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French village says 'non' to Elon Musk's space-age internet
Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)
Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron, population 350, is none too thrilled to have been picked as a ground station for Musk's Starlink project for broadband from space. "Thi...
Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster Funds Deployment Of Flexible Automation Solutions
Feb 19, 2021 (SPX)
MDA along with partners Promark Electronics (Montreal, QC) and AV&R (Saint-Bruno, QC) seek to transform the Canadian manufacturing landscape by applying advance...
Axiom Space raises $130M in Series B funding
Feb 17, 2021 (SPX)
The new financing will accelerate the growth of Axiom's workforce and construction of its privately developed space station. The Axiom Station will serve as the...
RUAG Space positions itself for the future
Feb 17, 2021 (SPX)
RUAG International's Space business is currently being reorganized as part of a project called Ambition 21. The reorganization is a response to a changing marke...
Europe needs a crewed space vehicle, astronauts say
Feb 16, 2021 (UPI)
Dozens of astronauts endorsed the statement that "we need to be able to count on our own autonomous access to space for humans," according to the manifesto pres...
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites, loses booster in sea
Feb 16, 2021 (UPI)
The rocket launched at 10:59 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base Station Launch Complex 40 in Florida, carrying 60 Starlink satellites into orbit. On ...
First Airbus Eurostar Neo satellite is born
Feb 15, 2021 (SPX)
Airbus' Portsmouth team delivered the EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13F Communications Module to Toulouse at the start of January 2021 where it joined the Stevenage and Toul...
End of Lockheed bid for Aerojet Rocketdyne may impact space, missile markets
Feb 15, 2021 (UPI)
The Sacramento-based Aerojet has produced engines for the space shuttle, is working on engines for NASA's next moon rockets and is also developing hypersonic mi...
ISRO opens its doors to private firms
Feb 15, 2021 (Sputnik)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), credited with finding evidence of water on the Moon and successful Mars project, has opened its facilities to the...
Slingshot Aerospace names Melanie Stricklan CEO and Gets Laser-Focused on Space Initiatives
Feb 15, 2021 (SPX)
"We are honored to have gained such amazing traction in the space industry by securing contracts with customers like the U.S. Space Force and NASA that are not ...
SpaceX plans to boost Starlink network with launch
Feb 14, 2021 (UPI)
Liftoff on a Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for 11:20 p.m. EST, but the U.S. Space Force forecasts a 60% chance that storm clouds or a threat of lightning that co...
ESA Mars orbiters support NASA Perseverance landing
Feb 12, 2021 (ESA)
The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) is one of these spacecraft. As its orbit takes it over the landing site, TGO will enter communication windows ...
Elon Musk Hints at When People Could Invest in Starlink Shares
Feb 11, 2021 (Sputnik)
Multibillionaire SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told Twitter users on Tuesday when Starlink, a worldwide broadband network created by a constellation of satellites, could...
Mikhail Kokorich resigns his CEO position in Momentus Space
Feb 09, 2021 (SPX)
As the details became known, Mikhail Kokorich the Russian founder and CEO of the American space startup Momentus Space resigned following publication of materia...
Thales Alenia Space wins $3.0 bn Canadian contract
Feb 09, 2021 (AFP)
Telesat is to spend around $3.0 billion for almost 300 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites that will allow it to provide high-speed internet and communication serv...
Solar storm knocks out 40 SpaceX Starlink satellites
Feb 09, 2021 (UPI)
While the loss of dozens of spacecraft is likely a multimillion-dollar blow to SpaceX, the Starlink business plan will survive and the satellites do not pose a ...
DARPA pursues plan for robust manufacturing in space
Feb 08, 2021 (SPX)
To address this problem, DARPA has announced its Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials and Mass-efficient Design (NOM4D) program. The effort, pronounc...
Astroscale appoints new Director, GEO Spacecraft Systems
Feb 05, 2021 (SPX)
Nemethy joins Astroscale with more than 20 years of experience spanning satellite manufacturing, propulsion engineering, launch operations and program managemen...
Astra to Become the First Publicly Traded Space Launch Company on NASDAQ via Merger with Holicity
Feb 05, 2021 (SPX)
The transaction reflects an implied pro forma enterprise value for Astra of approximately $2.1 billion. Upon closing, the transaction is expected to provide up ...
SpaceX launches fourth Starlink mission of 2021
Feb 04, 2021 (UPI)
The 21-story, two-stage rocket launched at 1:19 a.m. EST Thursday from Complex 40 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. While weather at the launch s...
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