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- Eutelsat ups its OneWeb stake with additional $165 million SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2021 Eutelsat says it will own nearly 23% of OneWeb, the second largest stake behind Bharti Global's 30% share of the company once the transaction closes.
- NASA Invites Media to Webb Telescope Launch Coverage Discussion NASA · 6 Oct 2021 NASA and its mission partners will host a briefing at 9 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 8, for media interested in covering the James Webb Space Telescope launch.
- Earth observation company Satellogic expands partnership with Amazon Web Services SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2021 Earth observation company Satellogic announced Oct. 6 it will be using Amazon’s ground station service to control its satellites and download data from space.
- Japanese carmaker Honda developing reusable rocket for LEO satellites SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2021 Honda says its core automotive technologies for combustion, fluid, remote control and guidance will be applied to a rocket it aims to test launch by 2030.
- Russia tells its space reporters to stop reporting on the space program Ars Technica · 6 Oct 2021 "Will it affect the coverage of Roscosmos? For sure it will."
- NGA looking to tap ‘all sources of innovation in the commercial space’ SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2021 The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has launched several initiatives to team up with the private sector and make it easier for new entrants to do business with the government
- SES CEO thinks satellite industry consolidation likely SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2021 The CEO of satellite operator SES says consolidation of the satellite industry is more likely than ever to improve its overall return on investment, but that the structure of the industry might hinder such deals.
- SpaceX ships hardware for first 33-engine Super Heavy booster to Starbase Teslarati · 6 Oct 2021 SpaceX appears to have delivered hardware that will eventually become part of the first 33-engine Super Heavy booster to its South Texas...
- NGA to increase use of commercial analytic services SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2021 David Gauthier said NGA has to transition away from government analysts exploiting raw imagery to commercial analytic services that can quickly provide answers
- Hiber abandons plans for IoT satellite constellation SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2021 Dutch company Hiber is dropping plans to deploy an internet-of-things smallsat constellation, electing instead to provide similar services through a third-party system.
- Orbital Micro Systems and Thomas Keating forge weather data pact SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2021
- Report: SpaceX to launch at least five back-to-back Crew Dragon missions for NASA Teslarati · 5 Oct 2021 Ars Technica’s Eric Berger reports that NASA has begun the process of moving a number of astronauts assigned to Boeing’s ailing Starliner...
- ODNI to share unclassified science and technology priorities SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2021 The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is preparing unclassified documents to share its science and technology priorities with industry and academia, John Beieler, ODNI science and technology director...
- How low can satellites go? VLEO entrepreneurs plan to find out SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2021 Why all the interest in VLEO? Satellite costs often rise with their altitude.
- Space data used to detect sources of GPS disruptions SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2021 Radio-frequency data collected by Hawkeye 360 satellites can be used to locate GPS interference hotspots
- NRO’s strategy to buy satellite imagery shaped by thriving commercial market SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2021 The U.S. satellite imagery industry will soon see the details of a highly anticipated procurement by the National Reconnaissance Office.
- Launch of Italian radar satellite shifts from Arianespace to SpaceX Spaceflight Now · 5 Oct 2021 The Italian Space Agency says it has booked a launch with SpaceX as soon as November for a COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar remote sensing satellite, shifting the spacecraft from a European Vega C rocket to a Falcon...
- OneWeb’s antenna supplier in South Korea inks $60 million deal with SES SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2021 South Korean antenna maker Intellian Technologies signed a supply deal worth 71.1 billion won ($60 million) with Luxembourg-based satellite fleet operator SES.
- La NASA y FEMA presentarán la serie Alianza para la Acción Climática en octubre NASA · 5 Oct 2021 La NASA y la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés) serán coanfitriones de la Alianza para la Acción Climática, una serie virtual para abordar la creciente demanda de información p...
- NASA, FEMA to Host Alliance for Climate Action Series in October NASA · 5 Oct 2021 NASA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will co-host the Alliances for Climate Action, a virtual series to address rising demand for accurate, timely, and actionable information at a time of rapid global...
- Startups and universities selected for Space Force prize competition SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2021 A business accelerator funded by the U.S. Space Force announced it has selected 13 startups and 11 university teams to compete for $100,000 awards.
- NASA likely to move some astronauts off Starliner due to extended delays Ars Technica · 5 Oct 2021 Astronauts assigned to Boeing flights may end up on SpaceX's Crew-5 mission.
