Universe Today
• Alan Boyle
NASA
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Last Updated: Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, 3:59 PM PST
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Associated Press
• Marcia Dunn/AP
By Associated Press: Jeff Bezos' rocket company has given NASA a brief taste of the moon's gravity without straying too far from home. Blue Origin launched the lunar technology experiments to the edge.
By Spaceflight Now: Update 7:32 p.m. EST (0032 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the fifth WorldView Legion satellite. Shrouded in a layer of thick fog Tuesday evening, SpaceX launched the latest pair of WorldView Legion satellites on behalf of Maxar Intelligence, a division of Maxar Technologies.
Aviation Week
• Mark Carreau
By Aviation Week: The four PUNCH small satellites with their narrow- and wide-field imagers are to be distributed in complementary low-altitude Sun-synchronous polar orbits.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: The shift toward standardized, modular satellite platforms that can serve as the foundation for multiple missions is reshaping the role of vertical integration in the industry, manufacturers said F….
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
By SpaceNews.com: OurSky announced a merger Feb. 4 with telescope manufacturer PlaneWave Instruments to create Observable Space.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: The company specializes in iodine-based propulsion systems for small satellites.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: This plan, if it ever gets off the ground, seems destined to fail.
The Independent
• Rob Gillies
