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SpaceX, OneWeb detail constellation plans to Congress
SpaceX and OneWeb say they are within months of launching the first satellites in their competing megaconstellations of broadband smallsats designed to bring internet to every corner of the globe.
Posted inOpinion
Buzz Aldrin and Greg Autry: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to run NASA
Finding another James Webb to run NASA was no easy task. President Trump considered several excellent candidates, some of whom we personally admire, but in the spirit of Webb’s leadership, U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine is the president’s nominee for NASA administrator.
Posted inLaunch
Big launch companies predict doom for upcoming smallsat launchers
Speaking at the World Satellite Business Week in Paris Sept. 12, top executives of the world’s five leading launch service providers agreed that the future small-satellite launch market will favor ridesharing and customized services on larger launch vehicles rather than tailored launches by the newcomers
Posted inCommercial
Cubesat voice-comms test paves way for Sky and Space Global’s 200-satellite constellation
Sky and Space Global, an Australian satellite startup with offices in London, Israel and Poland, successfully sent voice, text and imagery over a trio of prototype cubesats meant to pave the way for a constellation of 200 by the end of the decade.
Posted inLaunch
Minotaur launches amid rekindled debate over surplus ICBM motors
An Orbital ATK Minotaur 4 rocket lifted off from Cape Canveral, Florida, early Saturday morning, carrying the U.S. Defense Department’s Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)-5 satellite. The launch comes as a debate is flaring up again about whether companies should be able to use converted surplus intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) motors to launch commercial satellites
Posted inFrom the Magazine
Op-ed | America’s future in space is both commercial and traditional
A member of President Trump’s NASA transition team argues that treating space as a team sport won’t get us there any faster.
Posted inNews
Buzz Aldrin thinks NASA should focus on Mars exploration
In an op-ed, the Apollo 11 moonwalker said the International Space Station, Space Launch System and Orion were “eating up every piece of the NASA budget” and preventing the agency from doing anything serious about human Mars exploration.
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Soyuz rocket delivers new crew to the ISS
A Soyuz spacecraft delivered three new crew members to the International Space Station Friday. The crew consists of Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, American astronaut Randy Bresnik and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli.
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Vector raises $21 million for small launch vehicle development
Vector, one of a number of companies developing small launch vehicles in response to growing small satellite demand, announced June 29 that it closed a $21 million funding round.
