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China Sends TJS-27 Pair Into New Orbit, Orbits First Third-Generation Tianlian Relay
Read more →: China Sends TJS-27 Pair Into New Orbit, Orbits First Third-Generation Tianlian RelayA Long March 6A lifted off at 9:00 p.m. Eastern July 29 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The…
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Here’s how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA’s Swift mission
Read more →: Here’s how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA’s Swift missionOne week ago, more than 200 miles above the Earth, a refrigerator-size satellite making its way toward an…
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Resecurity Joins Space ISAC to Strengthen Space Cybersecurity Collaboration
Read more →: Resecurity Joins Space ISAC to Strengthen Space Cybersecurity CollaborationCybersecurity company Resecurity has joined the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC), expanding the organization’s network…
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ArianeGroup Completes Wet Dress Rehearsal for Themis Reusable Booster
Read more →: ArianeGroup Completes Wet Dress Rehearsal for Themis Reusable BoosterArianeGroup has completed a wet dress rehearsal of its Themis reusable booster demonstrator at the Esrange Space Centre…
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K2 Space Raises $500 Million in Series D, Valuation Approaches $7 Billion
Read more →: K2 Space Raises $500 Million in Series D, Valuation Approaches $7 BillionK2 has positioned itself around a strategy of building bigger satellites for both commercial and defense customers. Its…
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Space Force Opens $981M Contract Pool to Fix Simulator Shortfall
Read more →: Space Force Opens $981M Contract Pool to Fix Simulator ShortfallThe Space Force was stood up in December 2019. Despite that span of time, the people responsible for…
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SpaceX Rebuilds Starbase Pad 1 While Block 3 Starships Fly From Pad 2
Read more →: SpaceX Rebuilds Starbase Pad 1 While Block 3 Starships Fly From Pad 2The Pad 1 retrofit began shortly after the end of Flight 11 and Block 2 of Starship. The…
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Poland to Create Space Operations Command in Sweeping Armed Forces Reform
Read more →: Poland to Create Space Operations Command in Sweeping Armed Forces ReformThe command is one element of a wider reform intended to create flexible structures that do not require…
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NASA Opens First Major New Wind Tunnel in More Than 40 Years at Langley
Read more →: NASA Opens First Major New Wind Tunnel in More Than 40 Years at LangleyThe new facility combines and improves upon the capabilities of two historic NASA Langley wind tunnels, the 20-Foot…
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SpaceX Reaches 90th Orbital Launch of 2026 With Latest Starlink Mission
Read more →: SpaceX Reaches 90th Orbital Launch of 2026 With Latest Starlink MissionThe Starlink 17-52 mission lifted off four days later than originally planned. As is usual, SpaceX did not…
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Tesla Weighs China Business Sale as Possible Prelude to SpaceX Merger
Read more →: Tesla Weighs China Business Sale as Possible Prelude to SpaceX MergerThe reported rationale centers on geopolitical concerns rather than financial ones. The story is framed not as a…
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Japanese Probe Sets Record With 400-Meter Asteroid Flyby
Read more →: Japanese Probe Sets Record With 400-Meter Asteroid FlybyThe maneuver marks the second time Japan has set the record in this category. The agency previously executed…