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- Rocket Lab launches BlackSky sats, tests Electron ocean recovery NASASpaceflight · 24 Mar 2023 After successfully conducting back-to-back flights from their recently-inaugurated US launch site, Rocket Lab returned to New Zealand for its second mission in March. Liftoff of “The Beat Goes On” mission took place on F...
- First crewed Starliner launch slips again SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2023 The first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle with astronauts on board, previously scheduled for late April, has been delayed, likely until the summer.
- NASA warns of “devastating” impacts of potential budget cuts SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2023 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson claims proposed spending reductions for fiscal year 2024 could have “devastating and potentially unrecoverable” effects on NASA programs, delaying or canceling many missions.
- Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Delayed The Launch Pad · 23 Mar 2023 NASA has announced that Boeing Starliner's Crew Flight Test has officially been delayed.
- Investing in Space: The latecomer CNBC · 23 Mar 2023 A small group of Virgin Orbit employees are rolling back into the company’s Long Beach, California, headquarters today. The work they’ll resume carries the hopes of the rest of their colleagues, who wait unpaid in the wi...
- Relativity Space has a successful failure with the debut of Terran 1 Ars Technica · 23 Mar 2023 "Today is a huge win, with many historic firsts."
- (UPDATED) SpaceX investment from Saudi, UAE investors being planned: report Teslarati · 23 Mar 2023 UPDATE: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has issued a response. As per the CEO, reports alleging that Saudi and UAE investors are planning...
- SpaceX investment from Saudi, UAE investors might be coming: report Teslarati · 23 Mar 2023 Recent reports have emerged suggesting that a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s investment fund and an Abu Dhabi investment firm are planning to...
- Relativity launches first Terran 1 SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2023 Relativity Space’s first Terran 1 rocket successfully got off the launch pad March 22 but failed to reach orbit because of an upper stage malfunction.
- Relativity’s first 3D-printed rocket launches successfully but fails to reach orbit CNBC · 23 Mar 2023 Relativity Space, a 3D-printing specialist, launched the inaugural flight of its Terran 1 rocket late on Wednesday night, which successfully met some mission objectives before failing to reach orbit.
- Relativity Makes History With Maiden Terran 1 Flight, Fails To Reach Orbit The Launch Pad · 23 Mar 2023 Relativity Space has made history successfully launching its Terran 1 launch vehicle for the first time.
- SpaceX Starlink V2 Satellites Experiencing Problems On Orbit The Launch Pad · 22 Mar 2023 SpaceX may need to deorbit some of the first batch of larger second-generation Starlink satellites due to issues they are currently facing.
- SpaceX experiencing problems with first upgraded Starlink V2 satellites SpaceNews · 22 Mar 2023 The first set of larger second-generation Starlink satellites is experiencing problems that could require SpaceX to deorbit at least some of them.
- Avio secures Italian government funding for methane engine and small launch vehicle prototype SpaceNews · 22 Mar 2023 Avio is moving ahead with efforts to develop a larger methane-fueled rocket engine and a prototype small launch vehicle with more than $300 million in funding from the Italian government.
- NRO Signs 5 Year Commercial Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery Agreement The Launch Pad · 22 Mar 2023 The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has entered into five-year agreements with six commercial providers of hyperspectral satellite imagery.
- USSF Requests First Tactically Responsive Space Program Budget The Launch Pad · 22 Mar 2023 The U.S. Space Force has requested $60 million over the next two years from Congress for a program called tactically responsive space, according to budget documents submitted last week.
- Innospace Test Launches HANBIT-TLV From Brazil Successfully The Launch Pad · 22 Mar 2023 South Korean rocket startup Innospace has successfully launching its HANBIT-TLV suborbital rocket from Brazil's Alcântara Space Center for the first time.
- NRO signs agreements with commercial providers of hyperspectral imagery SpaceNews · 22 Mar 2023 The National Reconnaissance Office has signed five-year agreements with six commercial providers of hyperspectral satellite imagery
- Relativity overachieves Terran 1 debut objectives NASASpaceflight · 22 Mar 2023 Relativity Space conducted the first flight of its Terran 1 rocket Wednesday. The Good Luck, Have Fun (GLHF) mission launched from Launch Complex 16 (LC-16) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. While the mission fa...
- Virgin Orbit raising $200 million from investor Matthew Brown, closing deal as soon as Thursday CNBC · 22 Mar 2023 Virgin Orbit is in final talks to raise funds from Texas-based investor Matthew Brown, two people familiar with the deal told CNBC, amounting to an injection of $200 million.
