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Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:26:30 +0000
Boeing said Nov. 18 that a report issued last week by NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) regarding the commercial crew program, including claims that the company considered withdrawing from the program, was inaccurate.
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Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:11:16 +0000
Sweden, Germany, Italy, Scotland, Portugal and Norway all have spaceport ideas being discussed, OHB CEO Marco Fuchs said Nov. 19 at Space Tech Expo Europe here.
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Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:38:24 +0000
The European Commission is recommending an increase in its annual space budget of more than 5 billion Euros to 16.2 billion Euros annually from 2021 through 2027 from the current level of 11 billion Euros during the seven-year cycle from 2014 through 2020.
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Tue, 19 Nov 2019 04:50:22 +0000
NASA announced Nov. 18 that it was adding five companies to a contract to perform commercial deliveries of payloads to the surface of the moon, a group that ranges from small ventures to Blue Origin and SpaceX.
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Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:42:51 +0000
BREMEN, Germany — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai informed Congress Nov. 18 that the agency will run a public auction of C-band spectrum instead of allowing a consortium of satellite operators to sell it directly to 5G wireless operators. Satellite operators Intelsat, SES and Telesat, acting as the C-Band Alliance, have been lobbying the Federal Communications […]
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Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:26:35 +0000
GAO said in a statement that the agency on Nov. 18 sustained the protest filed by Blue Origin on Aug. 12.
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Mon, 18 Nov 2019 21:24:39 +0000
Gen. Raymond said U.S. SPACECOM intends to influence DoD's budget priorities
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Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:19:48 +0000
Satellite operators Intelsat, SES and Telesat on Nov. 15 detailed how they would calculate the proceeds they have pledged to contribute to the U.S. treasury if the Federal Communications Commission accepts their proposal to privately auction C-band spectrum sought by 5G network operators.
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Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:10:29 +0000
A group of planetary defense advocates is asking European governments to fund a mission to a near Earth asteroid, three years after a similar mission failed to win approval.
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Sun, 17 Nov 2019 23:42:07 +0000
Maj. Gen. Stephen Whiting said the transfer of space traffic management responsibilities can't happen until Commerce gets the necessary resources.
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Fri, 15 Nov 2019 22:36:16 +0000
The 10-year contract is for operations and support of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency, Milstar and Defense Satellite Communications System constellations.
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Fri, 15 Nov 2019 18:51:17 +0000
Exos Aerospace said the failed launch of a reusable suborbital sounding rocket last month was caused by a structural failure of the rocket shortly after liftoff.
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Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:28:02 +0000
NASA’s inspector general warned in a new report that, because of commercial crew delays, utilization of the International Space Station will drop sharply in 2020 and that NASA runs the risk of losing access entirely by next fall.
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Thu, 14 Nov 2019 23:52:00 +0000
EchoStar has ordered two tiny S-band satellites from Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems to jumpstart a low-Earth-orbit constellation using spectrum gained through its October acquisition of IoT startup Helios Wire.
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Thu, 14 Nov 2019 22:06:27 +0000
NASA paid Boeing nearly $300 million more than originally planned in its commercial crew contract in part because of agency concerns that the company might drop out of the program, a new report claims.
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Thu, 14 Nov 2019 21:47:58 +0000
SDA is the new term replacing Space Situational Awareness, according to an Oct. 4 memo from Air Force Space Command.
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Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:29:46 +0000
Loft Orbital has raised a fresh $13 million to continue development of a constellation of small satellites purpose-built to carry a mix of payloads for customers who don’t want to fly their own satellites.
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Thu, 14 Nov 2019 17:19:54 +0000
With growing bipartisan skepticism that NASA’s current plan to return humans to the moon by 2024 is achievable, members of the House Science Committee used a Nov. 13 hearing to advocate for a different, and arguably more conventional, approach.
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Thu, 14 Nov 2019 12:04:44 +0000
SpaceX successfully tested Nov. 13 the thrusters used as part of the abort system for its Crew Dragon spacecraft, nearly seven months after a similar test resulted in the loss of another spacecraft.
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Thu, 14 Nov 2019 04:49:10 +0000
The Senate Commerce Committee approved Nov. 13 a NASA authorization bill introduced a week earlier to extend the life of the International Space Station and support other agency programs.
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