SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
French space company Gama has raised €15 million ($16.6 million) to advance large deployable solar arrays, after pivoting from solar-sail development. The funding marks a shift in the company’s focus toward power-generation technology for spacecraft.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: SpaceX launched a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force from California tonight (Nov. 11), the second such mission for the company in a six-day span.
Space.com
• Leonard David
By Space.com: NASA is kickstarting a new initiative for Mars Sample Return (MSR), called the Perseverance Sample Retrieval Architecture.
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• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A Senate committee is set to advance nominations for NASA’s chief financial officer and inspector general.
Universe Today
• Evan Gough
By Universe Today: Uranus and Neptune, the Solar System's ice giants, have interiors unlike the other planets. As a result, they also have magnetic fields unlike the others.
Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell, Tariq Malik
By Space.com: Gemini 12 was the last mission of the Gemini program and set the stage for the Apollo progam to land on the moon.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: Gulf Space Technology Public Company Limited (GST), formerly Thaicom, selected Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to upgrade its ground infrastructure ahead of the THAICOM-10 satellite launch.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China launched a four-satellite technology demonstration mission Wednesday to test key instruments for upcoming flagship space science missions, including a lunar-orbiting radio array.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
SpaceNews.com
• Moog Inc.
SpaceNews.com
• Horizon Microtechnologies
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• Andrew Jones
Universe Today
• Evan Gough
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• Robert Lea
