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- Buy Before Build: SSC’s Commercial Space Office seeks to disrupt business as usual SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 COMSO Senior Materiel Leader Col. Richard Kniseley and Deputy Director Jeremy Leader explain how the Space Systems Command seeks to make use of commercial space assets instead of developing systems in-house.
- Space loves AI, AI doesn’t love Space SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 Operators are developing creative solutions for putting AI on satellites, a challenge that comes with myriad technical and logistical obstacles.
- Phantom closes bridge funding round SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 Phantom Space Corp. closed a bridge round to fund the Tucson, Arizona-based startup’s development and manufacturing of satellites and launch vehicles.
- After coming back from the dead, the world’s largest aircraft just flew a real payload Ars Technica · 11 Mar 2024 Falling just short of hypersonic velocity.
- Crew-7 and Endurance return to Earth after a six-month ISS stay NASASpaceflight · 11 Mar 2024 Crew Dragon Endurance and the Crew-7 astronauts returned to Earth after the handover to the Crew-8 astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). Spacecraft commander and US Marine Corps Lt. Col Jasmin Moghbeli, pi...
- SAIC scores $444 million contract to upgrade data systems at U.S. space launch sites SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 The company won a five-year contract from the U.S. Space Force to update launch instrumentation at East and West ranges
- Hungary Signs Agreement with ESA for its Astronaut Programme European Spaceflight · 11 Mar 2024 Hungary has signed a framework agreement with the European Space Agency for cooperation in the development and management of the country's Hungarian to Orbit...
- Final frontier or final countdown? SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 The recent disclosure of intelligence indicating that Russia is perhaps developing a nuclear weapon to target satellites in space sent shock waves through Washington. While details remain scarce, the threat scenarios cou...
- Webinar – Beyond Earth: Blueprint for Small Medium Business (SMB) Innovation SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2024 Date: March 14th, 2024Time: 1 PM ET Join us on Thursday, March 14, 2024 to unlock your business’s potential with our webinar on Space Innovation. Register below. SpaceNews host Matt
- ESA Publishes Call for ARRAKIHS Dark Matter Probe European Spaceflight · 11 Mar 2024 The European Space Agency has published the call for the development and operation of its ARRAKIHS mission. ARRAKIHS (Analysis of Resolved Remnants of Accreted...
- What’s Happening in Space Policy March 10-16, 2024 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Mar 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of March 10-16, 2024 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
- Stratolaunch performs first powered Talon flight SpaceNews · 9 Mar 2024 Stratolaunch conducted the first powered flight of its Talon vehicle March 9, reaching “high supersonic” speeds in the uncrewed test.
- Ursa Major’s Hadley rocket engine flies for the first time SpaceNews · 9 Mar 2024 The engine powered the first flight of Stratolaunch's Talon-A1 hypersonic test vehicle
- Juno measures oxygen production on Europa NASASpaceflight · 9 Mar 2024 Using NASA’s Juno spacecraft, scientists have calculated the rate of oxygen production on Jupiter’s moon Europa — the first time any spacecraft had directly measured charged oxygen and hydrogen particles from the moon’s...
- Congress passes final fiscal year 2024 spending bill for NASA, NOAA and FAA SpaceNews · 9 Mar 2024 Congress has passed a final fiscal year 2024 spending bill that provides, in some cases, significantly less funding than requested for civil space programs.
- BlackSky secures back-to-back U.S. Air Force contracts SpaceNews · 9 Mar 2024 The company won a $3.5 million award under a four-year contract worth up to $23 million for satellite imagery and data analytics to enable space-based tracking of moving vehicles
- The Exploration Company’s Mission Possible Demo Flight Slips to 2025 European Spaceflight · 9 Mar 2024 The Exploration Company has announced that its Mission Possible demonstration flight will not occur in 2024 as previously expected. In an interview with Bloomberg on...
- ISS schedule conflicts delay Starliner crewed test flight to May SpaceNews · 8 Mar 2024 The first crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner has slipped from late April to early May because of International Space Station schedule conflicts and not due to any issues with the spacecraft itself.
- Japan’s first commercial launch explodes shortly into flight on second attempt SpaceX · 8 Mar 2024 Space One had been planning Japan’s first private-sector orbital launch with the debut of its small satellite launcher — this was also to be the maiden flight from a new, dedicated, launch facility.
- China targets 2030 for Mars sample return mission, potential landing areas revealed SpaceNews · 8 Mar 2024 China is making progress towards a 2030 launch for its Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission and has narrowed down potential landing areas.
