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- Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission ends after 72 flights SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 NASA has declared the end of the mission for the Ingenuity Mars helicopter after 72 flights, exceeding even the most optimistic expectations.
- International campaign required to map and monitor atmospheric methane SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 It will take a coalition of government agencies working with the private sector to tackle the grand challenge here: comprehensive, sustained, operational monitoring to drive methane and CO2 emission reductions globally.
- After Three Years on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends NASA · 25 Jan 2024 NASA has proven powered, controlled flight is possible on other worlds, just as the Wright brothers proved it was possible on Earth.
- The amazing helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, will fly no more Ars Technica · 25 Jan 2024 Ingenuity has spent more than two hours flying above Mars since April 2021.
- Investing in Space: Sector led Lockheed and Northrop growth last year CNBC · 25 Jan 2024 Typically, the quarterly reports of U.S. defense giants are a bit of a snooze for space sector watchers. While these companies have space divisions that bring in billions of revenue each year, and I dutifully check in ea...
- Not Invisible Anymore: Satellites reveal sources of atmospheric methane SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 Satellites are playing a growing role in identifying methane sources at a time when the international community is focused on curbing emissions.
- Japan’s SLIM Lunar Lander Notches More Successes SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Jan 2024 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency confirmed today that the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, achieved its primary objective of demonstrating pinpoint landing accuracy. By JAXA’s criteria, that alone
- Firefly cleared to compete for National Reconnaissance Office launch missions SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 Firefly Aerospace announced it will compete for launch services contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office under a new program set up by the agency to procure rides for its small satellites.
- ESA Green Light Venus Probe and Gravitational Wave Observatory European Spaceflight · 25 Jan 2024 The European Space Agency has given the green light to a pair of ambitious science missions that will be launched in the 2030s. During the agency’s Science Programme Committee meeting on 25 January, ESA officially adopte...
- EU space law proposal due in March SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 The European Commission is preparing to release by March a draft of the first comprehensive European space law, although no one outside of the Commission is quite sure what it will include.
- Daily Telescope: A stunning image of a star cluster in a nearby galaxy Ars Technica · 25 Jan 2024 A bright young star within a colorful nebula.
- Japan’s SLIM achieved pinpoint moon landing with just one working engine SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 Japan’s SLIM lander achieved its goal of an accurate moon landing moon with only one of two main thrusters operating, JAXA stated Thursday.
- Freedom Space’s ground network software selected for U.S. Space Force program SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 Freedom Space Technologies, a subsidiary of Atlas Space Operations, is partnering with Omni Federal to develop a next-generation ground system for U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellites.
- Exolaunch Wins €18M DLR Launch Contract European Spaceflight · 25 Jan 2024 German space agency DLR has awarded an €18 million launch contract to Berlin-based Exolaunch. DLR awarded the contract on behalf of and with funds from the German Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, and it will...
- ESA sees strong interest in commercial cargo program SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 The European Space Agency sees strong interest from industry in a new initiative to support development of commercial cargo vehicles, a step towards a European human spaceflight capability.
- IXPE investigates microquasar jets, finds unexpected magnetic field structure NASASpaceflight · 24 Jan 2024 Creating some of the most powerful gravitational forces and fields in the universe, black holes are known for their extreme nature, including the ways in which they can devour and destroy whole planets and stars in a mat...
- Europe weeks away from finalizing sovereign broadband proposal SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2024 European space giants are putting the final touches on a proposal for a sovereign broadband constellation they say is inspired by Starlink but will not be a copy of SpaceX’s network from across the Atlantic.
- ESA Shuffles Copernicus Sats Amidst Launcher Uncertainty Space Scout · 24 Jan 2024 Amidst schedule delays and uncertainties surrounding the return to flight of the Vega launch vehicle, the European Space Agency and European Commission are considering the purchase of an American Falcon 9 rocket to launc...
- Eyes in the sky: The increasing importance of very low Earth orbit (VLEO) for national security SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2024 As space gets more crowded, very low Earth orbit (VLEO) will be a critical domain for military Earth observation.
- Blue Origin gets U.S. Space Force funding for New Glenn ‘integration studies’ SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2024 Blue Origin has secured an $18 million contract with the U.S. Space Force for integration studies related to its New Glenn launch vehicle.
