In an unusually busy period of visiting vehicle activity at the international space station, one commercial cargo vehicle returned to Earth Oct. 25 as another was prepared for an Oct. 27 launch.
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House Republicans Clamor for Commercial Crew Source Selection Document
The Republican leaders of the House Science Committee are fuming that they have yet to be briefed on the logic behind NASA’s selections.
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Satellite Executives See Silver Lining In DoD Report Citing Bandwidth Costs
Executives with five U.S. government-focused satellite operators reacted with a mixture of skepticism and hope to a recent Defense Department report that said commercial satellite bandwidth typically costs military customers four times more than comparable bandwidth on the Air Force-owned Wideband Global Satcom system.
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Spaceport America Seeks To Diversify Customer Base and Revenue Streams
Spaceport America’s director says she is looking for additional users and revenue streams that will be required to eventually make the facility financially self-sufficient.
Posted inPress Release
SL-9 Rocket Flight Becomes Spaceport America’s Third NASA Launch
The launch of SpaceLoft XL 9 (SL-9), which was designed to reach sub-orbital space, took place yesterday morning from Spaceport America’s Launch Complex-1. This liftoff marks the 21st launch at […]
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Proton Successfully Launches Russian Telecom Satellite
Russia’s Roscosmos space agency and RSCC confirmed that the satellite was healthy and in the intended orbit.
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Top U.S. Defense Official Says Pentagon Will Wean Itself from RD-180 Engine
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel agrees that now is the time to investigate alternatives that would reduce our utilization of the RD-180 engine, Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said.
Posted inCommercial
French Official Invokes U.S. Market ‘Dumping’ To Make Case for Ariane 6
France’s space minister said Ariane’s U.S. competitors are all but “dumping” their rockets on the commercial market.
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Heinrich Reiterates Support for Funding RD-180 Replacement
Sen. Heinrich said he continued to support efforts in Congress to fund development of a replacement for the RD-180 rocket engine despite a joint venture by Blue Origin and ULA to develop such an engine on their own.
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A Decade into a New Spaceflight Era, a Mixture of Frustration and Optimism
Ten years after the completion of the Ansari X Prize appeared to open a new era of commercial human spaceflight, company executives and government officials at a commercial space conference expressed a mixture of optimism about the future of the industry and impatience at the perceived lack of progress over the last decade.