- Soyuz delivers cosmonaut and film crew to ISS SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2021 A Soyuz spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station Oct. 5 carrying a cosmonaut as well as an actress and director who will film scenes for a Russian movie.
- SpaceX to launch Falcon Heavy rocket 3 times in 6 months after latest payload delay Teslarati · 5 Oct 2021 For at least the second time in 2021, unspecified issues with a US military payload have delayed SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launch,...
- Spire Global data to feed maritime-traffic algorithms SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2021 LatConnect 60 will feed Spire Global Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel-tracking data into algorithms the Australian Earth-observation startup is developing with Curtin University to prevent maritime collisions...
- Soyuz arrives at space station for out-of-this-world film shoot Spaceflight Now · 5 Oct 2021 Chalking up a space first of sorts, a Russian actress, her director-cameraman and a veteran cosmonaut rocketed into orbit, chased down the International Space Station and successfully docked Tuesday, setting the stage fo...
- Russian actress, director set for Tuesday launch to space station Spaceflight Now · 4 Oct 2021 America won the race to the moon, but Russia still proudly claims the most space “firsts,” including the first satellite, the first man in space, the first woman, the first spacewalk, the first multi-member crew and the...
- Soyuz MS-19 launches film crew to Station amid tightened Russian space reporting regulations NASASpaceflight · 4 Oct 2021 The Soyuz MS-19 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) lifted off at 08:55 UTC (04:55 EDT) on Tuesday, October 5 from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
- Voyager Space acquires propulsion company Valley Tech Systems SpaceNews · 4 Oct 2021 Voyager Space announced Oct. 4 it has acquired Valley Tech Systems, a company that developed solid-fueled propulsion for long-range missiles, as well as signal processing and geolocation technologies for the U.S. militar...
- BepiColombo gets first glimpse of Mercury Spaceflight Now · 4 Oct 2021 The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft swept past Mercury Friday in the first of six high-speed flybys to gradually set up the probe’s trajectory for a critical maneuver in 2025 to enter orbit around the solar syst...
- NASA Invites Media to Launch of Double Asteroid Redirection Test NASA · 4 Oct 2021 Media accreditation is open for the upcoming launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, an evaluation of technologies for preventing a hazardous asteroid from striking Earth.
- Revealed: The secret notes of Blue Origin leaders trying to catch SpaceX Ars Technica · 4 Oct 2021 "They have a customer focus. We should too."
- Payload issue delays SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launch to early 2022 Spaceflight Now · 4 Oct 2021 The next flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, previously scheduled for this month, has been pushed back to early 2022 after more delays caused by its U.S. military payload, a Space Force spokesperson said.
- NGA renews Maxar contract for satellite imagery SpaceNews · 4 Oct 2021 Maxar Technologies won a $44 million contract option from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to continue to provide U.S. government agencies with access to unclassified high-resolution commercial imagery from Ma...
- Blue Origin says ‘Star Trek’ actor William Shatner will fly to space next week Spaceflight Now · 4 Oct 2021 Blue Origin confirmed Monday that actor William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk on “Star Trek,” will fly into space on a suborbital launch Oct. 12 from West Texas.
- South Korea’s air force opens space ops center SpaceNews · 4 Oct 2021 South Korea’s air force has launched a space center that will play a central role in drawing space policies for the nation’s armed forces as well as enhancing cooperation with domestic and international partners, includi...
- Star Trek’s William Shatner to fly on next New Shepard flight SpaceNews · 4 Oct 2021 Blue Origin confirmed Oct. 4 that William Shatner, the actor best known at Capt. James T. Kirk from the original “Star Trek” TV series and movies, will fly on the company’s next New Shepard suborbital flight this month.
- Let’s make a deal: Entrepreneur wants to trade Buran shuttle for a skull Ars Technica · 4 Oct 2021 "It is not water that flows in our veins, but blood."
- SpaceX’s first orbital-class Starship stretches ‘wings’ ahead of Raptor installation Teslarati · 4 Oct 2021 SpaceX’s first orbital-class Starship prototype was spotted stretching its ‘wings’ on Sunday after completing a successful cryogenic proof test late last week....
- Space Force intelligence organization established at Wright Patterson Air Force Base SpaceNews · 4 Oct 2021 The Space Force Intelligence Activity was stood up Sept. 24 as an interim organization until the National Space Intelligence Center is established.