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NASA, SpaceX delay flight that was to retrieve stuck astronauts
NASA and SpaceX on Wednesday delayed the launch of a replacement crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station that would have set in motion the long-awaited homecomin...
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Thales Alenia Space receives satellite order from Japan's SKY Perfect JSAT
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) has received an order from Asia’s largest satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation to build its JSAT-32 geostationary communications satellite, the...
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Eutelsat shares slip as investors pause rally on Ukraine prospects
Shares in Franco-British satellite operator Eutelsat pulled back on Friday after soaring nearly 500% this week on the prospect of potentially replacing Starlink in Ukraine.
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Intuitive Machines stock plummets after second apparent sideways moon landing
Intuitive Machines' shares tumbled 34% in premarket trading on Friday after its second moon lander, Athena, appeared to have landed on its side, mirroring the company's first lunar...
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SpaceX's Starship explodes in space, again raining debris over Caribbean
The back-to-back mishaps indicate serious setbacks for a program Elon Musk has sought to speed up this year.
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Fast-moving stars reveal supermassive black hole inside nearby galaxy
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy residing near our Milky Way, visible to the naked eye as a luminous patch of light from Earth's southern hemisphere and named after Por...
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Gamestop effect": retail traders seen behind Eutelsat's 650% surge
Shares in Franco-British satellite operator Eutelsat rose on Thursday, bringing gains over four days to near 650% in a rally that bears the hallmarks of retail traders amplifying m...
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Intuitive Machines' Athena lander closing in on lunar touchdown site
Intuitive Machines sent final commands to its uncrewed Athena spacecraft on Thursday as it closed in on a landing spot near the moon's south pole, the company's second attempt to s...
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Exclusive: Starlink has asked Italy for access to more spectrum, sources say
Elon Musk's space-based internet operator Starlink is trying to acquire more spectrum in Italy, two sources told Reuters, as Rome says it is waiting for the European Union to reach...
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Explainer: Could Europe's Eutelsat help to replace Starlink in Ukraine?
Suggestions that Ukraine could lose access to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet system, which has been vital in maintaining its military communications as it fights Russia's ...
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Thales warns governments over reliance on Starlink-type systems
The head of one of Europe's largest satellite manufacturers, France-based Thales , has highlighted the risks to governments of relying too heavily on private satellite constellatio...
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Musk's SpaceX to invest $1.8 billion in Florida for Starship program expansion
SpaceX is planning to invest at least $1.8 billion to build new Starship launchpads and processing facilities on Florida's Space Coast, eyeing a key expansion for the rocket progra...
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Eutelsat in talks with EU to ramp up satellite internet to Ukraine, as shares soar
Eutelsat is in talks with the European Union to supply additional internet access to Ukraine, it said on Tuesday, amid a two-day surge in its shares on the prospect that OneWeb sat...
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Japan's ispace eyes second moon landing attempt on June 6
Japanese moon exploration company ispace said its Resilience lander will attempt a lunar touchdown at 4:24 a.m. on June 6 local time (1924 GMT on June 5) at the earliest, in its se...
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SpaceX postpones Starship test flight over unspecified ship issue
SpaceX on Monday called off its eighth Starship test flight from Texas over an unspecified issue on the rocket system's core, delaying for at least 24 hours the company's attempt t...
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Europe's Ariane 6 space launch postponed again
The first commercially operational launch of Europe's Ariane 6 heavy rocket was postponed for a second time on Monday, operator Arianespace said.
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Eutelsat soars as investors bet on OneWeb satellites as European option to Starlink
Franco-British satellite operator Eutelsat said on Monday it was committed to boosting Europe's autonomy in space-based connectivity and supplying internet access to war-torn Ukrai...
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Russia launches Soyuz rocket with spacecraft for defence purposes, RIA reports
Russian Aerospace Forces, part of the country's armed forces, launched a Soyuz rocket carrying a spacecraft for defence purposes, the state RIA news agency reported early on Monday...
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