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April 20, 2023
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX's Starship, world's biggest rocket, explodes during test flight



Starbase, United States, (AFP) Apr 20, 2023
SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded on Thursday during the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The gigantic rocket successfully blasted off at 8:33 am Central Time (1333 GMT) from Starbase, the private SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas. The Starship capsule had been scheduled to separate from the first-stage rocket booster three minutes into the flight but separation failed to occur and the rocket blew ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
NASA shares first Moon to Mars Architecture Concept review results
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
As NASA builds a blueprint for human exploration throughout the solar system for the benefit of humanity, the agency released Tuesday the outcomes from its first Architecture Concept Review, a robus ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab to take big step towards Electron reusability with pre-flown engine
Long Beach CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) is taking the next major step in evolving the Electron launch vehicle into a reusable rocket by launching a pre-flown Rutherford engine. The 3D printed engine, pr ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Phantom Space selects Arnhem Space Centre for new dedicated launch site
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Phantom Space Corporation (Phantom), a space applications company providing small-class launch services to commercial and government clients has announced the selection of Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX counts down toward Thursday launch of Starship rocket
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2023
SpaceX will again attempt to launch the first test flight of its fully integrated Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket on Thursday. ... more
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TECH SPACE
VERTIGO concludes with telecom data transmission on a laser link at record high power
Cannes, France (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and its partners are pleased to announce that the VERTIGO project has concluded with the successful demonstration of a ... more
TECH SPACE
Google selects SpaceChain into its Startups Program
New York NY (SPX) Apr 13, 2023
SpaceChain has been accepted into the Google for Startups program. The Google program is designed for early-stage companies such as SpaceChain to help build a sustainable, successful business over t ... more
TECH SPACE
SatixFy and Presto Engineering test rad-hard space-grade ASICs
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
SatixFy has announced a strategic partnership with Presto Engineering, a recognized expert in ASIC design and semiconductor engineering and production services. This partnership supports SatixFy's g ... more
SPACEMART
Inside the "space factory"
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
Bigger. And even better. That's the trajectory of Space Systems Operations - aka the "space factory" - since its 2002 opening outside Tucson, Arizona. Run by Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a b ... more
ROBO SPACE
PickNik Robotics and Motiv Space Systems partner for advanced robotics development
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
PickNik Robotics, a leader in advanced robot arm software solutions, and Motiv Space Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of space-rated robotic systems, motor controllers, and mechanisms, h ... more
ROBO SPACE
Improving how robots communicate with people
College Park MD (SPX) Apr 13, 2023
Robots are machines that can sense the environment and use that information to perform an action. You can find them nearly everywhere in industrialized societies today. There are household robots th ... more
TECH SPACE
Seeking Innovative Concepts for Next-Generation Antennas
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
DARPA is soliciting disruptive ideas from small businesses and nontraditional defense contractors for novel antenna designs, materials, manufacturing, or processing as the first topic issued under t ... more
TECH SPACE
D-Orbit launches ION's tenth Orbital Transportation Mission
Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit launched Guardian, the 10 th commercial mission of their proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) ION Satellite Carrier (ION). The ... more

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SPACEMART
Nova Space to offer Space Professional Development Program for AWS Employees
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
Pure Capital Solutions' Nova Space subsidiary is providing Amazon Web Services (AWS) employees with space education, an exclusive digital learning platform, and digital credentials. Nova Space ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China and Brazil to expand cooperation in space development
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
On April 14, under the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Lula, Zhang Kejian, director of China National Space Administration, signed the "People's Republic of China Sup ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Building a Secure Resilient Satellite Infrastructure for Europe
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
The IRIS2 Satellite Constellation is a project led by the European Union that aims to build a new secure, resilient and sovereign satellite constellation in Europe. This constellation will offer com ... more
EARLY EARTH
Where did the first sugars come from?
La Jolla CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
Two prominent origin-of-life chemists have published a new hypothesis for how the first sugars-which were necessary for life to evolve-arose on the early Earth. In a paper that appeared on Apr ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
L3Harris to build geostationary weather satellite sensors for Japan
Melbourne FL (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) received a contract to provide next-generation geostationary imaging and sounding instruments for the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) that will monitor and predic ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
China's latest EO satellite offers high-precision rainfall monitoring
Beijing (XNA) Apr 18, 2023
How much rainfall will typhoons bring this year? Chinese scientists will be able to answer such questions more accurately in future thanks to the launch on Sunday of the Fengyun 3G (FY 3G), a satell ... more
SOLAR DAILY
ESA developing concepts for commercial-scale Space-Based Solar Power plants
Paris (ESA) Apr 18, 2023
ESA has signed contracts for two parallel concept studies for commercial-scale Space-Based Solar Power plants, representing a crucial step in the Agency's new SOLARIS initiative - maturing the feasi ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Two-way satellite communications direct to phones, IOT devices and cars
London, UK (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
Collaboration builds upon proven MediaTek 5G NTN technology operating on Inmarsat's existing ELERA L-band satellite network. The combined technology would allow smartphone manufacturers, mobile netw ... more

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