SpinLaunch raises $71 million
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 02:59
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SpinLaunch, a company developing a launch system that uses a centrifuge as a first stage, raised $71 million to continue work on that system and a line of satellites.
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Draft solicitation for national security space launch services expected in early 2023
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Brig. Gen. Stephen Purdy said DoD has to approve the NSSL Phase 3 strategy before a draft request for proposals can be released
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Space Force procurement chief criticizes over-engineered satellite programs
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Frank Calvelli: 'The old approach, the seven-year development contracts that we're doing, that has to change'
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Next batch of OneWeb satellites arrive in India for launch
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OneWeb said Sept. 20 its latest batch of 36 broadband satellites has arrived in India ahead of plans to launch them next month on the country's largest rocket.
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Revealing spacecraft geometry effects on impact simulations for NASA's DART mission
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Watch live: ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti calls International Astronautical Congress from space
Tuesday, 20 September 2022 12:29
ESA deep space network tracks DART asteroid impact
Tuesday, 20 September 2022 12:15
James Webb Space Telescope sends back pictures of Mars
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NASA announced Monday that the James Webb Space Telescope captured the blinding infrared light from Mars earlier this month.
The images show the eastern hemisphere of Mars in different wavelengths of infrared light. NASA said that the new images will help advance scientific study of the red planet.
"Webb can capture images and spectra with the spectral resolution needed to study Leading scientists develop space tech platform to track carbon in every tree
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Non-profit CTrees is launching the first ever digital platform for calculating the carbon in every tree on the planet, with complete accuracy. Launching at COP27, the new platform offers high-accuracy, AI-enabled satellite data products that allow countries, jurisdictions, the private sector, and civil society to measure, report, and verify (MRV) both carbon emissions and removals from all types Planet Partners with Taylor Geospatial Institute to leverage data food security and more
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Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has announced that they have entered into a multi-year contract with Saint Louis University in support of the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI), a leading geospatial research collaborative.
Bringing together eight midwestern universities and research centers, TGI aims to harness innovation in geospatial Vandenberg hosts 2nd Annual Assured Access to Space Industry Days Forum
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A new, exciting age in Space has begun, with established companies such as NASA, SpaceX, and the United Launch Alliance staking their claim in the space launch industry. And in this new age, comes competition, with companies emerging through the woodworks to throw their hat into the ring.
On September 15 and 16, Vandenberg Space Force Base held the second annual Assured Access to Space (AA Space archaeologists's offer first consultancy firm for orbital habitats
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Three well-known space archaeologists have opened a new consultancy firm, offering advice to builders and designers of any future space stations or other off-planet living arrangements.
The goal of Brick Moon is to help clients "create orbital or planetary habitats that improve productivity, reduce costs, and support crew well-being," according to its mission statement.
The compa SpaceX wants to bring satellite internet to Iran: Musk
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SpaceX will apply for an exemption from US sanctions against Iran in a bid to offer its satellite internet service to the country, owner Elon Musk said on Monday.
"Starlink will apply for an exemption from sanctions against Iran," Musk said in response to a tweet from a science reporter.
Musk had initially announced that the Starlink satellite internet service had been made available on NASA set for “kinder, gentler” SLS tanking test
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NASA officials say they’re ready to try a new approach to fueling the Space Launch System to prevent the return of leaks that scrubbed an earlier launch attempt even though they are not certain what caused that leak.
ESA tracks world-first asteroid deflection
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ESA's Estrack network tracks DART in the vital moments before asteroid impact