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Locals and tourists in the Whitsunday region of Australia could soon be watching rockets launching into space, with the Queensland government announcing their support for the local space launch industry. […]
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SENER Aeroespacial is the design authority for the full GNC (guidance, navigation and control) for the Space Rider reusable space vehicle, which pilots the re-entry module from Earth orbit until […]
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Ball Aerospace, in collaboration with Microsoft, has successfully completed a series of demonstrations showing the viability of using commercial cloud computing to process and securely deliver actionable information quickly to […]
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Sierra Space, the new commercial space subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), has signed a joint agreement with Redwire aimed at leveraging Sierra Space capabilities for a range of in-space services and […]
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Following a successful launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Delta 4 operations team is now “talking” with the fifth Space Based Infrared […]
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO) Flight 5 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center […]
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The future of the space economy relies heavily on servicing infrastructure and vehicles that can make precision maneuvers to successfully approach, inspect and dock with spacecraft in need of refueling, […]
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On May 15, 2021, Rocket Lab experienced an anomaly almost three minutes into the company’s 20th Electron launch. Following a successful lift-off from Launch Complex 1, Electron proceeded through a […]
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SES Government Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, in close partnership with a key U.S. Government customer, designed, developed and fielded an O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) reachback capability to […]
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The target for SpaceX: Saturday, May 15, for the company’s follow-up Starlink mission, with the smallsats nestled aboard a Falcon 9 launch vehicle that lifted off from Launch Complex 39A […]
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