• November 15, 2024
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Boeing delivers advanced O3b mPOWER satellites to SES (Image Credit: Sat News) Boeing [NYSE: BA] teams have successfully delivered the 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES. These satellites, featuring Boeing’s advanced software-defined communications payload, are being transported to Cape Canaveral for a planned launch in December. O3b mPOWER satellite at […]

ESA has contracted to enhance Greece’s Earth Observation abilities.

  • November 15, 2024
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The European Space Agency has signed six contracts that will help position Greece as a key player in the field of Earth Observation (EO). The contracts fall under Greece’s National Satellite Space Project, which is a new initiative. In fact, the Ministry of Digital Governance in Greece only announced the implementation path for the […]

Fragments of asteroids delivered to Earth provide insight into the development of the planets and moons in our solar system.

  • November 15, 2024
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Asteroid pieces brought to Earth help reveal how our solar system’s planets and moons grew (Image Credit: Space.com) Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and moons grow in our solar system. Analysis of three grains returned to Earth by […]

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  • November 15, 2024
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FAA creating new committee to update launch regulations (Image Credit: Space.com) U.S. launch regulations could soon get an overhaul. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today (Nov. 14) that it’s creating a new committee to review and update its “Part 450” launch and reentry licensing rule. “The FAA is seeking to […]

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  • November 15, 2024
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Buckle Up: SpaceX Aims for Rapid-Fire Starship Launches in 2025 (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) SpaceX has big plans for its Starship rocket. After a groundbreaking test flight, in which the landing tower caught the booster, the company’s founder and CEO Elon Musk wants to see the megarocket fly up to 25 times next […]

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NASA’s chief medical officer dispels tabloid rumors, stating that all astronauts aboard the ISS are in “excellent health.”

  • November 14, 2024
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All astronauts on the ISS are in ‘outstanding health’: NASA’s chief medical officer debunks tabloid rumors (Image Credit: Space.com) Last week, media outlets like The New York Post and The Daily Mail claimed that International Space Station astronaut Suni Williams’ health was deteriorating — and on Wednesday (Nov. 13), similar conjectures were […]

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SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit as part of the second phase of its back-to-back spaceflight event (video).

  • November 14, 2024
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX launched 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida early this morning (Nov. 14) in the second half of a spaceflight doubleheader. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the 24 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape […]