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February 28, 2023
MOON DAILY
ESA invites space firms to create lunar services



Paris (ESA) Feb 28, 2023
ESA is inviting private space companies in Europe and Canada to create a shared commercial telecommunication and navigation service for lunar missions by putting a constellation of satellites around the Moon. Some 250 missions to the Moon are due to launch over the next decade alone, according to market analysists Northern Sky Research, which the company predicts will activate a euro 100 billion lunar economy, creating jobs and prosperity on Earth. ESA will either lead or be an internationa ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
Commercial Space: NASA Has an App for That
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 28, 2023
Research balloons, satellites, and planetary landers may have little in common, but NASA has written a program that can help operate all these craft and more. This open-source software framework, ca ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Gilmour Space and Atomos Space sign MoU for launch and in-space transfers
Denver CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2023
Gilmour Space Technologies and Atomos Space have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore a multi-year contract for Gilmour and Atomos to ... more
MOON DAILY
UK companies to provide services for future Moon missions
London, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2023
The UK Space Agency has announced over 50 million pounds for UK companies to develop communication and navigation services for missions to the Moon. The new funding is part of the European Sp ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Astronomers discover metal-rich galaxies in early universe
Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2023
While analyzing data from the first images of a well-known early galaxy taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Cornell University astronomers discovered a companion galaxy previously hid ... more
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SPACEMART
Public work begins on UK's largest commercial satellite control centre
London, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2023
Work has started on Inmarsat's new eight-floor headquarters, which will host the company's Satellite, Network and Cyber Operations Centre and feature advanced workspaces for employees - alongside ga ... more
VENUSIAN HEAT
New study offers insight into how Venus cools
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 24, 2023
Large geological patterns on Venus, called Coronae, may provide answers to how the planet releases heat, according to a research study from scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. ... more
SPACEMART
Yusaku Maezawa, Entrepreneur and First Private Japanese Citizen to Visit the ISS, Invests U.S. $23 Million in Astroscale
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 27, 2023
Astroscale Holdings Inc. ("Astroscale"), the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term sustainability across all orbits, has received an investment of U.S. $23 million from Yusaku Maezawa, ... more
SPACEMART
China launches new communications satellite
Xichang, China (XNA) Feb 27, 2023
Feb. 23 (Xinhua) - China on Thursday sent a new communications satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The "ChinaSat 26" satellite ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Nicola Fox named associate administrator for NASA Science Mission Directorate
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 27, 2023
NASA has found its new associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate in Heliophysics Director Nicola Fox. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX launches new Starlink 'V2 Mini' satellites into orbit
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 27, 2023
SpaceX launched 21 upgraded "V2 Mini" Starlink Internet satellites from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Monday, to boost capacity for the global broadband network. ... more
SPACEWAR
Space Force, Air Force partner to establish new Space Test Course
Arlington VA (SPX) Feb 27, 2023
The U.S. Air and Space Forces have partnered to create the new Space Test Course, which will instruct Guardians on test and evaluation processes, in order to conduct robust and methodical system tes ... more
SPACEWAR
DARPA, Services Demonstrate Battlefield Airspace Deconfliction Software
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
DARPA's Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution (ASTARTE) program recently demonstrated new automated flightpath-planning software that successfully deconflicted friendly missiles, ar ... more

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