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Engineers at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland have developed a new manufacturing route for copper rocket nozzles utilizing high-pressure cold spray technology. Overcoming Traditional Manufacturing Hurdles This advancement addresses one […]
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During the SmallSat Europe conference in Amsterdam, space access provider SEOPS announced the launch of its Waymaker program. The initiative is designed to offer dedicated rideshare missions to low Earth […]
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The global space sector is in the midst of an unprecedented infrastructure boom. Driven by commercial operators racing to deploy thousands of low-Earth orbit (LEO) communication satellites, the number of […]
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SpaceX has signaled a decisive strategic shift away from its Falcon 9 workhorse toward the full-scale deployment of Starship, a vehicle designed to fundamentally reset the economics of the launch […]
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Questions for Blue Origin Chris Forrester — Losing a satellite is hardly ever good news, and last week’s April 19 failure for the AST Space Mobile (AST) BlueBird #7 craft […]
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On Monday, April 20, 2026, Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp provided an initial technical assessment of the “off-nominal” orbital delivery during the company’s third New Glenn mission (NG-3). While the […]
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WALLINGFORD, Connecticut – On Thursday, March 5, Times Microwave Systems, an Amphenol brand, announced the launch of its Levitate™ cable assembly line. The new series is engineered specifically to address […]
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — In a technical analysis published on Monday, February 16, 2026, space policy analyst Robert Oler detailed the critical engineering trade-offs preventing the industry-wide adoption of fully […]
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Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. For years, the SmallSat Symposium acted as a showcase for cheaper data relays and internet-from-the-sky optimism. But inside the Grand Hall today, the mask slipped during the session on Building the Physical Layer of Autonomy. The industry isn't just building smarter cameras but constructing the nervous system for orbital combat.
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In the aerospace sector, the success of orbital delivery and recovery cycles is fundamentally dependent on the equilibrium between Newtonian mechanics and Pascal’s principle. During the launch phase, Isaac Newton’s […]
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