- Spacecraft maker Terran Orbital ‘looking at everything,’ CEO says after Lockheed Martin takeover bid CNBC · 8 Mar 2024 Satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital is “looking at everything” regarding the company’s future, CEO Marc Bell told CNBC, as it considers Lockheed Martin’s acquisition offer.
- Blue Origin aims to launch first lunar lander in 2025 SpaceNews · 8 Mar 2024 Blue Origin expects to launch the first version of its Blue Moon lunar lander, a precursor to a future crewed lunar lander it is developing for NASA, in 2025.
- Irish Launch Facility Startup Eyes US Investors for Seed Funding European Spaceflight · 8 Mar 2024 Cork-based startup SUAS Aerospace announced that it has begun efforts to raise €5 million in seed funding. The company plans to use the funding...
- The limits of space power SpaceNews · 8 Mar 2024 One lesson from the war in Ukraine is that it doesn’t matter how many satellites you have if you don’t have enough bombs and bullets
- SpaceX Targets March 14 for Third Starship Test Flight SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Mar 2024 SpaceX is targeting March 14 for the next Starship Orbital Flight Test pending FAA approval. It will be the third flight of the gigantic rocket in less than a year
- Slingshot Aerospace sets up UK base for global expansion SpaceNews · 8 Mar 2024 U.S.-based Slingshot Aerospace is opening offices in the United Kingdom to expand its space traffic coordination and analysis business globally.
- After Astra loses 99 percent of its value, founders take rocket firm private Ars Technica · 7 Mar 2024 First you burn the cash, then comes the crash.
- Space company Astra going private to avoid bankruptcy after dismal public run CNBC · 7 Mar 2024 Space company Astra will go private in a cut-rate deal with its founders after a dismal run as a publicly-traded stock.
- Astra agrees to go private SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2024 Spacecraft propulsion and launch company Astra Space has accepted a proposal from its founders to take the company private after previously warning its only other alternative was bankruptcy.
- Senate Passes Another Extension for the FAA and the “Learning Period” SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Mar 2024 The Senate passed the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024 yesterday to keep the FAA authorized for another two months instead of expiring tomorrow. The bill also extends the
- Stoke Space continues to test reusable second stage, looks ahead to full rocket NASASpaceflight · 7 Mar 2024 Stoke Space recently carried out the first test of the full-size 30-thruster version of the innovative engine that the company is producing for its in-development second stage. This will be an integral part of its future...
- Office of Space Commerce considers restoring orbital debris regulations for commercial remote sensing licensees SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2024 The Commerce Department office that licenses commercial remote sensing systems is studying whether it should close a potential loophole in how companies comply with orbital debris mitigation rules.
- Investing in Space: The evolving market for airline Wi-Fi via satellites CNBC · 7 Mar 2024 Satellite companies providing internet service to commercial airlines is one of the most mish-mashed sub-sectors of the space industry that I’ve come across over the years.
- Starship Eyes Mid-March for Flight 3 Space Scout · 7 Mar 2024 SpaceX has begun the final prep work for a third flight of their Starship heavy lift reusable launch vehicle, with March 14 as the currently projected liftoff date, pending approval from the Federal Aviation Administrati...
- Daily Telescope: A brilliant shot of a comet as it nears the Sun Ars Technica · 7 Mar 2024 The comet should brighten further as it nears the Sun in the coming weeks.
- Italian space startup Kurs Orbital raises $4 million in seed funding SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2024 The startup is developing a satellite interface called ARCap to enable spacecraft to dock with other vehicles
- Iceye launches radar satellite service to monitor the high seas SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2024 The new service, called Ocean Vision, pairs SAR data with computer vision techniques
- UK Government Pledges £10M in Funding to SaxaVord European Spaceflight · 7 Mar 2024 The UK government has pledged £10 million in funding to SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland, which is expected to host a maiden orbital launch later...
- Italy in Space: Setting New Records for Electric Propulsion in Routine Operations SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2024 On December 1, 2023 at 6:19 PM (UTC), the first Italian all-electric satellite “MicroHETSat”, designed and built by SITAEL for the European Space Agency with Italian Space Agency (ASI) support,
- SpaceX adds tests to next Starship flight SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2024 SpaceX is planning a more ambitious set of in-flight tests of its Starship vehicle on its next launch to demonstrate capabilities needed for launching satellites and going to the moon.