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- Spire deploying space traffic management tools across fleet SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2024 Spire Global is adopting Portuguese software startup Neuraspace’s space traffic management services for the more than 100 small satellites it operates across low Earth orbit.
- Battling Without Borders: Cross-Domain Capability is the Future of Warfighting SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2024 When waging war against their enemies, ancient Greeks often prayed to the deities Ares and Athena. Ares, the fiery god of war, was known for his brute strength and reckless
- Spacebilt and Phison to send powerful data server to ISS SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2024 Spacebilt announced an agreement April 8 with Phison to qualify a powerful computer on the International Space Station.
- HyImpulse Updates SL1 Design with Performance Boost European Spaceflight · 8 Apr 2024 German launch startup HyImpulse has released an updated design of its SL1 rocket, which features a 20% performance boost over its previous iteration. When it...
- SpaceX launches first mid-inclination dedicated rideshare mission SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2024 SpaceX launched the first in a new line of dedicated rideshare missions April 7, delivering 11 commercial and military satellites into mid-inclination orbits.
- NASA Gives the Green Light to Lunar Terrain Vehicle Teams Space Scout · 7 Apr 2024 On Wednesday, April 3rd, NASA announced the three teams of commercial companies that will develop concepts for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle, an unpressurized rover which will provide mobility for astronauts as part of NASA’...
- SpaceX debuts new Bandwagon rideshare service NASASpaceflight · 7 Apr 2024 On Sunday, April 7 SpaceX will launch the Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC). If needed there is a backup launch opportunity the next d...
- What’s Happening in Space Policy April 7-13, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Apr 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of April 7-13, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
- Musk outlines plans to increase Starship launch rate and performance SpaceNews · 6 Apr 2024 SpaceX could attempt to land a Starship booster as soon as the vehicle’s fifth flight as Elon Musk outlined plans to increase both the flight rate and the performance of the launch vehicle.
- Ahead of total solar eclipse, scientists use spacecraft data to predict the Sun’s corona NASASpaceflight · 6 Apr 2024 On April 8, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the continental United States — the first since 2017 and the last until Aug. 12, 2045. During totality, or the moment at which the Moon is completely covering the Sun,...
- Gilmour Space looks to join the commercial rocket race Teslarati · 6 Apr 2024 The Australian-based rocket company Gilmour Space is looking to launch its Eris orbital launch vehicle no earlier than April 2024. Based out...
- SpaceX fires up the Super Heavy booster ahead of Flight 4 Teslarati · 6 Apr 2024 SpaceX lit all 33 Raptor engines on Booster 11 ahead of the fourth test flight, which could come as early as next...
- Soyuz MS-24 Returns Three to Earth SpacePolicyOnline.com · 6 Apr 2024 Russia’s Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft returned two professional astronauts — a Russian and an American — and a spaceflight participant from Belarus to Earth today. The trio landed in Kazakhstan just
- European space consultancies merge to form Novaspace SpaceNews · 6 Apr 2024 European space consultancy firms Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners announced merger plans April 5 to expand their services globally.
- SpaceX begins 2024 with several record-breaking feats NASASpaceflight · 5 Apr 2024 SpaceX has kicked off 2024 breaking records and setting new standards for its operations. The Falcon family of rockets achieved 31 launches in the first quarter of the year putting the company on track to complete 125 la...
- Evolving role of space policy in national security: From “hobby shop” to center stage SpaceNews · 5 Apr 2024 Assistant Secretary John Plumb: “Now space is constantly a topic at the White House and at the Pentagon.”
- SpaceX sends another 23 Starlink satellites to orbit Teslarati · 5 Apr 2024 SpaceX sent another 23 V2 mini Starlinks to orbit early this morning from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force...
- ESA Publishes Call for the Development of In-Space Assembly Capabilities European Spaceflight · 5 Apr 2024 The European Space Agency has published a €3 million call to industry to begin the development of in-space assembly capabilities that the agency will...
- Here are the winners and losers when it comes to clouds for Monday’s eclipse Ars Technica · 5 Apr 2024 News you can use in regard to chasing cloud-free skies.
