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EU moves forward with satellite broadband constellation
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 10:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
The European Commission has approved a long-delayed plan to develop a satellite broadband constellation. The commission announced Thursday it accepted a best-and-final...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 9:59 AM ET (1459 GMT)
Russia launched a military satellite Thursday. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 3:51 am EDT (0751 GMT) and...

Lockheed Martin completes acquisition of Terran Orbital
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 9:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
Lockheed Martin has completed its acquisition of smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital. Lockheed said Wednesday it closed the deal, announced in mid-August and valued at...

Shenzhou-19 launched to Tiangong
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 9:56 AM ET (1456 GMT)
A new Chinese crew has arrived at the Tiangong space station. A Long March 2F rocket lifted off at 4:27 pm EDT (2027 GMT)...

NASA identifies root cause of Orion heat shield issue
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 9:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)
NASA says it now understands why the heat shield on the Orion spacecraft eroded more than expected on the Artemis 1 mission, but won't...

Crew-8 astronaut hospitalized after splashdown
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
An astronaut on a Crew Dragon spacecraft was hospitalized after the spacecraft returned to Earth Friday to complete a record-setting mission. The Crew Dragon...

SpaceX launches NRO satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:06 AM ET (1206 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of satellites Thursday for an NRO constellation. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:13 pm...

Northrop Grumman wins $1.8 billion extension to mission warning satellite contract
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
The US Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.8 billion contract extension to begin production of two advanced early-warning satellites. These satellites are...

Millennium Space to build six more MEO missile tracking satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
Millennium Space Systems won a $386 million Space Force contract for six missile-warning satellites that will operate in medium Earth orbit (MEO). The contract...

Boeing takes $250 million in additional losses on Starliner
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
Boeing is taking another $250 million in losses on Starliner. The company disclosed the new charge in its fiscal third quarter financial results released Wednesday,...



news in brief
Blue Origin proposes orbital data center constellation
Posted: Sun, Mar 22 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)

Artemis 2 returns to the pad
Posted: Sun, Mar 22 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)

ESA proposes dedicated Crew Dragon mission to ISS
Posted: Sun, Mar 22 10:03 AM ET (1403 GMT)

news links
Sunday, March 22
Voyager Awarded Multi-Million-Dollar NASA Contract
Voyager Space — 5:44 pm ET (2144 GMT)
What 'Project Hail Mary' gets right about microbes
Michigan State Univ. — 5:43 pm ET (2143 GMT)
Extremely Rare Second-Generation Star Discovered Inside Ancient Relic Dwarf Galaxy
National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory — 5:42 pm ET (2142 GMT)


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