Tag: Ground
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Boeing Delivers Second Core Stage of Space Launch System to NASA
Boeing has provided NASA with the second core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Built at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), the core stage is designed to send the Artemis II crew to lunar orbit for the first time in 50 years. The Boeing-built rocket stage, which is the largest component of the…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Suffers Liquid Oxygen Leak After Starlink Satellites Launch
SpaceX launched Falcon 9 with 20 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4E on July 11, 2024, at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Falcon 9’s first stage performed nominally, carrying the second stage and Starlink satellites to orbit, separating from the second stage as expected, and returning to Earth for a successful droneship landing, representing SpaceX’s…
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CAA Certifies Dawn Aerospace’s Rocket-Powered Aircraft for Supersonic Flight
Dawn Aerospace, announced that the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has awarded it a certificate to fly the Mk-II Aurora at unlimited speeds, including supersonic, up to 80,000 feet altitude. This certification permits operations beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) without the need for restricted airspace. The Mk-II Aurora is a rocket-powered aircraft, designed to be…
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ESA’s Meteosat Satellite Advances Towards Launch After Successful Environmental Test Campaign
As climate change drives more frequent and severe weather events, the need for accurate and timely forecasting has never been more critical. And now, the next Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite has passed its environmental test campaign with flying colours, taking it a significant step closer to launch. This new generation of satellites is set…
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NASA Selects BAE Systems to Develop Next-Generation Optical System for HWO Space Telescope
BAE Systems and strategic partners L3Harris Technologies and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) have been selected as one of three teams to mature technologies in support of NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) mission concept. A first of its kind telescope, HWO will be designed to seek out signs of life beyond our solar system…
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General Atomics Secures Contract for Second EWS Satellite and On-Orbit Services from USSF
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded GA-EMS a contract modification to help alleviate Government on-orbit risks through delivery of a second weather satellite and to provide three years of operations services for each of the two satellites to support the Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR)…
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Thales Alenia Space and Exotrail Sign MoU to Develop Software Solutions for Satellite Operations
Thales Alenia Space and Exotrail have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop an innovative surveillance, command and control (SCC) solution designed to meet the needs of constellations of small satellites, based on NewSpace concepts and technologies. This partnership combines the proven satellite systems expertise of Thales Alenia Space with Exotrail’s disruptive space mobility…
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Tyvak International’s Milani Satellite Successfully Completes Qualification and Acceptance Review
Tyvak International SRL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terran Orbital Corporation and a European nano and microsatellite manufacturer based in Turin, Italy, announced the successful achievement of Milani’s Qualification and Acceptance Review. Delivered in March of 2024 to the European Space Agency, the vehicle successfully completed its system level testing with the Hera mothercraft at the…
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Virgin Galactic Completes Construction of New Spaceship Manufacturing Facility in Arizona
Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the completion of its new manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona (Greater Phoenix area), where final assembly of its next-generation Delta spaceships is scheduled to take place starting in Q1 2025. An initial team of Virgin Galactic technical operations and manufacturing personnel has begun preparing the facility to receive and install tooling,…
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Microchip Launches New 64-bit HPSC Microprocessor Family for Autonomous Space Computing
The world has changed dramatically in the two decades since the debut of what was then considered a trail-blazing space-grade processor used in NASA missions such as the comet-chasing Deep Impact spacecraft and Mars Curiosity rover vehicle. A report released by the World Economic Forum estimated that the space hardware and the space service industry…