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Amazon’s Project Kuiper prototype satellites are ‘stable in orbit’ and collecting key data
Read more →: Amazon’s Project Kuiper prototype satellites are ‘stable in orbit’ and collecting key dataA member of Amazon’s Project Kuiper mission management team in Redmond, Wash., helps monitor the satellites’ activity in…
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Twenty years after first crewed mission, China looks to lofty goals
Read more →: Twenty years after first crewed mission, China looks to lofty goalsOn Oct. 15, 2003, a Chang Zheng 2F lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in…
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SpaceX gearing up for a possible WDR as it waits for regulatory approval
Read more →: SpaceX gearing up for a possible WDR as it waits for regulatory approvalWhile Ship 26 started its engine testing campaign, SpaceX looks to be gearing up for a Wet Dress…
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NASA Psyche launches on SpaceX’s fourth Falcon Heavy of 2023
Read more →: NASA Psyche launches on SpaceX’s fourth Falcon Heavy of 2023One of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy side booster landing at CCSFS’s LZ-1 or 2. Image: Seth Kurkowski / Space…
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NASA should consider commercial alternatives to SLS, inspector general says
Read more →: NASA should consider commercial alternatives to SLS, inspector general saysIn recent years NASA has acknowledged that its large Space Launch System rocket is unaffordable and has sought…
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NASA just launched the Psyche mission—no one knows what it will find
Read more →: NASA just launched the Psyche mission—no one knows what it will findCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—A roughly 3-ton spacecraft launched Friday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin a…
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NASA’s DSOC Experiment to Demonstrate Laser Communications as Part of Psyche Mission
Read more →: NASA’s DSOC Experiment to Demonstrate Laser Communications as Part of Psyche MissionNASA’s pioneering Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment will be the first demonstration of laser, or optical, communications…
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites on its second Friday launch
Read more →: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites on its second Friday launchA Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites, delayed by upper level winds and held up for the…
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Open Cosmos Announces MANTIS Satellite Launch on Upcoming SpaceX Transporter 9 Mission
Read more →: Open Cosmos Announces MANTIS Satellite Launch on Upcoming SpaceX Transporter 9 MissionOpen Cosmos, a space mission and data provider, and the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced plans for…
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Stellant Systems to Acquire Comtech’s Power Systems Technology Line
Read more →: Stellant Systems to Acquire Comtech’s Power Systems Technology LineStellant Systems is acquiring Comtech’s Power Systems Technology (PST) product line for $40 million, the companies announced Friday.…