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Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $1.8 billion contract extension for missile warning satellites

  • October 24, 2024
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Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $1.8 billion contract extension for missile warning satellites (Image Credit: Space News) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.8 billion contract extension to begin production of two advanced early warning satellites designed to detect missile threats, particularly those approaching from the Northern Hemisphere. These satellites are […]

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Science

Almost All Meteorites That Hit Earth Are Coming From the Same Three Places, Scientists Discover

  • October 24, 2024
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Almost All Meteorites That Hit Earth Are Coming From the Same Three Places, Scientists Discover (Image Credit: futurism-com) The source of the asteroids. Origin Story Researchers have found that the vast majority of meteorites that plummet through the Earth’s atmosphere come from only three different asteroid families, which are groups of space rocks that resulted from […]

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Military

US Space Force: Changing its approach

  • October 24, 2024
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US Space Force: Changing its approach (Image Credit: Sat News) General Michael A. Guetlein, Vice Chief of Space Operations, US Space Force appeared via a video link. He addressed the industry in general, saying that in times of peace it was essential to be prepared for future threats. He said we dare not lose our […]

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Increased funding and improved collaboration among agencies are necessary.

  • October 24, 2024
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More cash, and better coordination between agencies needed (Image Credit: Sat News) Randy Segal, Partner, Hogan Lovells kicked off her session (Government Funding Channels for the Space Defense Industry) at the Silicon Valley Space Week’s MilSat Symposium strand, with a Polling question, and asked what the government could additionally do to support delegate’s investment activity?Jonathan […]

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Science

Five asteroids will fly by Earth on Thursday, but there’s no need to worry—they’re simply passing by.

  • October 24, 2024
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Five Asteroids Will Zoom Past Earth on Thursday, But Don’t Panic—They’re Just Passing Through (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A quintet of asteroids will all come close to Earth on October 24, but no need to hit the panic button. None are civilization killers, only one can be accurately called a potential hazard, and according to their […]

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First triple black hole system found in a fortunate coincidence.

  • October 23, 2024
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Astronomers have discovered the first “black hole triple” system, consisting of a black hole hungrily feeding on a companion star while being orbited by a more distant, cautious star. Black holes form during the violent death of massive stars in supernova explosions, but this surprising discovery could indicate a more gentle black hole birthing process […]

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  • October 23, 2024
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The latest update concerning “the other comet” of October 2024 — Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) — is that it continues on target to completely disintegrate before it sweeps around the sun early next Monday. Back on Oct. 10, Space.com published an article indicating that this comet — which belongs to the Kreutz family of sungrazing […]

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Launch

Watch SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts undock from ISS today after weather delays

  • October 23, 2024
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SpaceX’s Crew-8 quartet of astronauts will at last depart the space station today following more than two weeks of weather-related delays. The Dragon spacecraft for SpaceX Crew-8, called Endeavour, is set to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday (Oct. 23) at 5:05 p.m. EDT (2105 GMT). You can watch the event live […]

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Satellites

A communications satellite made by Boeing disintegrates in orbit. “Complete loss,” the operator states.

  • October 23, 2024
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Intelsat declared a “total loss” of one of its satellites on Monday (Oct. 21) and is investigating the cause of the issue. The Intelsat-33e communications satellite is no longer operational after an outage Oct. 19; affected customers are being moved to other platforms, the company added in a statement. Meanwhile, U.S. Space Force was tracking […]

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