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AAC Clyde Space, with its partner TNO, have successfully transferred data from a compact laser SATCOM terminal, called SmallCAT, onboard a spacecraft in LEO to Earth — this demonstrates that […]
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Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or the “Company”) today announced the completion of its first spaceflight of 2024 and 11th mission to date. Today’s ‘Galactic 06’ flight […]
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Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering information, education and collaboration for the global space ecosystem, today released The Space Report 2023 Q4, which shows the busiest year ever for […]
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PLD Space has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission (EC) as one of the five companies that will launch institutional missions into space in […]
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Chinese news agency Xinhua is reporting that the nation launched the Lijian-1 Y3 carrier rocket with five satellites onboard on January 23, 2024. The rocket blasted off at 12:03 p.m. […]
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On Jan. 19, 2024, at 10:20 a.m. EST, the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed on the lunar surface. Five days later, NASA’s Lunar […]
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Latitude, the company that designed the French light space launcher Zephyr scheduled for maiden launch in 2025, continues its rapid growth. This $30 million fundraising round is supported by Latitude’s […]
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Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has been selected by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to serve as a launch provider with the firm’s Firefly’s Alpha rocket. As part of the NRO’s Streamlined […]
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) recently conducted the first flight of the Gray Eagle 25M (GE-25M) Unmanned Aircraft System at its El Mirage, California, flight facility. The first flight […]
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SpaceX is targeting Sunday, January 28 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base […]
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