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- Skylo launches connected device services in India on Inmarsat network SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2021 Silicon Valley startup Skylo has started connecting machines and sensors in India to its Internet of Things (IoT) network, using British operator Inmarsat’s satellites.
- NASA Selects Postdoctoral Program Research Support Contractor NASA · 8 Jun 2021 NASA has selected Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to provide the agency with administrative support and coordination of research opportunities between NASA’s mission directorates and cen...
- Branson may make a last-ditch effort to beat Bezos into space Ars Technica · 8 Jun 2021 "At this time, we have not determined the date of our next flight."
- Relativity raises $650 million round, announces Terran R rocket SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2021 Relativity Space announced June 8 it has raised $650 million in a new funding round to support development of a fully reusable launch vehicle far larger than its original Terran 1 rocket.
- Relativity has a bold plan to take on SpaceX, and investors are buying it Ars Technica · 8 Jun 2021 "We're trying to ice skate to where the puck is going."
- Relativity Space reveals fully reusable medium lift launch vehicle Terran R NASASpaceflight · 8 Jun 2021 Relativity Space, leveraging their 3D printing technology, has announced the next step towards supporting multiplanetary spaceflight: a fully reusable, medium lift launch vehicle named Terran R.
- Blue Canyon Technologies names new CEO SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2021 Blue Canyon Technologies has promoted one of its co-founders to chief executive to lead the next phase of growth of the Raytheon-owned smallsat manufacturer.
- New study calls for ‘national dialogue’ on future environmental satellites SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2021 The U.S. government is poised to make large investments in environmental monitoring satellites but these efforts are not well coordinated, says a new report by the Aerospace Corp.
- Relativity announces plans for fully reusable Terran R rocket Spaceflight Now · 8 Jun 2021 Relativity Space announced plans Tuesday for a fully reusable two-stage rocket named the Terran R, a 3D-printed vehicle designed to haul more than 20 metric tons of cargo to low Earth orbit from a launch pad at Cape Cana...
- NASA astrophysics director to step down SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2021 Paul Hertz, who has led NASA’s astrophysics programs for nearly a decade, will step down by the end of the year to pursue his “next challenge” at the space agency.
- NASA selects two robotic missions to Venus for launch in late 2020s Spaceflight Now · 7 Jun 2021 NASA has selected two robotic missions for launch to Venus around 2029, the U.S. space agency’s first spacecraft in more than 30 years dedicated to exploring the hellishly hot second planet from the sun.
- NASA Highlights Winners of Challenge to Engineer Human Tissue NASA · 7 Jun 2021 NASA will announce the first- and second-place winners of the Vascular Tissue Challenge, a prize competition to grow and sustain functioning human tissue in a lab, Wednesday, June 9.
- EchoStar puts faith in third nanosatellite for global S-band plan SpaceNews · 7 Jun 2021 EchoStar hopes the third time will be a charm for the U.S. satellite operator racing to secure global non-geostationary S-band rights this summer.
- NASA to Air Briefing, Spacewalks to Install New Station Solar Arrays NASA · 7 Jun 2021 Expedition 65 astronauts will conduct two spacewalks – one Wednesday, June 16, and the other Sunday, June 20 – to install new solar arrays to help power the International Space Station.
- Jeff Bezos says he will fly into space next month Ars Technica · 7 Jun 2021 "You can buy Soyuz seats; it’s not what drives me."
- Astra to acquire spacecraft propulsion company Apollo Fusion SpaceNews · 7 Jun 2021 Launch vehicle developer Astra is acquiring Apollo Fusion, a company developing electric propulsion systems for spacecraft, as part of its effort to create vertically integrated space systems.
- Bezos to go on first crewed New Shepard flight SpaceNews · 7 Jun 2021 Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man and founder of Blue Origin, announced June 7 that he will go on the first crewed flight of the company’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle next month.
- SpaceX outfits drone ship for Panama Canal transit after 45th booster recovery Teslarati · 7 Jun 2021 Just a few hours after returning to Port Canaveral, SpaceX lifted Falcon 9 B1067 off of drone ship Of Course I Still...
- Looking beyond Landsat 7 SpaceNews · 7 Jun 2021 The land-observing satellite was supposed to work for five years. Now, more than 20 years later, Landsat 7 is still going strong.
- Bezos to join first crew for New Shepard suborbital spaceflight Spaceflight Now · 7 Jun 2021 Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos and his brother, Mark, will join the winner of an on-line auction for blast off next month on an up-and-down sub-orbital flight to the edge of space aboard a New Shepard rocket and capsule built...
