Proba-3’s eclipse hours before totality in Europe
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Artificial solar eclipse by Proba-3 mission Cheaper launch has moved the spacecraft bottleneck. Mass is out, surface area is in.

In the beginning, mass constrained spaceflight.
Blue Origin outlines plans for second Cape Canaveral launch pad

Blue Origin disclosed new details about its plans to not only rebuild but also expand its Florida launch site, adding a second pad for a larger version of New Glenn.
Spire and PlanetiQ win NOAA radio-occultation contracts

SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded contracts to Spire Global and PlanetiQ to provide radio occultation data for terrestrial and space weather forecasts.
