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Small launch vehicles press ahead despite market setbacks

Small launch vehicles press ahead despite market setbacks

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Small launch vehicles press ahead despite market setbacks

https://spacenews.com/small-launch-vehicles-press-ahead-despite-market-setbacks/

Despite stiff competition from SpaceX rideshare services and some high-profile failures, ventures are still pursuing small launch vehicles.

Small launch vehicles press ahead despite market setbacks
NASA selects Intuitive Machines for lunar communications and navigation services

NASA selects Intuitive Machines for lunar communications and navigation services

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NASA selects Intuitive Machines for lunar communications and navigation services

https://spacenews.com/nasa-selects-intuitive-machines-for-lunar-communications-and-navigation-services/

Intuitive Machines has won a NASA contract worth up to $4.8 billion to provide communications and navigation services at the moon to support Artemis.

NASA selects Intuitive Machines for lunar communications and navigation services
A key NASA commercial partner faces severe financial challenges

A key NASA commercial partner faces severe financial challenges

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A key NASA commercial partner faces severe financial challenges

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2050287

"The business model had to change."

A key NASA commercial partner faces severe financial challenges
War game reveals Chinese attacks on communications could paralyze Taiwan

War game reveals Chinese attacks on communications could paralyze Taiwan

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War game reveals Chinese attacks on communications could paralyze Taiwan

https://spacenews.com/war-game-chinese-attacks-communications-paralyze-taiwan/

War games analyze a scenario where China disables Taiwan's communications networks in order to invade the country.

War game reveals Chinese attacks on communications could paralyze Taiwan
Launch companies focus on scaling up flight rates of new vehicles

Launch companies focus on scaling up flight rates of new vehicles

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Launch companies focus on scaling up flight rates of new vehicles

https://spacenews.com/launch-companies-focus-on-scaling-up-flight-rates-of-new-vehicles/

Companies that are fielding new launch vehicles are now facing the challenge of scaling up operations to meet the continued high demand for them.

Launch companies focus on scaling up flight rates of new vehicles
Google backs privately funded satellite constellation for wildfire detection

Google backs privately funded satellite constellation for wildfire detection

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Google backs privately funded satellite constellation for wildfire detection

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2050160

"Authorities will have high-resolution imagery that is updated globally every 20 minutes."

Google backs privately funded satellite constellation for wildfire detection
Connecting the dots | FCC’s space sustainability authority in question as need grows

Connecting the dots | FCC’s space sustainability authority in question as need grows

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Connecting the dots | FCC’s space sustainability authority in question as need grows

https://spacenews.com/connecting-the-dots-fcc-space-sustainability-authority-question-need-grows/

Pressure is mounting on the Federal Communications Commission to do more to protect the environment from rising megaconstellations.

Connecting the dots | FCC’s space sustainability authority in question as need grows
Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 and Electron to extend satellite constellations - NASASpaceFlight.com

Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 and Electron to extend satellite constellations - NASASpaceFlight.com

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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 and Electron to extend satellite constellations - NASASpaceFlight.com

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/09/launch-roundup-091624/

This week’s manifest includes the delayed launches of a Falcon 9 with Galileo global positioning…

Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 and Electron to extend satellite constellations - NASASpaceFlight.com
NGSO revenue to overtake geostationary market by 2028

NGSO revenue to overtake geostationary market by 2028

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NGSO revenue to overtake geostationary market by 2028

https://spacenews.com/ngso-revenue-to-overtake-geostationary-market-by-2028/

Constellations in non-geostationary orbit are set to overtake geostationary satellites in revenue by 2028, according to Novaspace research published Sept. 15.

NGSO revenue to overtake geostationary market by 2028
Software fix planned to correct Ariane 6 upper stage issue

Software fix planned to correct Ariane 6 upper stage issue

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Software fix planned to correct Ariane 6 upper stage issue

https://spacenews.com/software-fix-planned-to-correct-ariane-6-upper-stage-issue/

European officials say a software change should fix a problem on the inaugural Ariane 6 launch in July that kept the rocket’s upper stage from restarting.

Software fix planned to correct Ariane 6 upper stage issue