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Saturday, 20 September 2025 22:47
Two Chinese Rockets Deliver 12 Advanced Satellites into Orbit
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
China successfully carried out two separate rocket launches on Tuesday, deploying a total of 12 satellites into orbit.
At 3:48 am, a Smart Dragon 3 rocket lifted off from a sea-based platform near Rizhao in Shandong province, placing 11 multifunction satellites into low-Earth orbit about 600 km above Earth. The launch marked the seventh maritime flight for this solid-fueled rocket, develop
China successfully carried out two separate rocket launches on Tuesday, deploying a total of 12 satellites into orbit.
At 3:48 am, a Smart Dragon 3 rocket lifted off from a sea-based platform near Rizhao in Shandong province, placing 11 multifunction satellites into low-Earth orbit about 600 km above Earth. The launch marked the seventh maritime flight for this solid-fueled rocket, develop
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Frontgrade introduces PSM28 SpaceVPX power module for scalable satellite systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Frontgrade Technologies has unveiled the PSM28 VPX Power Supply Module, a compact, space-optimized solution engineered to deliver reliable and efficient power for next-generation spacecraft and payload systems.
The 3U module is based on Frontgrade's proprietary MAMBA architecture and Space GaN technology, converting 28V input to a regulated 12V output. It supports up to 24A peak current wi
Frontgrade Technologies has unveiled the PSM28 VPX Power Supply Module, a compact, space-optimized solution engineered to deliver reliable and efficient power for next-generation spacecraft and payload systems.
The 3U module is based on Frontgrade's proprietary MAMBA architecture and Space GaN technology, converting 28V input to a regulated 12V output. It supports up to 24A peak current wi
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Asteroid target for Hayabusa2 found to be smaller and faster than expected
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 22, 2025
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and other facilities worldwide have discovered that asteroid 1998 KY26, the final target of Japan's Hayabusa2 mission, is significantly smaller and rotates much faster than earlier estimates suggested. The findings provide crucial guidance for mission planning as the spacecraft prepares for its 2031 rendezvous.
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Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and other facilities worldwide have discovered that asteroid 1998 KY26, the final target of Japan's Hayabusa2 mission, is significantly smaller and rotates much faster than earlier estimates suggested. The findings provide crucial guidance for mission planning as the spacecraft prepares for its 2031 rendezvous.
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Orbital Internet Exchange plans unveiled by DE-CIX
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
DE-CIX, the world's largest operator of Internet Exchanges, is extending its interconnection model beyond Earth. Through its Space-IX program, the company is laying the foundation for the first orbital Internet Exchange, enabling satellites and space-based systems to link seamlessly with terrestrial networks.
Building on its network of 60 global IX locations that connect more than 4,000 pr
DE-CIX, the world's largest operator of Internet Exchanges, is extending its interconnection model beyond Earth. Through its Space-IX program, the company is laying the foundation for the first orbital Internet Exchange, enabling satellites and space-based systems to link seamlessly with terrestrial networks.
Building on its network of 60 global IX locations that connect more than 4,000 pr
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Saturday, 20 September 2025 22:47
Shandong expands satellite launch capacity with record 115 spacecraft deployed
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Shandong province has advanced its role in China's commercial space industry with the Sept 9 launch of the Smart Dragon-3 Y7 from an offshore platform, its second mission in just one month. The province is emerging as a hub for sea-based launch activity, industrial development, and satellite manufacturing.
According to Wang Chao of the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Informa
Shandong province has advanced its role in China's commercial space industry with the Sept 9 launch of the Smart Dragon-3 Y7 from an offshore platform, its second mission in just one month. The province is emerging as a hub for sea-based launch activity, industrial development, and satellite manufacturing.
According to Wang Chao of the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Informa
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SES to test Cailabs optical ground stations for next generation laser links
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
SES will evaluate new optical ground stations from France-based Cailabs to move space data using laser rather than radio signals. The company aims to lift throughput, harden link security, and ease congestion across increasingly crowded radio frequency bands by tapping optical communications.
The effort advances space laser links that can reach up to 10 gigabits per second, roughly 100 tim
SES will evaluate new optical ground stations from France-based Cailabs to move space data using laser rather than radio signals. The company aims to lift throughput, harden link security, and ease congestion across increasingly crowded radio frequency bands by tapping optical communications.
The effort advances space laser links that can reach up to 10 gigabits per second, roughly 100 tim
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Saturday, 20 September 2025 22:47
JUNO begins decade-long mission to probe neutrino mysteries
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
JUNO, the massive Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in China, has officially started recording data, launching a ten-year program to investigate one of the most elusive particles in physics. Supported by an international collaboration that includes the CNRS, the detector aims to reveal how neutrinos influence both the subatomic world and the evolution of the Universe.
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JUNO, the massive Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in China, has officially started recording data, launching a ten-year program to investigate one of the most elusive particles in physics. Supported by an international collaboration that includes the CNRS, the detector aims to reveal how neutrinos influence both the subatomic world and the evolution of the Universe.
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What 3I/ATLAS tells us about other solar systems
East Lansing MI (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved as it traveled through our solar system - and how other distant solar systems might be different from our own.
Even before the comet was discovered in early July, it was hiding among the stars, too faint to be noticeable. In a new paper published in the Astrophysical Jo
The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved as it traveled through our solar system - and how other distant solar systems might be different from our own.
Even before the comet was discovered in early July, it was hiding among the stars, too faint to be noticeable. In a new paper published in the Astrophysical Jo
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Friday, 19 September 2025 13:18
Practicing for Mars here on Earth
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From supercomputers to wind tunnels: NASA's road to Artemis II
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