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NASA to put Starliner’s thrusters through an extensive workout before next launch
More than half a year after an empty Starliner spacecraft safely landed in a New Mexico desert, NASA and Boeing still have not decided whether the vehicle’s next flight will carry any astronauts. In an update this week, the US space agency said it is still working through the process to certify Starliner for human…
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China Roundup: Third successful EVA and deep-space ambitions as China’s space economy surges
The Shenzhou-19 crew recently conducted their third spacewalk this month as the China National Space Administration announced it is open to including international scientific payloads aboard a forthcoming Mars mission. Meanwhile, bold plans for planetary exploration have been revealed and a design has emerged for a new space telescope with a familiar design. The commercial…
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Game-Changing Predictions for Cybersecurity in 2025
As the space domain continues to evolve, so do its threat actors. In the proverbial game of keeping data safe and secure, how is the cybersecurity world keeping up? Via Satellite spoke with cybersecurity and space experts to predict what’s to come in 2025, including the impact of rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and…
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SpaceX Continues Progress on Next Generation Facilities
With the downtime between Flight 8 and Flight 9, SpaceX is continuing to build Orbital Launch Pad B and has started the demolition of High Bay. Pad B is SpaceX’s next-generation Orbital Launch Pad, while the demolition of High Bay will make way for Gigabay, the next-generation construction and servicing facility. Orbital Pad B SpaceX…
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NASA switches Starliner crew to SpaceX Dragon as testing continues on troubled Boeing capsule
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 members stand inside the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Nov. 13, 2024. From left are Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Commander NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, and Pilot NASA astronaut Mike Fincke. Image: NASA/Josh…
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Rocket Report: Stoke is stoked; sovereignty is the buzzword in Europe
Welcome to Edition 7.37 of the Rocket Report! It’s been interesting to watch how quickly European officials have embraced ensuring they have a space launch capability independent of other countries. A few years ago, European government satellites regularly launched on Russian Soyuz rockets, and more recently on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets from the United States.…
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SES Partners With SpecQtral on Quantum Communications
SES has made an interesting move when it comes to quantum-secure communications. It has teamed up with Singapore-based SpeQtral to develop an interoperable optical ground station (OGS) to establish long-distance satellite-based quantum key distribution (QKD) between Asia and Europe. The two companies announced the MoU on March 28. Under the agreement, the development of an…
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Where is Space’s Place in this New World?
The SATELLITE show is over for another year and what a show it was. There was such a strong energy about the event this year. There is a sense that we are living in strange times and how this all shakes out for the space industry is to be determined. It was hard to ignore…
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Exolaunch – Accessing Space for Small Satellites
Exolaunch, an industry leader headquartered in Germany and further expanded to the US and France, is a premier global launch, deployment, mission management, integration and in-space logistics provider for small satellites. With a decade of flight heritage and over 520 satellites launched across 34 missions to date, Exolaunch leverages industry insight to tailor turnkey solutions…
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Swissto12 Launches HummingLink-SOTP Terminal for GEO Connectivity
Swissto12 released the HummingLink-SOTP, a terminal for Geostationary Orbit (GEO) connectivity that the company says combines a small form factor, high portability, quick deployment, and high-throughput. Swissto12 announced the new terminal on March 25. Swissto12 said it designed the HummingLink-SOTP for GEO satcom-on-the-pause (SOTP) connectivity. HummingLink-SOTP is first released in Ka-band (HummingLink-SOTP-Ka), and in different…