- Relativity Space hopes to live additively ever after with Wednesday’s launch Ars Technica · 22 Mar 2023 Watch this one because there won't be many Terran 1 launches.
- Virgin Orbit begins “incremental” return to work as it seeks new funding SpaceNews · 22 Mar 2023 A small set of Virgin Orbit employees will return to work after a week-long furlough as the company attempts to raise money to remain solvent.
- Teens send experiments out of this world SpaceNews · 22 Mar 2023 From the time she was a child, Anna-Sophia Boguraev has had her eye on space. When she was 4, she built a cardboard rocket ship. She asked a lot of questions, loved looking at the stars and was set on getting a PhD long...
- Virgin Orbit returning ‘small’ team from unpaid pause on Thursday to prep for next rocket launch CNBC · 22 Mar 2023 Virgin Orbit is returning a “small” team to work on Thursday, according to a company-wide email obtained by CNBC, as it aims to prepare for its next rocket launch even as its future remains in doubt.
- Terran Orbital further expands satellite production facilities SpaceNews · 22 Mar 2023 Satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital is planning another expansion of its factory in Southern California to accommodate an anticipated increase in government and commercial orders.
- Frontier collects $10 million from AEI HorizonX SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2023 Frontier Aerospace raised $10 million in Series A funding from AEI HorizonX.
- NASA Considers Continuing VERITAS Or Pursuing New Discovery Mission The Launch Pad · 21 Mar 2023 NASA is considering whether to move forward with the VERITAS Mission or requesting proposals for a future mission.
- NASA Warns MSR Costs Could Impact Other Scientific Missions The Launch Pad · 21 Mar 2023 NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) program is facing significant cost increases that are starting to impact other science missions.
- NASA Selects Repairs Operations Maintenance and Engineering Contractor NASA · 21 Mar 2023 NASA has selected ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC, of Beltsville, Maryland for the Repairs, Operations, Maintenance and Engineering (ROME) contract.
- FCC Reveals Framework For Satellite To Smartphone Connectivity The Launch Pad · 21 Mar 2023 The US FCC has proposed a new framework to regulate the use of terrestrial wireless spectrum from space for direct-to-device services.
- Satellite maker Terran Orbital sees annual revenue climb near $100 million CNBC · 21 Mar 2023 Terran Orbital, a specialist in manufacturing small satellites, reported fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, with annual revenue nearing $100 million as it continued to build its order backlog.
- U.S. Air Force to test hardware at hypersonic speeds on Varda’s space capsules SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2023 The U.S. Air Force plans to use startup Varda Space Industries’ reentry capsules as hypersonic flight test platforms
- NASA Seeks Student Solutions for Managing Moon Landing Dust Cloud NASA · 21 Mar 2023 As NASA and industry partners develop new human landing systems to transport astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back as part of Artemis, the agency is asking university students to investigate solution...
- ispace's HAKUTO-R M1 Lunar Lander Successfully Enters Moon Orbit The Launch Pad · 21 Mar 2023 ispace announced that its HAKUTO-R M1 Lunar Lander has successfully entered orbit around the Moon. The lander performed its first lunar orbit insertion manoeuvre at 10:24 (JST) on March 21, under the direction of ispace...
- South Korea’s Innospace succeeds in test launch SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2023 South Korean rocket startup Innospace successfully launched a suborbital rocket from Brazil over the weekend, demonstrating a hybrid motor it plans to scale up into a small orbital launch vehicle.
- Kazakhstan’s seizure of Russian space assets threatens the Soyuz-5 rocket Ars Technica · 21 Mar 2023 Russia has spent nearly $1 billion on the development of the new Soyuz-5 rocket.
- Japanese lander enters lunar orbit SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2023 A lunar lander developed by Japanese company ispace has entered orbit around the moon, setting up a lunar landing attempt by the end of April.
- On National Security | Space Force and commercial industry taking relationship to the next level SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2023 The U.S. Space Force is exploring the creation of a space equivalent of the civil reserve air fleet, or CRAF, a program the Pentagon conceived 70 years ago to gain access to commercial airlift capacity in an emergency.
- Industry sees missed opportunity in deorbiting ISS SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2023 NASA’s plan to spend up to $1 billion on a tug to deorbit the International Space Station is a missed opportunity to instead repurpose or recycle the station, some in industry argue.
- TLP Network Announces First Mission To Lunar Surface The Launch Pad · 20 Mar 2023 LunEx-1 is the first mission to the moon as part of TLP Network's LunEx (Lunar Exploration) program.