Civilian space traffic management office coming along, but ‘don’t expect magic’

OSC Director Richard DalBello said the standup of a civilian space traffic management office is moving along, but cautioned progress will be incremental
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First Starliner crewed flight further delayed

NASA has delayed the first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle with astronauts on board, a slip that will push back the spacecraft’s first operational mission into 2024.
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How NASA's Roman telescope will scan for show stopping explosions

First manned flight of Boeing Starliner delayed until April
The first manned flight of Boeing's Starliner space capsule has been postponed again, and is now scheduled for April, NASA announced Thursday.
The US space agency wants to establish a second means of transport to the International Space Station (ISS) for its astronauts, with the SpaceX capsule already in service.
But Boeing has suffered a series of setbacks that significantly delayed its SpaceX launches broadcast satellite to serve Europe, Africa, Middle East
SpaceX Thursday put the Hotbird 13G satellite into orbit for Eutelsat to bolster broadcast systems across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
In a statement Eutelsat said, "Once into orbit and positioned, the satellite Eutelsat Hotbird 13G will, with its twin Eutelsat Hotbird 13F launched on Oct. 15, reinforce and enhance the broadcast of more than a thousand television channels into ho O3b mPower service debut pushed later into 2023

Four of the six O3b mPower broadband satellites that SES had planned to launch this year with SpaceX won’t be ready until early 2023, the operator said Nov. 3 as it recorded strong growth in its networks business.
Arkisys offers to send U.S. hosted payloads to on-orbit Port

Arkisys is inviting U.S. companies with Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer funding to test payloads or subsystems in low Earth orbit.
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NRO to sign deals with commercial providers of hyperspectral imaging

The NRO plans to soon release a request for proposals for commercial hyperspectral satellite data
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SpaceX launches Hotbird 13G to extend Eutelsat’s broadcast coverage

SpaceX launched the second of two satellites for Eutelsat Nov. 3 to replenish one of the largest broadcast systems in Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa.
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Earth from Space: Nushagak Bay, Alaska

The complex and diverse landscape that surrounds Nushagak Bay in Alaska is featured in this true-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
