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- ESA Announces Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator Project NASASpaceflight · 14 Mar 2024 The European Space Agency has published a call to begin work on a demonstrator of a reusable launch vehicle upper stage. Published on 13 March,...
- Fox Again Urges NASA Science Community to Stick Together SpacePolicyOnline.com · 14 Mar 2024 Nicky Fox, the head of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, again urged the NASA science community to stick together in these tough budget times and not split into factions fighting each
- Space Force Budget Could Drop For First Time in FY2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 14 Mar 2024 President Biden’s FY2025 request for the U.S. Space Force is $29.4 billion, $600 million less than what he asked for in FY2024. Congress is still working on the FY2024 request.
- NASA restructures Earth System Observatory to reduce costs The National · 14 Mar 2024 NASA is revamping a major series of Earth science missions, delaying some and relying more on international partners for others to reduce costs.
- Space Force selects startup Defense Unicorns to update software at launch ranges The National · 13 Mar 2024 The startup won a $15 million Strategic Funding Increase, or STRATFI, agreement from SpaceWERX.
- FAA Approves Third Starship Test Flight for Thursday SpacePolicyOnline.com · 13 Mar 2024 The FAA issued a launch license today for SpaceX to conduct the third Orbital Flight Test (OFT-3) of their Starship rocket tomorrow, March 14. The date was announced last week
- Starship Flight 3 Excels through most Major Milestones SpaceX · 13 Mar 2024 Ship 28 and Booster 10 excelled in nearly every aspect and nearly completed every objective during its launch at the first attempt from Starbase, Texas.
- Space One’s Kairos Explodes on Maiden Flight Space Scout · 13 Mar 2024 It has been a tough start for the fledgling private aerospace industry in Japan. On March 13th 2024, private aerospace company SPACE ONE aimed to perform the first private satellite launch from Japan. Launching from the...
- Omnispace to test direct-to-smartphone LEO plans with Africa’s biggest telco The National · 13 Mar 2024 Omnispace is exploring how its proposed constellation of more than 600 low Earth orbit satellites could help connect phones and other devices subscribed to MTN, Africa’s largest terrestrial mobile network operator.
- SpaceX receives FAA launch license for 3rd Starship test flight Teslarati · 13 Mar 2024 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given SpaceX its license to launch its massive Starship rocket on its 3rd flight test. While...
- SpaceX cleared to attempt third Starship launch Thursday after getting FAA license United Launch Alliance · 13 Mar 2024 Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to launch its third Starship test flight as soon as Thursday morning after federal regulators signed off on the attempt.
- Space Development Agency marks five-year milestone The National · 13 Mar 2024 Once on the chopping block, SDA now has a $4.2 billion budget to build a satellite network of hundreds of satellites
- Global communications are under attack — optical satellite networks can bolster them The National · 13 Mar 2024 Recent alleged Houthi attacks on underwater communication cables illustrate the need for more resilient connectivity technology, such as optical ground station networks.
- Mining helium-3 on the Moon has been talked about forever—now a company will try ESA · 13 Mar 2024 "There are so many investments that we could be making, but there are also Moonshots."
- Satellite firms forge unlikely alliances to create seamless multi-orbit networks The National · 13 Mar 2024 As market forces and security needs push for greater multi-orbit communications satellite constellations, collaborative models and partnerships are becoming increasingly common among operators vying to stay relevant.
- FAA requests large funding increase for commercial space office The National · 13 Mar 2024 The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting a major budget increase for its commercial space office to both keep up with growing launch demand and prepare for potential new regulatory roles.
- DLR Test Fires LUMEN Upper Stage Rocket Engine Demonstrator NASASpaceflight · 13 Mar 2024 The German space agency DLR has successfully completed several test firings of its LUMEN upper stage rocket engine demonstrator. The engine will not be...
- First Kairos rocket explodes seconds after liftoff The National · 13 Mar 2024 The first flight of privately developed Japanese rocket ended in a catastrophic failure seconds after liftoff March 12.
- Third satellite-carrying transatlantic Beluga flight lands in Florida The National · 12 Mar 2024 The Airbus-built Eutelsat 36D geostationary communications satellite landed in Sanford, Florida, March 11 ahead of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch slated from the nearby Kennedy Space Center at the end of the month.
