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May 27, 2023
SPACEMART
A Saudi Arabian satellite launches on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket



Space Coast FL (SPX) May 27, 2023
A nearly 10,000-pound (4.5-metric-ton) Airbus-built Badr 8 communications satellite for the Riyadh-based company Arabsat lifted off from Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida, at 12:30 a.m. EDT (0430 UTC) on May 27, Saturday. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket headed east from Cape Canaveral to deliver Arabsat's Badr 8 (also referred to as 7B) into an elliptical geostationary transfer orbit, based on Airbus Defense and Space's Eurostar Neo ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
Virgin Galactic resumes spaceflights after two year pause
Washington (AFP) May 25, 2023
Virgin Galactic successfully carried out its first spaceflight in nearly two years Thursday, the company said, after an "enhancement period" to make safety upgrades to its fleet. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab launches second batch of TROPICS satellites for NASA
Mahia, New Zealand (SPX) May 26, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully completed the second of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a constellation of tropical cyclone monitoring satellites for NASA. The C ... more
MOON DAILY
Intuitive Machines Lunar Landing Site Moves to South Pole
Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2023
NASA, in cooperation with Intuitive Machines, is moving the landing site for the first Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission to Moon's South Pole as an important first step in managing ri ... more
SPACEMART
Terran Orbital Announces $37.1 Million Registered Direct Offering
Boca Raton FL (SPX) May 26, 2023
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement for the purchase and sale of 29,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock (or common stock equi ... more
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EXO WORLDS
The search for habitable planets expands
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) May 26, 2023
A University of Michigan astronomer and his team are suggesting a new way to expand the search for habitable planets that takes into account a zone not previously considered: the space between the s ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Study doubles the number of known repeating fast radio bursts
Boston MA (SPX) May 26, 2023
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are repeating flashes of radio waves that remain a source of mystery to astronomers. We do know a few things about them: FRBs originate from far outside the Milky Way, for i ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Solar Foods one of the Phase II winners of NASA Deep Space Food Challenge
Washington DC (SPX) May 24, 2023
A panel of Judges has selected Solar Foods' Solein?-producing technology as one of the winners of the Phase II of Deep Space Food Challenge. The challenge, launched in January 2021 by NASA and their ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
The Huginn mission - an overview
Paris (ESA) May 24, 2023
ESA Astronaut Andreas Mogensen will fly to the International Space Station for his second mission called Huginn, in late summer of 2023. It will be a mission of firsts for both Andreas and ESA. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
NASA's Hubble hunts for intermediate-sized black hole close to home
Baltimore MD (SPX) May 24, 2023
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have come up with what they say is some of their best evidence yet for the presence of a rare class of "intermediate-sized" black hole that may be lur ... more
VSAT NEWS
Inmarsat's expands inflight broadband plans for business aviation customers
London, UK (SPX) May 24, 2023
Inmarsat has announced the next chapter of its market-leading Jet ConneX (JX) inflight broadband solution, with a new range of service plans introduced to redefine gold standard connectivity in the ... more
VSAT NEWS
Gogo elevates its global broadband offering with second, higher throughput antenna
Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) May 24, 2023
Gogo Business Aviation (NASDAQ: GOGO) has announced its Gogo Galileo product line with the unveiling of a second electronically steered antenna (ESA) form factor for use on its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Mainland, Macao put 2 satellites into orbit
Beijing (XNA) May 24, 2023
China launched two science satellites on Sunday afternoon jointly developed by scientists from the mainland and Macao, according to the China National Space Administration. The Macao Science S ... more

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TECH SPACE
Powerful Arab League communications satellite ready for night launch
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 24, 2023
A powerful communication relay satellite for the 21-member Arab League is scheduled for launch Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. weather permitting. SpaceX plans to c ... more
SPACEMART
NASA funds small business to advance tech for Space, Earth
Washington DC (SPX) May 24, 2023
A new slate of funding from NASA will help small businesses develop technologies to advance space exploration, climate research, and more. In mid-April, NASA selected 112 proposals from 92 U.S. smal ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Around the bed in 60 days
Paris (ESA) May 24, 2023
Lying in bed for a full 60 days - with one shoulder always touching the mattress - might sound like bliss, but add cycling, spinning and constant medical tests to the equation and it becomes a chall ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
UCSD to test cancer drugs in space using private astronaut mission
San Diego CA (SPX) May 24, 2023
On May 21, 2023, scientists at University of California San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute launched several new nanobioreactor experiments onto the International Space Station (ISS) via the secon ... more
INTERNET SPACE
SatixFy's digital beam-hopping payload launched on OneWeb's JseySat Satellite
Farnborough UK (SPX) May 24, 2023
SatixFy Communications reports that the OneWeb JoeySat Satellite was successfully launched from California on Saturday, May 20, 2023. This advanced broadband satellite, designed to offer high-speed ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Musk's Neuralink says cleared for human test of brain implants
San Francisco (AFP) May 26, 2023
Elon Musk's start-up Neuralink on Thursday said it has approval from US regulators to test its brain implants in people. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
South Korea launches homegrown rocket after delay
Seoul (AFP) May 25, 2023
South Korea said Thursday it had successfully launched its homegrown Nuri rocket and placed working satellites into orbit, hailing a key step forward for the country's burgeoning space programme. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Boost for the quantum internet
Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) May 24, 2023
Quantum networks connect quantum processors or quantum sensors with each other. This allows tap-proof communication and high-performance distributed sensor networks. Between network nodes, quantum i ... more

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