Today In Space
Last Updated: Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, 12:00 PM PDT
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SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Vulcan competes second flight despite SRB anomaly
By SpaceNews.com: United Launch Alliance’s second Vulcan Centaur lifted off Oct. 4 on a test flight needed to certify the vehicle for carrying national security payloads, but may have suffered a problem with one of ….
Wall Street Journal
ULA Launches Vulcan Rocket, Pushing to Begin National-Security Flights
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CNBC
• Michael Sheetz
A new Blue Origin: CEO Dave Limp is bringing urgency and ‘decisiveness’ to Jeff Bezos’ space company
By CNBC: Dave Limp told CNBC that he only had one question for Jeff Bezos when he interviewed last year to become CEO of Blue Origin: Is it "a hobby or a business?".
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Leonard David
• Leonard DavidApril 02
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.
The Register
• Dan Robinson
SpaceX accuses 'meme-stock' rival of 'misinformation'
By The Register: AST SpaceMobile partners 'provide zero technical support for their opposition,' letter to FCC rages.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
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….
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
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.
Air & Space Forces Mag
Tactically Responsive Space Missions to Demo Maneuver in Orbit
Washington Post
• Praveena Somasundaram
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.