- Varda Space Industries raises $90 million SpaceNews · 5 Apr 2024 Varda Space Industries has raised $90 million to scale up production of systems to manufacture pharmaceuticals in orbit and return them to Earth.
- Together, we can proactively plug space safety gaps SpaceNews · 5 Apr 2024 With a growing presence in space, we must also have a growing focus on and consideration of space safety and new risks.
- Thailand joins China-led ILRS moon base initiative SpaceNews · 5 Apr 2024 Thailand has signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation on the China-led International Lunar Research Station (ILRS).
- Virgin Galactic countersues Boeing about mothership project SpaceNews · 5 Apr 2024 Virgin Galactic has filed a countersuit against Boeing over a project to develop a new mothership aircraft, arguing in part that Boeing performed poorly.
- Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard flights SpaceNews · 5 Apr 2024 Blue Origin announced plans April 4 for its first crewed New Shepard flight in more than 18 months, a mission that will give an opportunity for America’s first Black astronaut candidate to finally go to space.
- Mitsubishi takes stake in Starlab Space SpaceNews · 5 Apr 2024 Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. is joining Starlab Space, the joint venture of Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space that is developing a commercial space station.
- Ed Dwight To Finally Get His Flight to Space SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Apr 2024 Ed Dwight will finally get to reach space on Blue Origin’s next flight of New Shepard. Like Wally Funk and the other “Mercury 13” women who thought they were in
- Investing in Space: NASA’s tool for seeing the solar eclipse CNBC · 4 Apr 2024 Every once in a while, the moon gets its moment in the sun. Or rather, in front of the sun.
- It could well be a blockbuster hurricane season, and that’s not a good thing Ars Technica · 4 Apr 2024 Although not quite literally, the Atlantic Ocean is on fire right now.
- Booster 11 Conducts Engine Testing as Starbase Continues to Change NASASpaceflight · 4 Apr 2024 Peparations for the fourth flight of Starship are in full swing, with Ship 29 having completed its engine testing campaign, while Booster 11 rolled to the Orbital Launch Pad (OLP) to complete its own engine test campaign...
- Kratos demonstrates satellite internet tech for U.S. Army SpaceNews · 4 Apr 2024 The demonstration included Kratos’ software-based ground system, a Telesat low Earth orbit satellite and a Cobham antenna
- How will astronauts cruise around the Moon? NASA narrows choice to three options Ars Technica · 4 Apr 2024 "I know we’re asking a lot of these companies."
- Calling all space stewards: could direct-to-smartphone elevate space sustainability? SpaceNews · 4 Apr 2024 Direct to Device service between satellites and cell phones could improve space sustainability, which could inspire customers.
- US Agency Selects ICEYE to Provide Flood Impact Data European Spaceflight · 4 Apr 2024 Finnish Earth observation data provider ICEYE has signed a contract with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide flood impact...
- Hydrosat wins NOAA contract SpaceNews · 4 Apr 2024 Geospatial analytics company Hydrosat announced its first contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Scout Space eyes military customers for space domain awareness sensor SpaceNews · 4 Apr 2024 The company’s new sensor, called Owl, is an optical telescope designed for larger platforms like geostationary satellites and lunar vehicles
- NASA Picks Three Companies for Lunar Terrain Vehicle Feasibility Studies SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Apr 2024 NASA has chosen three companies to participate in the first phase of developing, building and operating Lunar Terrain Vehicles as part of the Artemis campaign. Eventually one of the three
- NASA selects three companies to advance Artemis lunar rover designs SpaceNews · 4 Apr 2024 NASA has selected three companies to work on lunar rover concepts that would be offered as a service for Artemis lunar landings and scientific activities.
- With payload questions, it’s likely Vulcan will not launch again until fall Ars Technica · 3 Apr 2024 United Launch Alliance may seek certification from the Space Force after one flight.
- Rock Sampled by NASA's Perseverance Embodies Why Rover Came to Mars NASA · 3 Apr 2024 The 24th sample taken by the six-wheeled scientist offers new clues about Jezero Crater and the lake it may have once held.
- AI at the crossroads of cybersecurity, space and national security in the digital age SpaceNews · 3 Apr 2024 Though the implementation of AI into the space industry will bring many benefits, it will also introduce cybersecurity risks.