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FAA Proposes Changes To Astronaut Classifications And Other Regulations

NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken familiarize themselves with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, the spacecraft that will transport them to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial ...
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Emposat’s Funding Round Highlights Growth Areas for Telemetry, Tracking, and Command

Emposat’s Global TT&C Network. Image credit: Emposat. Oftentimes when people think of the emerging commercial space sector, two things come to mind: rockets and satellites. This is not surprising, as ...
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NASA Letter To FCC Regarding SpaceX Starlink Gen 2 System

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) submits this letter in response to the amendment (SAT-AMD-20210818-00105) filed by Space Exploration Holdings, LLC (SpaceX) for a ...
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China’s Answer To Starlink Gets A Call from the Central Government

If I may start with a tired, but extremely true pun: covering the Chinese space industry inevitably involves a lot of reading of tea leaves. Speeches and press releases are full of party jargon. The ...
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United States Space Force Announces University Consortium Research Opportunity – “xGEO Operations And SDA”

In partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Universities Space Research Association, the United States Space Force announced the establishment of a new University Consortium Research ...
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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,068 29 September 2023 (Space Life Science Research Results)

SPACELINE Current Awareness Lists are distributed via listserv and are available on the NASA Task Book website at https://taskbook.nasaprs.com/Publication/spaceline ...
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New Space Weather Forecasting Service For ESA’s Space Safety Program

Image of the Sun from the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission. The diagram shows the density increase in the atmosphere and the subsequent loss of altitude of a satellite at 490 km – both caused by a ...
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“Mother Nature is Sending us a Warning,” says NASA During Climate Briefing

Map of temperature data presented during NASA’s climate briefing. Image credit: NASA broadcast. Temperatures are soaring. As the world sweats through the hottest July since at least 1880, NASA, known ...
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Firefly Aerospace Successfully Launches U.S. Space Force VICTUS NOX Responsive Space Mission with 24-Hour Notice

Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, today announced the company successfully launched its Alpha rocket and deployed the VICTUS NOX spacecraft following a 24-hour notice to ...
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State-of-the-Art of Small Spacecraft Technology At NASA

Welcome to the new online home of the 2022 NASA State-of-the-Art Small Spacecraft Technology report. Download entire State-of-the-Art Small Spacecraft Technology report as of October 2022. When the ...
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FAA Proposes Rule to Dispose of Rocket Upper Stages to Limit Orbital Debris

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a rule requiring companies to deorbit the upper stages of rockets or place them in a higher orbit, in order to limit the increasing problem posed ...
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Apex Raises $16M in Series A Funding and Reveals Customers Flying on its First Aries Satellite Bus

Apex, the Los Angeles-based spacecraft mass manufacturing company, announced its Series A fundraising round and customers flying on its first Aries satellite bus. Apex’s $16M Series A funding round, ...