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Blue Origin Unveils 2nd Human-rated Suborbital Tourism Vehicle
By Leonard David: Blue Origin is set to debuts its second human-rated suborbital tourism vehicle – named RSS Kármán line. The vehicle is designed to enable “expanded flight capacity to better meet growing customer demand,” according to a Blue Origin statement.
SpaceX accuses 'meme-stock' rival of 'misinformation'
By The Register: AST SpaceMobile partners 'provide zero technical support for their opposition,' letter to FCC rages.
GEO satellite operators ABS, Avanti, Hispasat, KT Sat, Ovzon: We’ll adapt, not collapse, in the face of LEO advances
By Space Intel Report: PARIS — Regional satellite fleet operators with assets in geostationary orbit acknowledged that many of their….
Impulse Space wins $34.5 million contract for U.S. Space Force missions
By SpaceNews.com: The company will provide two orbital transfer vehicles that will carry space surveillance payloads for the U.S. military’s Tactically Responsive Space program.
Tactically Responsive Space Missions to Demo Maneuver in Orbit
These Americans voted from the ends of the Earth
By Washington Post: Earlier this month, two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station said they had requested absentee ballots to vote in this year’s general election.
NASA's exoplanet hunter TESS spots a record-breaking 3-star system
By Space.com: "It's exciting to identify a system like this because they're rarely found, but they may be more common than current tallies suggest.".
Dangerous satellite air pollution exists in a legal loophole
By Space.com: "If we don't do anything, we will see the impact globally within the next 10 years.".