Eutelsat and OneWeb consider second-generation LEO plans
Monday, 12 September 2022 16:00
OneWeb is considering plans for a second-generation constellation jointly with Eutelsat ahead of closing their proposed merger, executives for the satellite operators said Sept. 12.
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Six space companies join Techstars aerospace accelerator
Monday, 12 September 2022 15:00
Five space-related companies from the United States and one from the United Kingdom are joining the fall 2022 Techstars Aerospace and Defense Accelerator.
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Bezos rocket fails during liftoff, only experiments aboard
Monday, 12 September 2022 14:52
Jeff Bezos' rocket company suffered its first launch failure Monday.
Bezos rocket crashes after liftoff, only experiments aboard
Monday, 12 September 2022 14:52Jeff Bezos' rocket company suffered its first launch failure Monday.
New Shepard suffers in-flight abort on uncrewed suborbital flight
Monday, 12 September 2022 14:18
A problem with Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle caused an in-flight flight a minute after liftoff Sept. 12, causing a capsule filled with payloads but not people to fire its launch abort motor and parachute to a safe landing.
NASA to Host Briefing on Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Operations
Monday, 12 September 2022 12:49
NASA will host a briefing at 11:30 a.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. PDT) on Thursday, Sept. 15, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to provide highlights from the first year and a half of the Perseverance rover’s exploration of Mars. Startups to test advanced computing technology on lunar missions
Monday, 12 September 2022 12:29
Like missions in low-Earth and geostationary orbit, deep space missions will require extensive computing capability.
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PCX Aerosystems Announces Acquisition of NuSpace
Monday, 12 September 2022 12:13
PCX Aerosystems ("PCX"), a market-leading producer of advanced mechanical systems for the aerospace industry, announced the September 2, 2022 acquisition of NuSpace, Inc. ("NuSpace") from Cornerstone Capital Holdings and members of the NuSpace leadership team. With engineering and manufacturing roots going back to 1907, NuSpace has evolved from a diversified mechanical systems manufacturer into Thales Alenia Space Partners With Kythera Space Solutions for Advanced Space Inspire Mission Segment Software
Monday, 12 September 2022 12:13
Kythera Space Solutions (Kythera), the leading provider of dynamic management systems for next-generation payloads and SATCOM networks, has entered into a 10-year partnership with Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), to develop the Ground Mission Segment System (GMSS) for Thales Alenia Space's software-defined satellite (SDS) product line, Space Inspire A thousand days of CHEOPS
Monday, 12 September 2022 12:13
After a thousand days in orbit, the CHEOPS space telescope shows almost no signs of wear. Under these conditions, it could continue to reveal details of some of the most fascinating exoplanets for quite some time. CHEOPS is a joint mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Switzerland, under the aegis of the University of Bern in collaboration with the University of Geneva.
Since its Major operator consolidation is a long time coming
Monday, 12 September 2022 12:12
Mergers between even small operators have been few and far between in an industry where nationalistic protectionism and unique regulations often inhibit deal-making.
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Riding the consolidation wave
Monday, 12 September 2022 12:08
A surge of mergers between major satellite operators is rippling through the broader commercial space industry, promising more change in what are already transformational times for the market.
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Ariane 6: Launchpad testing
Monday, 12 September 2022 11:00
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It has been an exciting and busy summer for the European Space Agency, with development and testing of its new Ariane 6 launcher. At Europe’s spaceport in, French Guiana, a test model of the launcher’s central core was assembled for the first time. Ariane 6 is the first Ariane rocket to be assembled horizontally, which is simpler and less costly than more traditional vertical assembly. Then, the rocket was moved to its launchpad and placed upright in the massive mobile gantry for combined tests, to validate the compatibility between all components of the complete launch system. Soon
Alex on the rocks
Monday, 12 September 2022 10:47
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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson are getting world-class geology training this week during the fifth edition of ESA’s Pangaea course.
A balanced mix of theory and field trips, the course will take the pair all over Europe to hone their geology skills. The training began last week in the Italian Dolomites with lessons on fundamental geology knowledge and skills, martian geology and asteroids at Bletterbach Canyon.
The rock samples from the canyon Alexander is holding in this image are a combination of gypsum (white hue) in siltstone-sandstone (reddish hue), and are analogous to rocks found on Mars.
Surging demand for satellite data services, Euroconsult forecast
Monday, 12 September 2022 09:58
At a time of dramatic change in the satellite communications market, Euroconsult expects companies to expand revenues by introducing new services, attracting additional customers for existing services and cutting costs.
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