U.S. Space Force officials said the service branch’s mobility and logistics plans involve the procurement of satellites that can be refueled and propulsion systems that can be buckled in to existing spacecraft
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Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, wrote an article explaining whether industry’s reluctance to compete for fixed-price contracts affects SDA’s business model. In a LinkedIn article published Wednesday, he said
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A bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers has introduced legislation that would authorize the Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce to create a space traffic coordination system to provide the public access
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce has convened members of the newly established Independent Review Board to review and provide feedback on the Traffic Coordination System for Space,
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The Federal Communications Commission has adopted guidance on rules regarding orbital debris mitigation as part of efforts to promote space innovation. FCC said Thursday the Order on Reconsideration provides satellite operators with
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NASA and Boeing teams will be busy in the next couple of months preparing for the Starliner’s first crewed flight by mid-April 2024. The spacecraft will transport two NASA astronauts to the
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is soliciting abstracts for the second technical area of the Space-domain Wide Area Tracking and Characterization, or the Space-WATCH program. Space-WATCH seeks to facilitate real-time persistent
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The GOES-U spacecraft has arrived in Florida, where it will undergo final processing ahead of its launch — set to take place no earlier than April 30. The spacecraft was transported by
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NASA published the first revision of the 2023 Architecture Definition Document, which discusses findings from the 2023 Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review. The agency on Tuesday released details of its planned
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NASA has conducted a full-duration hot fire test of an RS-25 certification engine to demonstrate and validate its capability to power the agency’s Space Launch System rocket for future deep space missions.
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