The first of a new generation of lunar 'astronauts' return to Cologne
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Satellite executives spar over direct-to-device evolution
Tuesday, 14 March 2023 01:12![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Executives seeking new businesses from connecting satellites directly to standard smartphones are divided over how quickly this market could grow.
Deep drilling for Mars
Monday, 13 March 2023 20:55![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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NASA planning to spend up to $1 billion on space station deorbit module
Monday, 13 March 2023 20:25![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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NASA is projecting spending nearly $1 billion on a tug to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of the decade to provide redundancy for safely disposing of the station.
L3 Harris wins $765.5 million contract to develop GeoXO imager
Monday, 13 March 2023 20:08![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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L3Harris Technologies won a $765.5 million NASA contract to develop the imager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Extended Observations satellite program.
Space Force pauses GPS satellite orders due to excess inventory
Monday, 13 March 2023 19:43![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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With several GPS satellites in storage awaiting launch opportunities, the U.S. Space Force decided to press pause on new orders.
Space firms regain access to Silicon Valley Bank accounts
Monday, 13 March 2023 18:19![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Early-stage space firms breathed a sigh of relief after the U.S.
Getting real about space business models
Monday, 13 March 2023 16:08![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Stan Crow is an astronautical engineer with 35 years of experience in space, technology, and business roles in the U.S.
U.S. Space Force budget hits $30 billion in 2024 proposal
Monday, 13 March 2023 13:40![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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President Biden’s $842 billion budget request for the Defense Department for fiscal year 2024 includes $30 billion for the U.S.
Rivada Space Networks selects Aalyria Spacetime
Monday, 13 March 2023 12:35![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Aalyria, the company marketing technology developed by Google parent Alphabet, announced an agreement March 13 with Rivada Space Networks.
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LeoLabs to build radar in Argentina
Monday, 13 March 2023 12:30![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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LeoLabs is expanding observation over the Southern Hemisphere with a radar in Argentina.
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ExoMars: Back on track for the Red Planet
Monday, 13 March 2023 12:00![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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A year has passed since the launch of the ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover mission was put on hold, but the work has not stopped for the ExoMars teams in Europe.
In this programme, the ESA Web TV crew travel back to Turin, Italy to talk to the teams and watch as new tests are being conducted with the rover’s Earth twin Amalia while the real rover remains carefully stored in an ultra-clean room.
The 15-minute special programme gives an update on what happened since the mission was cancelled in 2022 because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the plan
Europe’s Mars exploration
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The Red Planet has always been on the horizon for space exploration.
New Boost! call for commercial space transportation services is open
Monday, 13 March 2023 10:00![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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European private sector companies developing commercial space transportation services are invited to submit proposals to ESA for co-funding and access to the space agency’s expertise and facilities. This new Boost! programme call for proposals is open through 2025, and follows a successful initial round that closed at the end of 2022.