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- Lucas Introduces Bill to Make NOAA an Independent Agency SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Jun 2023 The chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee today introduced legislation to take NOAA out of the Department of Commerce and establish it as an independent agency. Rep.
- Ursa Major confirms layoffs: ‘Necessary workforce reductions’ SpaceNews · 9 Jun 2023 Rocket propulsion startup Ursa Major confirmed on June 9 that it has laid off workers as it reorganizes the company.
- Iridium calls on US to follow Canada’s Ligado rejection SpaceNews · 9 Jun 2023 Iridium Communications is redoubling efforts to reverse U.S. regulatory approval for Ligado’s terrestrial wireless plans after Canada rejected the network following GPS interference concerns.
- NOAA is tracking smoke moving from the East Coast over the Atlantic SpaceNews · 9 Jun 2023 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s is closely tracking smoke from the Canadian wildfires moving June 9 from the Northeastern United States over the Atlantic Ocean.
- This Week In Spaceflight: Vulcan fires up, Canadian fires from space, and JWST deep field data NASASpaceflight · 9 Jun 2023 A variety of methalox rockets are approaching launch, with the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan rocket completing its flight readiness firing. What’s more, the wildfires currently raging in Canada have been studied...
- Layoffs hit Colorado space companies as funding remains tight CNBC · 9 Jun 2023 A pair of Colorado space companies laid off employees this past week, seeking to adapt to the new normal of a tight funding environment.
- China’s first stackable satellite reaches orbit on solid rocket launch SpaceNews · 9 Jun 2023 A light-lift solid rocket sent an experimental “plate-like” stackable satellite into orbit late Thursday as the country looks to build its answer to Starlink.
- New spending caps to create challenges for NASA SpaceNews · 9 Jun 2023 NASA and congressional officials are still grappling with the implications of a debt-ceiling agreement that enacts spending caps, but acknowledged it likely means the agency will get less money than it requested for 2024...
- Satnav from Earth to the Moon ESA · 9 Jun 2023 Satnav from Earth to the Moon
- Video shows Astroscale’s plan to deorbit multiple satellites SpaceNews · 9 Jun 2023 In 2025, Astroscale plans to send ELSA-M into very low Earth orbit for commissioning.
- ULA Completes Vulcan FRF Test SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Jun 2023 The United Launch Alliance successfully test fired the BE-4 engines for its new Vulcan rocket on the launch pad yesterday. The company is still investigating what happened in an earlier
- Starship, Budgets, Complacency — Jim Free’s Top Worries About Artemis SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Jun 2023 The successful Artemis I uncrewed test flight last year was a feather in NASA’s cap as it gets ready to return American astronauts to the lunar surface. But many challenges
- China outlines ambitious plans for Moon landing; ZhuQue-2 prepares to launch again NASASpaceflight · 9 Jun 2023 Over the last few weeks, China has remained busy with both launching rockets and announcing news, as the country outlined its ambitious plans for its upcoming Lunar program, in which they hope to land a taikonaut on the...
- GAO flags concerns about Space Force satellite procurements SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2023 The Government Accountability Office in its annual assessment of Pentagon procurements provided an update on the Space Force’s satellite programs and found a few red flags.
- Nelco invests in router maker to improve Indian satcoms network SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2023 Indian satellite communications provider Nelco has invested around $122 million in a network equipment startup based in Mumbai, India, to bolster its services amid a growing competitive threat from international players.
- Planet stock drops 25% after satellite data venture lowers annual revenue guidance CNBC · 8 Jun 2023 Shares of Planet fell after the satellite-imagery and data-analysis company cut its annual revenue guidance following when it reported first-quarter results Thursday.
- Space Force assigns 12 national security missions to SpaceX and ULA SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2023 The U.S. Space Force launch procurement office on June 8 announced an additional 12 missions assigned to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract.
- SpaceX Dragon capsule breaks U.S. spaceflight records Teslarati · 8 Jun 2023 SpaceX has now launched a flight-proven Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) 20 times. Following the successful launch and docking...
- Why – and How – NASA Gives a Name to Every Spot It Studies on Mars NASA · 8 Jun 2023 Martian maps are full of monikers recognizing places on Earth, explorers, and even cartoon characters.
- Investing in Space: Here are the rockets chasing to compete with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 CNBC · 8 Jun 2023 No rocket has been better-described as a “workhorse” than SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Historically a term reserved for the likes of ULA’s Delta II (now retired) or Russia’s Soyuz (now unavailable) or China’s Long March (also unav...
- Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc. SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2023 Firefly Aerospace announced June 8 it has acquired Spaceflight Inc., adding its satellite transportation services to its portfolio of launch vehicles and spacecraft.
- SAIC to develop ‘software factory’ for Space Development Agency SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2023 The Space Development Agency awarded a $64 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to develop a software applications factory for the agency’s low Earth orbit constellation.
- ArianeGroup Renames its GEOTracker Space Surveillance Service European Spaceflight · 8 Jun 2023 ArianeGroup announced June 6 that it had renamed its GEOTracker space surveillance service to Helix. With the new name, the company has also rolled out new capabilities that include eye-safe laser ranging and imaging.
- Hydrosat acquires IrriWatch SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2023 IrriWatch, founded in 2019 by Wim Bastiaanssen, an expert on remote sensing and water resource management, feeds imagery and data, much of it provided by thermal sensors on government satellites, into proprietary algorit...
- Albedo expands staff and facilities SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2023 Albedo also announced the opening June 8 of a Broomfield facility large enough to build three to four satellites simultaneously.
- NASA concerned Starship problems will delay Artemis 3 SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2023 NASA has growing concerns that the lunar lander version of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle will not be ready in time for the Artemis 3 mission in late 2025, given the amount of work needed to get the vehicle ready.
- United Launch Alliance successfully test fires new Vulcan rocket Teslarati · 8 Jun 2023 United Launch Alliance successfully test-fires new Vulcan rocket Following a successful Flight Tanking Test (FTT), United Launch Alliance fired up the Vulcan...
- Vulcan performs static-fire test SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2023 United Launch Alliance carried out a static-fire test of its Vulcan Centaur rocket June 7, one of the final milestones before the vehicle’s first launch.
- Nuview reveals backers including actor Leonardo DiCaprio SpaceNews · 7 Jun 2023 Nuview plans to launch, a Space Proof of Concept Satellite called Mr. Spoc, in a little more than two years.
- Boeing hit with a lawsuit over alleged “theft” of SLS rocket tools Ars Technica · 7 Jun 2023 "Without the engines installed and fitted perfectly, the rocket could not launch."
- Space Command seeks more efficient use of space-tracking and missile sensors SpaceNews · 7 Jun 2023 In its new role overseeing the nation’s network of missile-defense sensors, U.S. Space Command plans to make more efficient use of these assets, officials said June 7.
- NASA Opens Applications for Artifact Program to Museums, Schools, More NASA · 7 Jun 2023 Eligible schools, universities, museums, libraries, and planetariums interested in receiving historic NASA objects for their STEM programs have until Friday, June 30, to apply for the 60th screening of the NASA Artifacts...
- ESA launches AI project to monitor organic cotton supplies SpaceNews · 7 Jun 2023 The European Space Agency has launched a demonstration project to show how artificial intelligence could use satellite data to help certify organic cotton farms in India to prevent fraud.
- NASA Awards $5 Million to Women’s Colleges Tackling STEM Gender Gap NASA · 7 Jun 2023 As part of a Biden/Harris initiative, NASA will award more than $5 million in funding to seven Women’s Colleges and Universities (WCUs) to research and develop strategies that increase retention of women in STEM degree p...
- New York’s air quality reaches “hazardous” level, by far the worst in the world Ars Technica · 7 Jun 2023 New York City had the worst air quality in the world on Tuesday.
- NASA Invites Media to View Asteroid Sample Recovery Rehearsal NASA · 7 Jun 2023 NASA invites media to attend the first major asteroid sample recovery rehearsal for its OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission on Tuesday, June 27...
- Boeing sued over alleged theft of IP, counterfeiting of tools used on NASA projects CNBC · 7 Jun 2023 Wilson Aerospace, a small family-run tools company based in Colorado, is suing Boeing for a wide range of claims concerning allegedly stolen intellectual property over the last two decades.
- How bedrest and cycling in artificial gravity is being tested to aid human spaceflight NASASpaceflight · 7 Jun 2023 For two months, 12 people from France will be put into a “compulsory reclined lifestyle” to study the impacts that microgravity has on astronauts and whether cycling in artificial gravity could combat the negative effect...
- ULA To Conduct Vulcan Flight Readiness Firing Today The Launch Pad · 7 Jun 2023 ULA announced this afternoon that they are planning to conduct another attempt at the Flight Readiness Firing of the twin BE-4 engines of their next generation Vulcan-Centaur launch vehicle today.
- Chinese commercial rocket firm launches 26 satellites, sets national record SpaceNews · 7 Jun 2023 A Chinese commercial launch firm conducted its second orbital mission Wednesday, sending a reported record 26 satellites into orbit.