mission expected in Q1 2024. This will be the first time ever that a product has been manufactured in free space. The demonstration will see the production of a roughly 30-centimetre, 3D-printed truss structure, and is…