The member states of the European Space Agency have endorsed a strategy to support work on terrestrial and space safety issues while also planning for future space exploration projects.

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Astra Space’s Rocket 3.3 successfully reached orbit on a Nov. 20 launch, the fourth orbital launch attempt by the small launch vehicle startup.

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A European small launch vehicle startup has successfully tested a small version of an aerospike engine powered by methane and liquid oxygen it plans to scale up for use in an orbital vehicle.

Paris (ESA) Nov 19, 2021
The world will be watching the milestone launch of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART, spacecraft on Wednesday, 24 November, intended to alter one small part of the Solar System forever. DART will collide with the small moon of an asteroid in order to shift its orbit around its parent body - to test the concept of diverting threatening objects away from Earth. ESA will pro

Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Nov 18, 2021
A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, supported by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFRL/AFOSR), currently leads a collaborative research and experimentation effort that could aid development of hypersonic systems. "[Hypersonics] capability is so important [to] DOD's need to deter and defeat the U.S.'s great-power comp

Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 18, 2021
Last month, the Financial Times reported that China carried out two hypersonic weapons tests of a new "fractional orbital bombardment" system this past summer involving a hypersonic glide vehicle which America "does not currently possess." Beijing maintains the testing involved a "routine" trial of reusable space rocket technology. Pentagon second-in-command Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman

Washington DC (Sputnik) Nov 18, 2021
The United States is still characterising the damage from an anti-satellite missile test allegedly conducted by Russia earlier this week, US Space Command Deputy Commander John Shaw said on Wednesday. "We are still characterising this event. We expect the debris will grow over time," Shaw said. The Deputy Commander explained that the debris will become a threat that will eventually h

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 18, 2021
Optus, Australia's largest and most experienced satellite owner and operator, has selected Arianespace to provide launch services for Optus 11, the replacement for its D1 Satellite. The replacement of D1 is planned for 2023 and will see Optus' next generation satellite, Optus 11, launch into orbit. This next generation satellite, the Asia-Pacific region's first software-defined high throug

Fairfax VA (SPX) Nov 19, 2021
CGI has been selected by the General Services Administration (GSA) for the multi-award ASTRO Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. This 10-year award provides CGI the opportunity to compete for task orders with an unlimited ceiling value to research, develop, support, maintain and operate manned, unmanned and optionally manne platforms and robotics, such as satellites, launch

Nuneaton UK (SPX) Nov 18, 2021
Europe's leading automotive engineering consultancy, HORIBA MIRA confirmed that its collaboration with GMV NSL to develop new and improved passenger car platooning solutions on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) will move into a live trials phase in Q1 2022, encompassing both simulated and physical testing during 2022. The ground-breaking project aims to advance platooning - the pro