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Why did NASA’s chief just shake up the agency’s plans to land on the Moon?
NASA acting Administrator Sean Duffy made two television appearances on Monday morning in which he shook up the space agency’s plans to return humans to the Moon. Speaking on Fox News, where the secretary of transportation frequently appears in his acting role as NASA chief, Duffy said SpaceX has fallen behind in its efforts to…
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It wasn’t space debris that struck a United Airlines plane—it was a weather balloon
The mysterious impact of a United Airlines aircraft in flight last week has sparked plenty of theories as to its cause, from space debris to high-flying birds. However the question of what happened to flight 1093, and its severely damaged front window, appears to be answered in the form of a weather balloon. “I think…
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Muon Space to Adopt Starlink Laser Terminals on its Satellites
Muon Space is integrating Starlink laser terminals onboard its satellites to give its constellation customers near real-time data transmission. Muon Space said Tuesday that this agreement integrates its satellites into Starlink’s global digital infrastructure. Muon Space designs and builds satellite constellations for customers based on its Halo platform. The company said it has already started…
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Novaspace Projects $665 Billion in Satellite Build and Launch Activity
Novaspace launches the 28th edition of Satellites to Be Built and Launched, revealing a decade of record-breaking orbital growth. More than 43,000 satellites are expected to launch by 2035, averaging 12 satellites and 8 tons of payload every day. This surge is set to drive a $665 billion market in manufacturing and launch services, fueled…
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GomSpace Secures ESA Contract to Advance Satellite Control Software
GomSpace has secured a significant contract valued at EUR 760,000 (8.5 MSEK) with the European Space Agency (ESA) to accelerate the development of its next-generation Attitude and Orbit Control Software (AOCS) to be rolled out in the next 18 months. This contract marks a pivotal step in advancing satellite positioning and orientation capabilities for both…
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Avio Signs €40 Million Contract With ESA to Develop Reusable Upper Stage Technologies
Developing advanced technologies aimed at the in-flight demonstration of a reusable upper stage: this is the strategic objective of the €40 million contract signed by Avio and the European Space Agency (ESA). The 24-month contract marks a significant step forward in the transition of European launch systems toward full reusability, in line with the most…
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NovaSpace: Consulting to Generate the Next Era of Space Innovation
NovaSpace is emerging as a leading global consulting firm in the space sector, offering strategic guidance, technical expertise, and market intelligence across key domains such as satellites, Earth observation, launch systems, ground infrastructure, and space logistics. With a mission to shape sustainable and commercially viable space ventures, the company supports clients from concept to operations…
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics Selected by ESA to Develop Spacecraft for ESA-EC “IOD/IOV” Program
ESA, through its European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), has selected Lithuania’s Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) to build a large CubeSat platform for its in-orbit demonstration/in-orbit validation (IOD/IOV) programme. Under the project name IHE1-5 CubeSat, NanoAvionics, a leading small satellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, will build a 12-16U IOD/IOV spacecraft. In particular, the company…
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Something from “space” may have just struck a United Airlines flight over Utah
The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed Sunday that it is investigating an airliner that was struck by an object in its windscreen, mid-flight, over Utah. “NTSB gathering radar, weather, flight recorder data,” the federal agency said on the social media site X. “Windscreen being sent to NTSB laboratories for examination.” The strike occurred Thursday, during…
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SpaceX Hits Milestone of More than 10,000 Starlink Satellites Launched
SpaceX has now launched more than 10,000 Starlink satellites after a double-header of Starlink launches on Sunday from Florida and California. On Oct. 19, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 mission from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1:39 p.m. EDT. It then launched a second Falcon 9 mission less than two hours later from Vandenberg Space…