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WASHINGTON — A SpaceX launch scrubbed in the final seconds of its countdown when an aircraft violated restricted airspace June 29 has aligned both the launch industry and the airline industry in their...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A U.S.-New Zealand company developing a small satellite launch vehicle said April 14 that it has completed development of the rocket’s main engine, one that makes use o...
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HELSINKI — China’s space administration has outlined its priorities in space science, technology, applications and exploration for the coming years.Lunar, interplanetary and near-Earth asteroid missio...
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Rocket Lab successfully launched a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office Jan. 30 in the first of up to a dozen launches planned by the company this year.Rocket Lab’s Electron rocke...
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GPSPatron is offering products and services to protect equipment, particularly GNSS-dependent critical infrastructure. Its GP-Probe TGE2 is designed to protect time servers against threats including s...
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Rocket Lab Ltd., a U.S.-New Zealand company developing a small launch vehicle, announced July 1 it will carry out initial launches of that rocket from a new site on the east coast of New Zealand.The c...
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RUAG Space has provided its GNSS-equipped computer to command Astroscale UK‘s ELSA-M Servicer, a spacecraft designed to remove space debris.Space debris is a growing concern for the space industry. En...
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A growing realization of the need for a medium-class launch vehicle led Rocket Lab to speed up its plans to go public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC).Rocket Lab announced...
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Following a large-scale renovation that lasted 14 months, the Hong Kong Space Museum's space theatre is reopening on July 1 with a new upgraded screen, replacing the 23-metre-diametre dome screen....
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Rocket Lab successfully launched the first satellite for a Japanese radar imaging startup, concluding a roller-coaster year for the small launch vehicle company.The Electron rocket lifted off from Roc...
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For the three astrophysicists who won the Nobel Prize in physics Oct. 4, it was only a matter of when, not if, they would get the prize, their peers said. Their discovery that the universe’s expansion...
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Two years ago, when astronomers gathered at the 234th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in St. Louis, one word was on the minds of many attendees: Starlink. Just a few weeks earlier,...
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SAN FRANCISCO – Capella Space launched its fourth synthetic aperture radar satellite June 30 with a Maxwell electric thruster manufactured by propulsion startup Phase Four.“The Maxwell systems in our...
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A new market for super high-speed weapons is fueling investments in rocket engine technologies as companies seek to gain an edge. The industry foresees a demand for advanced rocket engines, particular...
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Rocket Lab, a developer of launch vehicles and smallsats, will merge with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to support development of a larger launch vehicle, part of the latest wave of dea...
01/07/2021