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Shenzhou-15 taikonauts complete their second spacewalk
The Shenzhou-15 taikonauts on board the orbiting Chinese Tiangong space station recently completed their second spacewalk, according to the China Manned Space Agency. Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu, together with Deng Qingming who worked inside the space station to support his crewmates, collaborated to accomplish all set tasks. Fei and Zhang safely returned to the…
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Virgin Galactic gears up to return to flight next quarter
VMS Eve returns to Spaceport America Earlier this week, VMS Eve, the mother ship that carries VSS Unity for an air launch, returned to Spaceport America, New Mexico, after a lengthy refurbishment program. The work was mainly done to Eve’s horizontal stabilizers and the mounting point for Unity. This test flight was the final step…
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Rocket Lab Signs Multi-Launch Deal with Capella Space
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, announced it has secured a multi-launch deal for a rapid succession of four Electron missions for Capella Space, an American space tech company and the world’s leading provider of commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery. Scheduled for launch beginning in the second half…
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Samsung Electronics Launches Standard 5G NTN Modem Tech to Power Two Way Communication
Samsung Electronics announced the launch of its standardized 5G non-terrestrial networks (NTN) modem technology for direct communication between smartphones and satellites, especially in remote areas. Samsung plans to integrate this technology into the company’s Exynos modem 5300 solution, accelerating the commercialization of 5G satellite communications and paving the way for the 6G-driven Internet of Everything (IoE)…
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SpaceX rocket boosts U.S.-Russian-Emirati crew into orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft lift off at 12:34 a.m. EST (0534 GMT) Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday from Kennedy Space Center with a four-man crew heading for a six-month stay on the International Space Station, including the…
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Viasat, Ligado, and Skylo to Collaborate on Direct to Device Services
Viasat, Ligado Networks, and Skylo Technologies plan to work together to offer direct-to-devices services, the companies announced Thursday. The three companies have signed a non-binding MoU to offer direct-to-device (D2D) satellite services via Ligado’s SkyTerra satellite network. The companies intend to launch commercial services in 2023 across a range of market segments including consumer smartphone,…
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SpaceX and NASA are ready to reattempt Crew-6 launch tonight
SpaceX and NASA sign off on launch attempt After investigating the issue found very early Monday morning, SpaceX found that a clogged filter caused the error that showed up just before liftoff. SpaceX replaced the filter and purged the lines with nitrogen to get everything ready for launch. Yesterday NASA officials, SpaceX employees, and members…
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SDA Awards Raytheon and CesiumAstro Contracts for PWSA Network
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded both Raytheon Technologies and CesiumAstro contracts announced Thursday related to its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) network. Raytheon Technologies received an award valued at more than $250 million to deliver a seven-vehicle missile tracking satellite constellation, as well as support launch and ground operations. The Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation…
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Study highlights concerns over satellite interference with Hubble observations
A raw Hubble image shows a satellite streak. (NASA / ESA / STScI / Kruk et al. / Nature) An analysis of more than 100,000 images from the Hubble Space Telescope, conducted with the aid of artificial intelligence and hundreds of human volunteers, confirms that satellites including SpaceX’s Starlink spacecraft are increasingly interfering with astronomical…
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GHGSat Announces the Launch of 6 New High-Resolution Emission Monitoring Satellites in 2023
GHGSat, one of the global leaders in high-resolution emissions monitoring from space, has confirmed the upcoming launches of six additional satellites in 2023. The first three are GHGSat satellites, named Mey-Lin (C6), Gaspard (C7) and Océane (C8), which will travel into orbit this Spring onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-7 rideshare mission. GHGSat’s satellite methane sensors have set…