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AST SpaceMobile confronts considerable challenges with a delay in its BlueBird satellite launch by approximately six months and seeks export-credit agency financing amidst a backdrop of no 2023 revenue and stock reaching all-time lows.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
Space Intel Report reports: LA PLATA, Maryland — Startup satellite broadband direct-to-device service provider AST SpaceMobile has delayed the launch….
Spaceflight Now reports: SpaceX launched its latest batch of 21 Starlink satellites on a Thursday night Falcon 9 launch from California. It previously flew three missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NROL-87, NROL-85 and NROL-146), two rideshare missions (Transporter-8 and Transporter-9) and ten Starlink missions.
Last Updated: Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, 6:41 PM PDT
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Payload
• Jack Kuhr
By Payload: Early Thursday morning, the Polaris Dawn crew opened their Dragon capsule to the vacuum of space, and two private astronauts walked right out.
SpaceNews.com
SpaceNews.com
• Leonard David
By SpaceNews.com: Lunar Trailblazer and the Intuitive Machines IM-2 are both preparing for a Jan. 2025 launch to hunt for ice on the moon.
Space.com
• Meredith Garofalo
By Space.com: It's been a busy week for solar activity with more powerful solar flares and geomagnetic storm possibilities in the forecast.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: 'It is spectacular that we can now directly image the details on the surface of stars so far away.'.
Wall Street Journal
By Wall Street Journal: NASA said astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams will return from the International Space Station early next year with a SpaceX craft instead of the Boeing vehicle that brought them there.
Leonard David
• Leonard David
By Leonard David: NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity at Gale crater is targeted to make a thorough examination of the unusual, dark “Tungsten Hills” rocks. Climb out of the channel“From here, our rover will head north and climb out of the channel to explore terrain to the west.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: "It's an important milestone for the team and for the many early career engineers and scientists that have been part of the mission.".
CNBC
• Michael Sheetz
Reuters
• Gerry Doyle
Bloomberg
• Bruce Einhorn