- ESA and EU collaborate on launch initiative SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2024 The European Space Agency and European Commission have selected five launch companies to participate in a new program to provide flight opportunities for new technologies, a sign of a greater role the European Union seek...
- Daily Telescope: Shooting a laser into the sky from Antarctica Ars Technica · 24 Jan 2024 "The camera is looking roughly south across McMurdo Sound and the Ross Ice Shelf."
- Orbit Fab and ClearSpace to develop in-space refueling service SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2024 Orbit Fab and ClearSpace see opportunities to work together on mission extension, transportation and other mobility and logistics services.
- Expansion Raises €100M to Invest in European New Space Startups European Spaceflight · 24 Jan 2024 Two years after its initial launch, European venture capital fund Expansion Ventures announced 23 January that it had raised €100 million. The fund was launched to support European New Space and New Air Mobility companie...
- Artemis Accords: Belgium Makes it 34 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Jan 2024 Belgium became the 34th country to sign the Artemis Accords today. The Accords are a set of non-binding principles of responsible behavior on the Moon. Belgium joins ten other members
- Belgium signs Artemis Accords SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2024 Belgium has signed the Artemis Accords outlining best practices for responsible behavior in space exploration, becoming the latest major European space power to join.
- U.S. bracing for tougher satellite radio wave negotiations SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2024 It will become increasingly challenging to protect national interests during treaty-level talks over how radio waves should be allocated for satellite connectivity, according to the ambassador who led U.S. efforts at the...
- Orbital Spectrum Clash SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2024 Satellite operators mostly held off attempts from terrestrial telcos to encroach on their radio waves at the 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23) in Dubai, but a battle between orbits continues after one of...
- Booz Allen Ventures makes its first space investment SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2024 Booz Allen’s venture capital arm chose remote-sensing startup Albedo as its first investment in a space company because of its potential to transform intelligence gathering.
- Share My Space Raises €10M and Takes on a New Name European Spaceflight · 23 Jan 2024 French Space situational awareness startup Share My Space has closed a €10 million Series A funding round. With the 23 January announcement, the company also revealed that it would be renamed Aldoria. The company’s Serie...
- DoD’s satcom evolution SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2024 The U.S. military is pursuing novel ways to harness commercial satellite connectivity
- Daily Telescope: Looking up to brilliant skies Down Under Ars Technica · 23 Jan 2024 "It was taken using my mobile phone, a Google Pixel 7 Pro."
- Internet from space: U.S. Air Force bets on commercial networks SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2024 The DEUCSI program awarded $250 million in contracts in 2023
- Latitude raises $30 million for small launch vehicle development SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2024 Latitude, a French company developing a small launch vehicle, has raised $30 million to produce its first rockets as it seeks to increase their capabilities.
- Albedo raises $35 million for commercial very low Earth orbit constellation SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2024 Earth observation startup Albedo raised $35 million to build and launch its first high-resolution satellite into very low Earth orbit.
- French SSA startup Aldoria raises $10.9 million SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2024 A French startup developing a space situational awareness (SSA) system has raised $10.9 million to build out its tracking network.
- UK Space Agency Launches Challenge to Purify Lunar Water European Spaceflight · 23 Jan 2024 The UK Space Agency, in partnership with its Canadian counterpart, has launched the £1.2 million, which aims to support the development of technology that would enable the extraction of purified water from ice buried ben...
- Industry report calls for greater use of AI to extract untapped value from satellite data SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2024 Companies in the Earth observation satellite industry are looking for climate-focused customers that could leverage data from space to generate value for their businesses and for the planet.
- Launch Roundup: Northrop Grumman prepare the first Cygnus to fly on Falcon 9 NASASpaceflight · 22 Jan 2024 Recent challenges with weather concerns and the movement of key flights such as USSF-52 and Axiom-3 have impacted Falcon 9 launch dates, not least Starlink Group 7-11 which scrubbed three times and finally launched on Tu...
- Video Replay – Not Invisible Anymore: How satellites monitor atmospheric methane SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2024 Coming out of the United Nations climate change conference, methane is in the spotlight. International experts see cutting methane emissions as a key to slowing climate change. A growing fleet