- SpaceX continues progress towards Starship’s 3rd test flight Teslarati · 12 Mar 2024 SpaceX is at least two days away from the potential 3rd test flight of Starship. The company is still targeting the morning...
- Crew 7 returns to Earth following 197 days aboard the International Space Station Teslarati · 12 Mar 2024 Crew 7 returned to Earth after a fiery re-entry through the atmosphere to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico. That fiery...
- Launch roundup: Starship launches third integrated test flight NASASpaceflight · 12 Mar 2024 The focus of the week ahead is dominated, of course, by the much anticipated third test flight of Starship.
- Japan creates multibillion-dollar space strategic fund to boost space industry The National · 12 Mar 2024 Japan has established a multibillion-dollar Space Strategic Fund to help develop the country’s innovation, autonomy and international competitiveness in space.
- Rocket Lab launches Synspective radar imaging satellite The National · 12 Mar 2024 Rocket Lab launched a radar imaging satellite for Japanese company Synspective March 12, the latest in a series of launches for that company.
- Rocket Lab prepares for the ‘Owl Night Long’ mission Teslarati · 12 Mar 2024 Rocket Lab is currently targeting no earlier than Wednesday, March 13th to launch Synspectives’ Strix-3 satellite to a Sun-synchronous orbit from Pad...
- POLARIS Spaceplanes’ MIRA Vehicle Damaged During Takeoff European Spaceflight · 12 Mar 2024 Bremen-based startup POLARIS Spaceplanes has announced that its MIRA demonstrator was damaged during a takeoff incident. The incident occurred during a test flight that was...
- Army extends Maxar’s contract for 3D terrain models SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2024 Maxar was awarded Phase 4 of the ‘One World Terrain’ contract
- Daily Telescope: Gigantic new stars stir up a nebula Ars Technica · 12 Mar 2024 Astronomers know of no other region so packed with large stars as this nebula.
- Crew-7 returns to Earth SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2024 A Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down early March 12, returning a multinational crew after more than six months of the International Space Station.
- Crew-7 Splashes Down SpacePolicyOnline.com · 12 Mar 2024 Four international astronauts splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico early this morning completing a six month mission to the International Space Station. Crew-7 consists of astronauts from NASA, ESA,
- Earth observation camera maker raises $15 million for European expansion SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2024 Belgian camera maker Simera Sense has raised nearly $15 million to expand system assembly facilities out of South Africa and closer to its component producers in Europe to develop higher-resolution cubesat products.
- NASA’s FY2025 Budget Request Stuck at FY2023 Level SpacePolicyOnline.com · 12 Mar 2024 President Biden’s request for NASA in FY2025 is far short of the increases he has asked for in the past, reflecting the realities of the budget caps in last year’s
- NASA grapples with budget cuts as it undertakes ambitious programs Ars Technica · 11 Mar 2024 "Naturally, we have to make hard choices."
- SpaceX gets E-band radio waves to boost Starlink broadband SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 SpaceX has secured conditional approval to use extremely high-frequency E-band radio waves to improve the capacity of its low Earth orbit Starlink broadband constellation.
- NASA says spending caps force “hard choices” for its 2025 budget SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 NASA says its fiscal year 2025 budget proposal is constrained by the second year of a debt-ceiling agreement that caps overall spending, leading to delays, potential cancellations and broader uncertainty for many NASA sc...
- Dawn of the multi-orbit era SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 Multi-orbit broadband is about to get an important test run, as terminals that can switch between satellites in LEO and geostationary orbit come online.
- Kymeta brings in new leadership amid multi-orbit antenna launch SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 Flat panel antenna maker Kymeta is refreshing its leadership team as the company prepares to start shipping its first multi-orbit broadband user terminal.
- SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions Teslarati · 11 Mar 2024 The two launches took place yesterday evening, just over five hours apart, from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station...
- Space Force budget holding steady amid Pentagon’s fiscal constraints SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 The Pentagon in its 2025 budget proposes $29.4 billion for the U.S. Space Force
- DoD unveils investment strategy for its Office of Strategic Capital SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 The Pentagon is seeking $144 million for OSC, created to attract private investment for tech companies in sectors like space, AI and cybersecurity