New Orleans LA (SPX) Nov 06, 2023
Technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed a major portion of a weld confidence article for the advanced upper stage of NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The hardware was rotated to a horizontal position and moved to another part of the facility Oct. 24. The weld confidence article forms part of the liquid oxygen tank for the SLS rocket's explorati

College Station TX (SPX) Nov 06, 2023
An international research team involving Dr. Olga Kocharovskaya , a distinguished professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A and M University, has taken a major step toward development of a new generation of atomic clocks with mind-blowing potential affecting fundamental science and various industries, from nuclear physics to satellite navigation and telecommunications.

Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 06, 2023
New images captured by NASA's Lucy spacecraft confirmed that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is a binary, two asteroids that orbit a common center of mass. The SwRI-led mission will now fly by 11 asteroids in its 12-year mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. Dinkinesh was meant to be the first asteroid that Lucy flew by but ended up being the first two. "Dinkinesh really did live u

Beijing (XNA) Nov 06, 2023
China launched a Long March 7A carrier rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Friday night to deploy an experimental satellite, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The State-owned conglomerate said in a news release the rocket blasted off at 10:54 pm and soon transported the satellite, named Communication Technology Demonstrator 10, into a pr

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 06, 2023
In a significant step for China's burgeoning commercial space sector, a new reusable rocket has achieved a critical flight test milestone, performing a vertical take-off and landing sequence with precision. The SQX-2Y rocket, developed by Beijing-based i-Space, executed the maneuver flawlessly, signaling China's advancing capabilities in an area dominated by select space-faring entities. O

San Francisco (AFP) Nov 6, 2023
Whether they sell smartphones, ads or computer chips, the heavyweights of Silicon Valley have everything to prove to investors looking to see who is best placed in the race to dominate the generative artificial intelligence market. "If you're a company, and you don't have an AI message, you're not going to be in business very long," says independent industry analyst Jack Gold. "Everyone

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2023
Sidus Space, a Space and Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) provider listed on NASDAQ (SIDU), has successfully inked a new deal to commercialize the data anticipated from its forthcoming LizzieSat satellite array. The company, known for its diversified space services, plans to employ a suite of instruments on the LizzieSat satellites, designed to capture a wide array of data through hyperspectral, multisp

San Francisco CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2023
In an innovative stride within the aerospace industry, Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has recently concluded a pivotal phase in their collaboration under NASA's Communications Services Project (CSP). This marks a significant milestone as they work to refine inter-satellite communication technologies, specifically satellite-to-satellite links. As a key player in the domain of daily Earth data a

Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Nov 06, 2023
Ovzon has received a 1.8 MUSD follow-on order to provide three months of SATCOM-as-a-Service in Europe with an estimated start date in December 2023. This award is a follow-on order to the 4.8 MUSD contract from April of this year from an existing European customer. The April 2023 contract included both Ovzon SATCOM-as-a-Service and Ovzon On-The-Move (OTM) terminals. Ovzon's SATCOM-a

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2023
Momentus Inc., the U.S.-based commercial space firm known for its satellite transportation and in-space services, has achieved a significant milestone with the completion of vibration testing on its Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle. This critical phase of testing is an essential step toward its anticipated launch aboard the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission, earmarked for no earlier than March 202