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US FAA moves to streamline key commercial space launch hurdle
The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it was moving to streamline a key commercial space launch and reentry license hurdle, declaring some flight safety analyses in Calif...
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Security concerns spur New Zealand to regulate who can monitor satellites
The New Zealand government said on Friday it will pass legislation next year to prevent entities that "do not share the country’s values" from using it as a base to monitor satelli...
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Elon Musk says SpaceX headquarters to be in Starbase, Texas
Elon Musk said on social media platform X on Thursday that the SpaceX headquarters will now officially be in the city of Starbase, Texas.
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Europe's Maiaspace steps up effort to counter SpaceX with reusable rocket
In a discreet forest clearing on a plateau above the town of Vernon in Normandy, France, workers adjust a steel cylinder held under giant red claws - part of a reusable rocket that...
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Former SpaceX engineer seeks to help end US dearth of special uranium fuel
Former SpaceX engineer Scott Nolan, CEO of startup General Matter, is on a mission to help end Russia's monopoly on a type of more-enriched nuclear fuel by producing it at commerci...
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Europe's Vega-C rocket returns to space after two-year gap
Europe's Arianespace launched the Vega-C rocket on Thursday, marking a return to space for the upgraded Italian launcher two years after it failed during a debut commercial mission...
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NASA announces further delays Artemis moon missions
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Thursday new delays in the U.S. space agency's Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972, pushing b...
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European Space Agency's sun-studying Proba-3 mission lifts off on ISRO rocket
The European Space Agency on Thursday launched Proba-3, a cutting-edge Sun-observing mission, aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation's flagship rocket.
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Space firms plot new European satellite venture to take on Starlink
Europe's Airbus , Thales and Leonardo are exploring plans to set up a new joint space company as they look to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.
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Global earth observation market to cross $8 billion by 2033, says Novaspace
The global Earth Observation (EO) market is on track to exceed $8 billion in valuation by 2033 from $5 billion currently, according to a new report from Novaspace, the merger of Eu...
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Scientists obtain image of a star on the precipice of disaster
Scientists have taken a close-up picture of a star apparently in its death throes, surrounded by gas and dust as it heads toward its demise in a huge explosion called a supernova -...
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Incoming FCC chair says unlikely commission could reinstate Starlink subsidy
The incoming chair of the Federal Communications Commission said it is "very unlikely" the commission could reconsider its 2022 decision to deny Elon Musk's SpaceX satellite intern...
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China's Starlink rival agrees deal to enter Brazilian market
China's low earth orbit satellite company that hopes to challenge Elon Musk's Starlink signed an agreement to enter the Brazilian market on Wednesday, the company said on Wednesday...
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Findings by dark energy researchers back Einstein's conception of gravity
Scientists working in an international collaboration have tracked how the structure of the cosmos has grown over the past 11 billion years, providing the most precise test to date ...
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Dawn Aerospace rocket-powered aircraft successfully completes supersonic flight
Dawn Aerospace's rocket-powered aircraft successfully completed its first supersonic flight, the company said in a statement on Tuesday, as it moves forward with developing aircraf...
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Musk's SpaceX preparing to launch tender offer in Dec at $135/share, sources say
Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to launch a tender offer in December to sell existing shares at a price of $135 per share, two sources familiar with the matter said.
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Blue Origin, AST Spacemobile ink New Glenn rocket launch deal
Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin has signed a multi-launch deal with satellite communication company AST Spacemobile to deploy the company's direct-to-cellular satellites "ov...
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Airbus CEO says SpaceX would not pass anti-trust test in Europe
Elon Musk's hugely successful rockets-to-satellites SpaceX venture would raise anti-trust concerns if it had to operate in Europe, the head of aerospace group Airbus said on Thursd...
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