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Rocket Report: Daytona rocket delayed again; Bahamas tells SpaceX to hold up
Welcome to Edition 7.40 of the Rocket Report! One of the biggest spaceflight questions in my mind right now is when Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket will fly again. The company has been saying “late spring.” Today, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel said they were told June. Several officials have suggested to Ars that the…
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Rocket Report: Daytona rocket delayed again; Bahamas tells SpaceX to hold up
Welcome to Edition 7.40 of the Rocket Report! One of the biggest spaceflight questions in my mind right now is when Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket will fly again. The company has been saying “late spring.” Today, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel said they were told June. Several officials have suggested to Ars that the…
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PLD Space and D-Orbit Signs Launch Deal for Upcoming Equatorial Missions
PLD Space, an international space services company with vertical integrated engineering and manufacturing, has signed an agreement with D-Orbit, a global leader in space logistics and orbital transportation, to deploy satellites aboard MIURA 5 to equatorial orbit. With this, PLD Space has now fulfilled more than 80% of the slots in its manifest until 2027.…
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DIFI Plans European PlugFest to Test Updated Interoperability Standard
The Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability Consortium (DIFI) group is planning a second European PlugFest in Germany this September to bring together companies from around the world to test the interoperability of their digital ground systems. DIFI-member companies will be able to test their systems for interoperability with the equipment of multiple vendors based on the…
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Interlune wins $4.8M grant for Texas center focusing on simulated moon dirt
An artist’s conception shows Interlune’s robotic regolith harvester on the moon. (Interlune Illustration) Seattle-based Interlune has won a grant of up to $4.84 million from the Texas Space Commission to open a center of excellence at NASA’s Johnson Space Center that would focus on simulated moon rocks and soil. The center would be part of…
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There’s a secret reason the Space Force is delaying the next Atlas V launch
Pushed by trackmobile railcar movers, the Atlas V rocket rolled to the launch pad last week with a full load of 27 satellites for Amazon’s Kuiper Internet megaconstellation. Credit: United Launch Alliance Last week, the first operational satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband network were minutes from launch at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.…
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NASA to Fly First Quantum Sensor for Gravity Measurements
Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, private companies, and academic institutions are developing the first space-based quantum sensor for measuring gravity. Supported by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), this mission will mark a first for quantum sensing and will pave the way for groundbreaking observations of everything from petroleum reserves to…
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Space Force Outlines Elements of Space Warfighting In First Framework
The U.S. Space Force on Thursday released its first-ever Space Warfighting framework, outlining the activities and considerations to fight in, and out of, space to achieve superiority in the domain. The framework flows from the appreciation that the military space operations are foundational to joint force operations, enabling global communications, power projection, and long-range kill chains.…
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Dawn Aerospace Partners with Top US Universities for Suborbital Research Flights
Dawn Aerospace, a global leader in sustainable space transportation, is proud to announce plans to fly research payloads from three leading US institutions-Arizona State University, California Polytechnic State University, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab on its rocket-powered aircraft, the Mk-II Aurora. The flights, scheduled for April and June 2025, will showcase the Mk-II Aurora’s…
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Why are two Texas senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian?
Should the city of Houston, which proudly bills itself as “Space City,” have a prized Space Shuttle orbiter on public display? More than a decade ago, arguably, the answer was yes. After all, the Space Shuttle program was managed from Johnson Space Center, in southeastern Houston. All the astronauts who flew on the shuttle trained…