- OLS grows ahead of Super Heavy debut – Raptor test capacity increases NASASpaceflight · 6 Jun 2021 SpaceX Starbase may be lacking a rocket at the launch site, but work is still continuing apace on the construction of the Orbital Launch Site (OLS) ahead of receiving the first Super Heavy/Starship stack for an upcoming...
- China launches Fengyun 4B meteorological satellite Spaceflight Now · 6 Jun 2021 China launched the Fengyun 4B weather observatory June 2 aboard a Long March 3B rocket, deploying the second in a new generation of geostationary spacecraft tracking typhoons, monitoring Earth’s climate, and measuring th...
- SpaceX delivers for SiriusXM with successful midnight hour launch Spaceflight Now · 6 Jun 2021 A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral early Sunday with a high-power digital radio satellite for SiriusXM, marking SpaceX’s 18th Falcon 9 flight since Jan. 1, but just the third dedicated to external commercial...
- Falcon 9 launch timeline with SXM 8 Spaceflight Now · 6 Jun 2021 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the SXM 8 radio broadcasting satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later.
- SiriusXM to replenish radio broadcast fleet with launch early Sunday Spaceflight Now · 5 Jun 2021 SiriusXM will get a new radio broadcasting satellite with a launch scheduled early Sunday from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, following the failure of an identical spacecraft after a launch last December...
- SpaceX launches 2nd mission in three days with SiriusXM-8 NASASpaceflight · 5 Jun 2021 SpaceX launched its 18th mission of 2021 with the SiriusXM-8 (SXM-8) high-power broadcasting satellite. A Falcon 9 rocket lofted the SXM-8 satellite to a sub-synchronous geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) after launching...
- Lockheed Martin gets $1 billion contract for operations of SBIRS ground systems SpaceNews · 5 Jun 2021 Lockheed Martin received a $1 billion contract to operate and maintain the ground control systems of the U.S. military’s Space Based Infrared System geostationary satellites.
- Dragon capsule delivers 7,300 pounds of cargo to International Space Station Spaceflight Now · 5 Jun 2021 Wrapping up a two-day transit from a launch pad in Florida, a SpaceX Dragon capsule autonomously linked up with the International Space Station Saturday with more than 7,300 pounds of cargo, including new solar arrays, c...
- NASA Awards Universities $1.4M for Space Station, Suborbital Research NASA · 4 Jun 2021 NASA has awarded $1.4 million to nine universities and organizations across the country for research and technology development projects in areas critical to the agency’s mission, including studying radiation effects and...
- Air Force: Using commercial rockets to deliver supplies not as far-fetched as it sounds SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2021 U.S. Air Force officials on June 4 expressed enthusiasm about the possibility that commercial space vehicles one day could be used to ship supplies around the world.
- New military program to study using huge rockets for global cargo delivery Spaceflight Now · 4 Jun 2021 The U.S. military plans to spend nearly $48 million next year on a program that could eventually allow commanders to transport heavy cargo around the world in less than an hour using giant rockets being developed by priv...
- NASA Awards Universities $1.2M for Space Station, Suborbital Research NASA · 4 Jun 2021 NASA has awarded $1.2 million to nine universities and organizations across the country for research and technology development projects in areas critical to the agency’s mission, including studying radiation effects and...
- Yes, the military is serious about rocketing supplies around the planet Ars Technica · 4 Jun 2021 "A rocket can get around the world in 90 minutes, and an airplane cannot."
- Virgin Galactic signs contract for suborbital research mission SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2021 Virgin Galactic has signed an agreement to fly a private researcher on a future suborbital flight, part of efforts diversify its business beyond space tourism.
- Mars Ascent Vehicle from Northrop Grumman takes shape for Mars Sample Return mission NASASpaceflight · 4 Jun 2021 Since Mariner 9 entered orbit around Mars on November 14, 1971, NASA has been continuously studying the Red Planet. The Viking landers reached the surface of Mars five years later and began sampling the soil. Since then,...
- NASA Administrator Statement on Meeting with Roscosmos NASA · 4 Jun 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released the following statement after an introductory call Friday with Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin:
- Seraphim Capital reportedly plotting public market debut SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2021 Early-stage space investor Seraphim Capital reportedly plans to list shares on London’s stock exchange, following a growing number of its own investments to the public markets.
- Rocket Report: SpaceX breaks streak of used launches, FAA clears Electron Ars Technica · 4 Jun 2021 "Listen to customers, don't listen to pundits and market analysts."
- House bill would designate space as critical infrastructure SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2021 A new House bill would classify space as a critical infrastructure and require the federal government to establish guidelines to protect it.
- SpaceX rolls first Starship booster hardware to launch site Teslarati · 4 Jun 2021 While destined to remain on the ground, SpaceX has rolled Starship booster hardware to its Boca Chica, Texas launch pad for the...