Boeing ships more O3b mPower satellites with fixes SES might no longer need

Boeing has shipped two more O3b mPower broadband satellites to SES with hardware fixes the operator might no longer need thanks to a surprising assist from solar storms.
Video: MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4 launch highlights
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announces new contract awards under ‘Luno’ program

Structured as Luno A and Luno B, the five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts carry a combined ceiling of $490 million
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DARPA says decreasing launch costs, new analysis led it to cancel DRACO nuclear propulsion project

A DARPA official said the agency canceled a space nuclear propulsion project it was jointly developing with NASA in part because the effort was overtaken by lower launch costs.
Defense Satellites to redefine Global Earth Observation Strategy

Moon mining is getting closer to reality: Why we need global rules for extracting space resources
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Bioplastic shelters support algae growth in Mars-like conditions for space habitats
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Latitude announces new factory and contracts for Zephyr small launcher

French launch vehicle startup Latitude has signed a deal to expand into a larger factory as the company works towards a first launch as soon as next year.
Open Cosmos buys Portuguese startup to bolster space-based IoT capabilities

Growing evidence for evolving Dark Energy could inspire a new model of the Universe
he birth, growth and future of our Universe are eternally fascinating.
In the last decades, telescopes have been able to observe the skies with unprecedented precision and sensitivity.
Our research team on the South Pole Telescope is studying how the Universe evolved and has changed over time. We have just released two years' worth of mapping of the infant universe over 1/25th of the 