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El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 08, 2025
Boeing has secured a $2.8 billion contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop and produce two satellites as part of the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) program, with the possibility of building two additional units. These satellites will play a central role in enhancing the nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) network used by the President and joint strategic for
London, UK (SPX) Jul 08, 2025
The UK Space Agency has launched a GBP 75.6 million competitive tender for a pioneering mission to remove derelict satellites from orbit, marking the country's first active orbital cleanup effort. The initiative is aimed at safeguarding critical satellite infrastructure that underpins modern services such as navigation, forecasting, and emergency communications. Central to the Active Debri
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 08, 2025
SatVu, a UK-based pioneer in thermal infrared imaging, has secured a contract of up to euro 3 million from the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide high-resolution thermal data to the Copernicus Contributing Mission (CCM) programme over the next three years. This agreement, announced during the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna, marks the first Category 1 CCM contract awarded to a UK fi
Elche Spain (SPX) Jul 08, 2025
PLD Space has been chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) as a preselected participant in the European Launcher Challenge (ELC), a major initiative designed to strengthen Europe's independent launch capabilities. Backed by up to euro 169 million per company, the ELC represents one of Spain's most significant space contract opportunities and will culminate in final selections following ESA's

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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 07, 2025
China successfully deployed an experimental satellite into orbit on Thursday afternoon, using a Long March 4C rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province. The launch occurred at 5:35 pm local time, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC). The satellite, designated Shiyan 28B01, was developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatell
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2025
Atomic-6 has secured a $2 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) from the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command to accelerate development of its Light Wing solar array. The award supports a 21-month effort to mature and qualify the technology for commercial and defense missions. The all-composite Light Wing array offers more than four times the power-per-kilogram of current systems,
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 07, 2025
Astronomers using ESA's Cheops mission have observed a young exoplanet seemingly causing powerful flares from its host star-flares so intense they are rapidly stripping away the planet's delicate atmosphere. The planet, HIP 67522 b, orbits its star in just seven days and is bombarded by radiation due to frequent energetic outbursts. These flares, nearly 100 times more energetic than predic
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 09:55

Robots could one day crawl across the moon

Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 07, 2025
The future of moon exploration may be rolling around a non-descript office on the CU Boulder campus. Here, a robot about as wide as a large pizza scoots forward on three wheels. It uses an arm with a claw at one end to pick up a plastic block from the floor, then set it back down. To be sure, this windowless office, complete with gray carpeting, is nothing like the moon. And the robo
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