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Last Updated: Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, 2:16 PM PDT
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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
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.
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….
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.".
Intellian Completes WGS Certification for Multi-Orbit Naval Terminal
By Via Satellite: Intellian Technologies received Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) certification for its ARC-M4 Block 1 multi-band, multi-orbit satellite terminal.
CATALYST Expands From Canada to U.K., With Eyes on Edinburgh as Well
By SpaceQ: CATALYST – the former PCI Geomatics – recently opened an office in Harwell, U.K. in a hub of commerc.
Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids
By New Scientist: Bacteria grown from carbon compounds in asteroids could be turned into a kind of nutritionally balanced milkshake.