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Italy to test Starlink satellites to boost internet penetration, official says
Italy is preparing to test the use of satellites produced by Elon Musk's Starlink to offer internet connection services in some remote areas of the country, a government official w...
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Italy's Vega-C rocket to return to space on Dec. 3, Avio CEO says
Italy's Vega-C rocket will return to space on Dec. 3, almost two years after it failed a mission in 2022, the CEO of its manufacturer Avio said on Monday.
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Italy urges tighter European cooperation to compete in space
Countries must cooperate more closely and the European Union needs to deliver faster decisions and clearer rules to make the bloc's space sector competitive and investor-friendly, ...
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Moon race, private competition in focus as space powers gather in Milan
The world's space agencies are meeting in Milan this week as geopolitical rivalry fuels a new global race in Earth's orbit and on the moon, with heavy involvement from a private se...
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India's space strategy: harness data and tiny satellites to capture market beyond SpaceX
India has a plan to carve out a beachhead in the battle for commercial space, officials say: crunching space data, building small satellites and launching them cheaply into orbit r...
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NASA spacecraft to study whether Jupiter's moon Europa can harbor life
Observations hint at a vast underground ocean below Europa's icy shell.
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Private investments in space are essential, head of Italian space agency says
Private investment in the space sector is essential for its growth and must not be demonised, but needs to be regulated, the chief of Italian Space Agency ASI said on Sunday ahead ...
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Italian-run space centre in Kenya to be used again for earth observation
An Italian-run space centre in Kenya will be used again for the launch of Earth observation satellites in the coming years, Italy's industry minister said on Sunday.
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SpaceX catches giant Starship booster in fifth flight test
The company achieved another novel engineering feat in its push to build a reusable moon and Mars vehicle.
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US FAA approves SpaceX Falcon 9 return to flight after mishap probe
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it had approved the return to flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle after it reviewed and accepted the SpaceX-led investigat...
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Space startups see funding growth as investors bet on capex-intensive ventures, report says
Space startups raised $1.9 billion in the third quarter, up nearly a fifth from a year earlier, fueled by strong investor interest in rocket launchers and satellite manufacturers, ...
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SpaceX uses dominance in rocket launches to boost Starlink, WSJ reports
SpaceX has used its dominant position as the primary rocket launcher to push satellite rivals to share wireless airwaves with its Starlink broadband internet business, the Wall Str...
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US FAA could approve SpaceX Starship 5 license this month, says source
The Federal Aviation Administration could approve a license for the launch of SpaceX's Starship 5 as soon as this month, a source told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Europe launches Hera asteroid probe on SpaceX rocket
Europe's Hera asteroid probe blasted off from Florida on a SpaceX rocket on Monday, beginning a two-year voyage to revisit an asteroid bashed off course by NASA's DART spacecraft i...
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Spanish rocket maker PLD Space sets sights on carrying humans
Spanish start-up PLD Space, which carried out Europe's first fully private rocket launch last year, aims to one day be able to carry any type of cargo and ultimately humans into sp...
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Italy's Spacewear to develop training clothing for Virgin Galactic
Italy's Spacewear has closed a deal with Virgin Galactic to design and develop a clothing range for the training of its astronauts and space tourists, the founder of the startup sa...
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FAA authorizes Oct 7 flight for SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle
The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle is authorized to return to flight for a planned mission scheduled to launch on Oct. 7 from a station in Florida, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administratio...
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Boeing-Lockheed JV's Vulcan rocket launches second mission
Boeing and Lockheed Martin's joint venture, United Launch Alliance, said on Friday its Vulcan rocket successfully launched its second mission, in what is a crucial step to receive ...
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