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Aegis Aerospace Advances Lunar Research with Second Test Facility Milestone
Aegis Aerospace Inc. has completed a major milestone on its second lunar test facility. Aegis Aerospace’s first lunar test facility, Regolith Adherence Characterization (RAC), is currently en route to the Moon. RAC will determine how lunar regolith, or lunar dust, adheres to a range of materials exposed to the lunar environment. The data captured will allow…
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Gilmour Space Gets Ready for Pivotal Launch Moment in Australia
Australia could see the launch next month of the first rocket designed and built in Australia. Gilmour Space Technologies announced a launch window starting no earlier than March 15 for the debut flight of Eris, the first Australian-designed and built rocket aiming for orbit. The news follows final airspace approvals from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and Airservices…
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Member of European Parliament Calls for Europe to Assess Non-Starlink Satcom Solutions
A member of the European Parliament is calling for Europe to assess how European satcom solutions can serve as alternatives to Starlink connectivity in Ukraine. This comes after Reuters reported over the weekend that U.S. negotiators raised the possibility of cutting Ukraine’s access to SpaceX-owned Starlink internet if a deal was not reached on access…
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Verizon and AT&T Conduct Satellite-to-Cell Video Call Trials with AST SpaceMobile
Verizon and AT&T have both successfully conducted separate live video calls with AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 2 satellite on Feb. 24. The calls were completed between mobile devices, with one connected via satellite and the other connected via the provider’s respective terrestrial network with AST SpaceMobile. This was Verizon’s first video call with the BlueBird 2…
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ESO’s VLT reveals inner wind layers of distant exoplanet
Using data from the four telescopic units of the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), a team of scientists has successfully peered into the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time. Moreover, the data allowed the team to create a three-dimensional map of the atmosphere. The results showed powerful winds within the…
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SpaceX launches Starlink 12-13 mission on third attempt
Updated at 10:57 p.m. EST, Feb 26: SpaceX landed the first stage booster on the droneship. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the Starlink 12-13 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Following two days of scrubbed attempts, SpaceX managed to send 21 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into…
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Elon Musk insults former ISS commander over Starliner crew situation
Elon Musk then responded directly to Mogensen, saying (verbatim): “You are fully retarded. SpaceX could have brought them back several months ago. I OFFERED THIS DIRECTLY to the Biden administration and they refused. Return WAS pushed back for political reasons. Idiot.” Musk claimed that an offer to bring the crew home had been made but…
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SpaceX crosses 8,000 total Starlink satellites launched with latest Falcon 9 flight
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX Update 9:08 p.m. EST (0208 UTC): SpaceX landed the booster on the droneship. SpaceX launched the first of two planned Starlink flights over the weekend. Up first was the launch of the Starlink 15-1…
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German startup to attempt the first orbital launch from Western Europe
Isar Aerospace, a German startup founded seven years ago, is positioned to become the first in a new generation of European launch companies to reach orbit with a privately funded rocket. The company announced Friday that the first stage of its Spectrum rocket recently completed a 30-second test-firing on a launch pad in the northernmost…